Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 22 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Jun – 28 Jun 2020 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed)

2020-06-27 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 93–63

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government

2020-06-27 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 91–66

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009

2020-06-24 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 9–25

Voted against 1 Cormac Devlin

Did not vote 3 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Richard Boyd Barrett

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 11–23

Voted against 1 Cormac Devlin

Did not vote 3 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Richard Boyd Barrett

The motion · motion passed 32–3

Voted for 1 Cormac Devlin

Did not vote 3 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Richard Boyd Barrett

The motion · motion passed 32–3

Voted for 1 Cormac Devlin

Did not vote 3 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · 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 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 2 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the model of care for termination of pregnancy in the context of the Covid-19 public health emergency; if access to abortion care in early pregnancy has been negatively impacted by the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/20]

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 2 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if funding will be secured to cover with appropriate staff, the maternity leave of the occupational therapist assigned to a service (details supplied) due to take leave in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12496/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if the commitment given in 2017 by him to a school (details supplied) that the HSE will not reduce or change the services provided and will not redeploy four clinical staff at the school including disciplines of psychology, speech and language therapy and social work until after a review of the school is complete, remains; if the school will continue to have these skilled professional staff to work with the children and young persons in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12538/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the guidance the HPSC has and is issuing on the provision and usage of PPE to workers in residential care settings such as nursing homes and to home care provision workers; the body responsible for the enforcing of such guidelines within these settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12581/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the future of a nursing home (details supplied) by bringing it under the control of the HSE in the interests of creating a more integrated system of elder care that has been shown to be necessary during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12683/20]
Education 3 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all of the concerns documented in the report dated 20 June 2019 regarding a school (details supplied) and outlined in correspondence to the school dated 26 June 2019, have now been fully addressed; if not, when they will be fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12679/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a separate second report prepared by the NCSE in November 2019 regarding a school (details supplied) has not been provided to parents despite requests; if he will direct the NCSE to release the report to parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12680/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio will be reduced across each school in order to ensure the health and safety of both teachers and students and a return to school in September 2020; his plans to recruit teachers and find extra accommodation to allow this to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12681/20]
Finance 2 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider making changes to the inheritance tax regulations, including extending the deadline for payment beyond 31 October 2020 in order that persons who have lost loved ones and are dealing with the trauma of loss during the pandemic and who are filing returns will not face additional penalties or interest if they are unable to pay by the deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a provision to ensure that both the pandemic unemployment payment and the temporary wage subsidy scheme will be tax free in order to avoid an undue burden on those who lost their jobs or had their incomes dramatically reduced as a result of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12682/20]
Transport 2 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if taxi licences due for renewal after 15 June 2020 will be given an extension in view of the fact it is not possible to get an NCT test until after the licence expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12401/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which taxi drivers can protect themselves from Covid-19 without protective screens in view of the fact insurance companies will not insure the car with the protective screen as the screen is not safe in case of an accident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12559/20]
Housing 2 questions
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there will be an extension to the rent freeze beyond 30 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12352/20]
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons waiting for social housing nationally by local authority; the length of time each application is waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12684/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-06-23 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will liaise with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to determine if An Post will supply point of payment banking cards for social welfare recipients who do not have bank cards and accounts to use point of payment services in shops that are currently not accepting cash or suggest an alternative for these customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12318/20]