Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 8 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Jul – 14 Jul 2019 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement

2019-07-11 · 1 vote

Amendment again put: · motion failed 46–84

Voted for 1 Kate O'Connell

Voted against 1 Eamon Ryan

Did not vote 4 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019

2019-07-11 · 1 vote · Govt (Justice)

A bill to provide for taking evidence in the State from a member of the Garda Síochána for the purposes of certain inquests held in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North…

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A bill to provide for taking evidence in the State from a member of the Garda Síochána for the purposes of certain inquests held in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; to permit the Garda Síochána and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission to enter into agreements for co-operation with a police service, law enforcement agency or other relevant person or body outside the State and for that purpose and other purposes, to amend the Garda Síochána Act 2005; to amend the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003; to amend the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 24–60

Voted for 1 Eamon Ryan

Voted against 3 Eoghan Murphy · Jim O'Callaghan · Kate O'Connell

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2019-07-10 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 21–68

Voted against 3 Eoghan Murphy · Jim O'Callaghan · Kate O'Connell

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2019-07-09 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 80–37

Voted for 3 Eoghan Murphy · Jim O'Callaghan · Kate O'Connell

Voted against 1 Eamon Ryan

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 63–36

Voted for 2 Jim O'Callaghan · Kate O'Connell

Voted against 1 Eamon Ryan

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Justice 15 questions
- 2019-07-10 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30197/19]
- 2019-07-10 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and motorcycles that were allocated to roads policing units in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30198/19]
- 2019-07-10 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff nationally involved in investigating material on mobile phones, computers and so on relating to child sexual offences; the qualifications needed for such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30199/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of 50,100 and 200 Garda recruits in each of the years 2019 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31303/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting an additional 100 civilian staff to An Garda Síochána. [31304/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the Garda Reserve by 50, 100 and 1,000 members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31305/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing a Garda fraud unit. [31306/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received information from An Garda Síochána regarding the rising level of reported murder threats as detailed by the Central Statistics Office; the findings of the work of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31307/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 238 and 239 of 16 April 2019, the status of the cost and the number of vehicles hired by An Garda Síochána in 2019. [31308/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the Bills in his Department undergoing drafting; the drafting status of each Bill; the Government Bills for which amendments are being drafted; the Private Members' Bills for which amendments are undergoing drafting and which have passed Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31309/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision accommodation centres between the end of December 2018 and the end of June 2019, by centre and month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31310/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reported capacity of each direct provision centre at the end of June 2019, in tabular form; the reported capacity of each direct provision centre in January 2018; if works to increase capacity have taken place; and if so, the nature of the works. [31311/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young persons under 18 years of age in direct provision not attending school. [31312/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been refused accommodation in direct provision centres to date in 2019; the alternatives offered to such persons; and the length of time between refusal and their being offered accommodation. [31313/19]
- 2019-07-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision who have taken up paid employment since the introduction of the limited right of asylum seekers to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31314/19]
Public 1 question
- 2019-07-10 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital budget allocation to the OPW in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the amount of the capital budget allocation spent in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30196/19]
Health 1 question
- 2019-07-10 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the decision by the HSE to move a person (details supplied) from their residential care home in Greystones, County Wicklow to Portarlington, County Laois can be reversed to facilitate family members to visit the person on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30162/19]