Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 2 Dec — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Dec – 8 Dec 2019 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018

2019-12-05 · 1 vote · Fianna Fáil PMB

A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Maintenance Recovery Unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to make a District Court applic…

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A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Maintenance Recovery Unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, to make a District Court application for a Payment Order, in respect of jobseekers transitional payment to one parent families, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a 'liable relative', a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment

The motion · motion passed 82–39

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2019-12-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 91–34

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2019

2019-12-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–30

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

2019-12-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 53–56

Abstained 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Housing 17 questions
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when guidelines for cost-effective analysis documents for local authorities will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49895/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the homes brought into use under the repair and leasing scheme; the number of applications and overall expenditure with regard to same by year and local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49928/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to put in place one-stop-shop assessment centres with multi-agency participation making the best use of modern technology for families presenting as homeless. [50053/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to roll out nationally the Dublin region protocol for appropriate responses to child protection and welfare concerns among families in emergency accommodation. [50054/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to implement national procedures to enhance inter-agency arrangements regarding the release and accommodation of sex offenders. [50055/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the National Housing Strategy for People with Disabilities 2011-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50057/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to increase the capacity through increased borrowing and access to HFA financing for participating local authorities to provide matching funding for the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund. [50059/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to establish bodies such as approved housing bodies in the higher education institutions sector to access Housing Finance Agency funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50060/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to review the disparate systems of differential rents for social housing across local authorities. [50062/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of acquisitions by the Housing Agency under funding to find and acquire suitable portfolios of vacant properties per annum. [50063/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons aged 18 to 24 years of age who are receiving housing supports in the form of a HAP and or RAS tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50508/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to enhance inter-agency arrangements to ensure that accommodation, welfare and health supports for prisoners are in place prior to their release. [50516/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to strengthen the existing housing-led approach in Dublin and extend it to other urban areas focusing on persistent rough sleepers and long-term homeless households. [50517/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to examine and analyse the reason offers of accommodation are not taken up by households in emergency accommodation in hotels. [50518/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of plans to extend the Threshold tenancy protection service nationwide. [50521/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to roll out a national awareness campaign targeted at families and persons at risk of losing their homes. [50522/19]
- 2019-12-05 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans approved; the number of loans drawn down; the average loan approved; the amount approved; the draw down in this regard; and the number of loan applications rejected by the Housing Agency in each of the months since the scheme was introduced by county in tabular form. [50714/19]
Education 4 questions
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to establish funding mechanisms for institutes of technology to support the development of their student accommodation capacity. [50061/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of school transport to pupils living in the Ballyboughal, County Dublin, area who will be attending a school (details supplied) which will open on the Rathbeale Road in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50120/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to resolve the shortage of secondary school places in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50134/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to resolve the shortage of primary school places in Skerries, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50135/19]
Health 3 questions
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to improve mental health and primary care services for homeless persons; and the specific budget allocation in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [50519/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to address the rehabilitation needs of homeless persons with addiction issues through the new national drugs strategy which was to be effective from January 2017. [50520/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the status of a revised application by an organisation (details supplied) for HSE funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50503/19]
Justice 2 questions
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operational sub-group under the auspices of the Irish refugee protection programme ask force composed of representatives from relevant Departments, local authorities and other bodies to support and coordinate the process of housing refugees. [50058/19]
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of requests to get an earlier appointment with INIS for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that the date they have received is past the expiry date of their present visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49872/19]
Employment 2 questions
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons aged 18 to 24 years of age who are living independently and receiving housing supports in the form of emergency accommodation will be eligible for the higher rate of jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50506/19]
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons aged 18 to 24 years of age who are eligible for housing supports but who are unable to access a tenancy will be eligible for the higher rate of jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50507/19]
Finance 1 question
- 2019-12-03 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the status of plans to request the Central Bank to conduct an assessment of existing sustainable restructuring solutions across all lenders and non-bank entities operating here. [50056/19]
Children 1 question
- 2019-12-04 Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of emergency refuge accommodation spaces for victims of domestic violence provided in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [50515/19]

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.