Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 14 Sept

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Sept – 20 Sept 2020 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 5 questions · 83 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-09-15 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 26–19

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Darragh O'Brien

The motion · motion passed 34–11

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Darragh O'Brien

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 0 votes · 0 questions · 67 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 67 returns

Alliance for Insurance Reform Banking and Financial Institutions
- Seeking policy decisions that will reduce the cost of insurance for our members and Irish society as a whole.
Licensed Vintners Association Trade
- Developing a plan to allow Dublin pubs to survive the Covid-19 crisis
COPE Galway CLG · 2 returns Housing
- Wrote to the newly appointed Minister for Housing welcoming many of the commitments detailed in the Programme for Government ‘Our Shared Future’ including the committment to develop a Youth Homelessness Strategy, a committment to ensure that Rent Supplement and HAP levels are adequate to support vulnerable households and a committment to increase funding and to work with a range of stakeholders to help rough sleepers into sustainable accommodation.
- Congratulating TD on recent appointment and highlighting that the Irish Coalition to End Youth Homelessness has campaigned for a targeted national strategy for young homeless people in Ireland and to request a meeting discuss the coalitions work and the content of the Youth Homelessness Strategy.
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health
- Implementing the Neuro-rehabilitation Strategy/Implementation Framework
Epilepsy Ireland Health
- Tagged deputies thanking them for sharing information on our Training For Success programme for young adults with epilepsy
Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland Finance
- Brokers Ireland Public Policy Objectives 2020
iCare Housing CLG Housing
- To discuss the Mortgage to Rent scheme
Irish Heart Foundation · 2 returns Environment · Health
- #SaferStreets initiative to provide safe spaces for pedestrians and cyclists across the country both during and after the current Covid-19 crisis.
- IHF programme for Government priorities
Womens Aid Justice and Equality
- Women's Aid requested an opportunity to meet with newly appointed Ministers to brief them on the ongoing challenges in tackling domestic violence. Women's Aid made recommendations to inform future policy decisions that we believe would lead to improved responses and supports for victims of domestic violence.
Climate and Health Alliance · 2 returns Environment
- Statement to parties in government negotiation advocating measures that can simultaneously address climate change and deliver multiple public health benefits
- Email to parties in government negotiation, responding to the planned programme for government
Society of the Irish Motor Industry Employment
- Operation of the Covid Wage Subsidy Scheme, and concerns that it could unintentionally exclude some Motor Industry employees who should qualify for the scheme.
Galway Chamber Local Government
- A letter calling for an extension to the Commercial Rates waiver from 3 months to a year was sent to the new Minister for Housing and Local Government.
Irish Congress of Trade Unions · 2 returns Local Government
- Irish Water
- Irish Water
Clúid Housing Housing
- Social housing provision
ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Chambers Ireland · 5 returns Budgetary matters · Economic Development and Industry · Local Government
- Recommendations in advance on the July Stimulus
- Moving forward with the 'Town Centre First' commitment in the Programme for Government
- Commercial Rates Waiver, Local Government Funding, National Cross-Departmental Town Centre Taskforce
- Open letter calling for a National Taskforce for Town Centres, resourced by the Department of the Taoiseach
- Supports for business impacted by COVID-19
Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann / Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel Housing
- Seeking Government support for the development of a hostel for homeless veterans in Cobh
Fórsa trade union Local Government
- Had meeting with Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage as part of ICTU group and wrote to Minister seeking support for a constitutional referendum that water services remain under public control and raising the concerns of union members working in water services around their future employment.
Prosper Fingal CLG · 3 returns Health
- Meeting with Minister Darragh O'Brien to give an overview of Prosper and to discuss the current challenges faced by the disability sector.
- Letters to all elected reps in the Dublin Fingal area outlining Prosper Fingal's COVID-19 response to date.
- Correspondence from various elected reps in relation to the reopening of Prosper Fingal Day Centres.
Charities Institute Ireland Community
- Fourteen national networks and support organisations request support from the Government for charities and community & voluntary organisations adversely impact by Covid-19.
Sonas Domestic Violence Charity Health
- Programme for Government recommendations in relation to domestic abuse - supports, policy, legislation and infrastructure
Center for Independent Living Justice and Equality
