Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 11 May

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 11 May – 17 May 2020 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 38 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-05-13 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 10–32

Voted for 1 Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Voted against 2 Cormac Devlin · Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Election of Chairman

2020-05-12 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 6–12

Voted against 2 Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Richard Boyd Barrett

Barry Ward — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 2 votes · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Health 21 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting 2,500 additional nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4730/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring 1,000 additional consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4731/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of restoring pay for new entrant consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4732/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of converting agency staff into directly employed HSE staff. [4733/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual full year cost of providing for full reimbursement of examination costs for all non-consultant hospital doctors. [4734/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering free general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4735/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of directly employing an additional 500 HSE general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4736/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing 1,000 additional practice, community care and public health nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4737/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges and rolling out free prescription medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4738/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 12 million home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4740/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of nursing home beds by 1,250 over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4741/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of hospital beds by 1,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4742/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing for free contraception, including emergency contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4743/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing, equipping and staffing 50 additional new ambulances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4744/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing free dental care for all children and young persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4745/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting a minimum 2,000 additional full-time mental health staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4747/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing child and adolescent mental health teams to 100; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4748/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing community mental health teams to 50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a crisis house in each HSE catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4750/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of hiring 1,500 additional new staff for primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4902/20]
Education 7 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing free schoolbooks to children at primary and post-primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4723/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing capitation funding to schools to offset the reliance on voluntary contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4724/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing third-level student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4725/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a five year period of a school exiting the fee-paying system and becoming fully public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4726/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing an additional guidance counsellor position for schools with over 500 pupils. [4727/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of introducing free travel for children availing of the school transport scheme. [4729/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for the DEIS scheme by 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of introducing an hourly train between Belfast and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4903/20]
Children 1 question
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing investment in the school completion programme by one third. [4728/20]

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 1 vote · 8 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Revenue Commissioners to law firms in 2018 and 2019. [3945/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the payments made by NAMA to law firms in 2018 and 2019. [3946/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the payments made by the Central Bank to accountancy firms in 2018 and 2019. [3947/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the pro bono work undertaken by accountancy firms for his Department from 2015; and the details of the projects they worked on. [3948/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans in view of the funding deficit that a service (details supplied) is experiencing and which may result in the inability to continue providing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4471/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the diabetes nurse for Loughlinstown health centre has not been replaced; if the post will be filled as soon as possible in order that those in need of the service do not have to go to Balally, County Dublin, or Ballywaltrim, County Wicklow, which are inaccessible by public transport for persons living in the area; if in the absence of a replacement for the diabetes nurse, these patients will be catered for in St. Columcille's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4766/20]
Culture 2 questions
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it will be ensured that artists, arts workers and organisations can plan for next year by guaranteeing that at least the same level of increased investment in the Arts Council and Culture Ireland will be committed for 2021. [5428/20]
- 2020-05-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a roadmap will be created in order to address the way in which arts investment will be doubled by 2025; and if a commitment will be given to double investment in the Arts Council and Culture Ireland over the same period. [5429/20]

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Federation of University Teachers Education and Training
- Funding of Higher Education
Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs
- Invitations, launch of Cerrejón human rights report