- Welcoming new ministers to roles and outlining role of ILMI as a DPO in representing the views of disabled people
VELUX Company Limited Housing
- Letter sent to the housing minister ensuring that ensuring healthy homes was considered as part of green retrofit measures.
Tetrarch Capital Limited Development and Zoning
- Presentations were made to Designated Public Officials (and others) on a draft masterplan for the c. 190 hectare Howth Estate, Co. Dublin. The draft masterplan proposes a new hotel, spa and leisure centre, golf course, club house, sports campus, school, parkland and woodland walks and trails, a greenway connecting Howth and Sutton, the refurbishment of Howth Castle and walled gardens, a new cemetery, a large public park overlooking Howth Harbour and residential development on c. 15 hectares.
Dublin Simon Community · 2 returns Housing
- Minister visiting services. Homeless and Health Funding discussion
- Accepted invitation from Minister/ Department of Housing to join Homeless Taskforce meetings
Uplift · 3 returns Housing
- Uplift members made phone calls to Minister O'Brien asking him to vote for the full ban on evictions to be reinstated as soon as possible
- Tweets sent to Fianna Fáil TDs asking them to include public housing policy in the plan for new government
- Uplift members emailed Ministers McEntee and O'Brien asking that they vote against the reversal of the evictions ban
Ibec · 7 returns Housing · Budgetary matters · Economic Development and Industry
- Equity Loan Scheme for Ireland Discussion Paper
- Impact of COVID-19 on construction costs
- Property Industry Ireland's pre-budget submission
- Housing market priorities for the first 100 days of the new government
- Supply of housing in the Irish market
- Housing, planning and local government policy priorities - Ibec's "Reboot & Reimagine" Campaign
- Ibec's July Stimulus submission
Bartra Capital Property Management Limited trading as Bartra Capital Property Housing
- Exploration of different solutions in the housing sector.
RIAI Arts
- Proposal to support the Programme for Government
Construction Defects Alliance · 2 returns Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects
Society of St. Vincent de Paul · 2 returns Budgetary matters
- Engagement with Ministers and Senior Officials to ensure sufficient supports are provided to households assisted by SVP impacted financially by the Covid-19 crisis.
- Engagement with Ministers and Elected Officials to ensure Budget 2021 priorities people living in poverty and on a low income and that the measures taken are fair and equitable.
Paudie Coffey Housing
- Provision of Social Housing
Focus Ireland · 8 returns Housing
- Minister O'Brien Visit to Focus Accommodation at Georges Hill
- Participation in Minister O'Brien's High Level Homeless Task Force
- Minister O'Brien Visit to Focus Accommodation at Georges Hill
- Residential Tenancies Bill Proposal
- Proposal for Focus Ireland Family Centre services
- Submission of Case Studies from Focus Ireland services nationwide
- Concerns on the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020
- Reintroducing the eviction ban in line with the other reintroduced restrictions
Vintners' Federation of Ireland Finance
- Financial package for pubs not open.
Coalition 2030 Environment
- Sustainable Development Goals in the programme for government
The Prevention and Early Intervention Network Children and Youth Affairs
- Lobbying activities related to both the Programme for Government 2020 and COVID-19 supports and challenges facing Tusla and partner organisations in the community and voluntary sector.
SOA Research Company Limited by Guarantee Housing
- Submission to the draft Programme for Government on acknowledgement for Community Led Housing, and policy measures to support same.
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Environment
- Nitrates Regulations
Rockwood Consulting ULC Housing
- Request for a meeting to discuss changes to the current conveyancing process

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 2 votes · 5 questions · 16 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Social 3 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the advice provided to a company (details supplied) in respect of its employees being entitled to short-time work or jobseeker's benefit for hours they are not working; the way in which the payments relate to the employee wage subsidy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23485/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the directive her Department has given to a company (details supplied) to sign casual dockets for its employees who are not getting their full 35 hours per week. [23524/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if workers in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme can apply retrospectively for social welfare entitlements in view of the clarification statement issued on 9 September 2020 on social welfare entitlements and the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24138/20]
Education 2 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the number of Bus Éireann buses servicing a school run (details supplied); the number of pickups along the route; and when those who do not have a service will be able to avail of one. [23503/20]
- 2020-09-17 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if there is a Covid-19 plan in place for schools for the remainder of 2020 in relation to pupils going to the yard at their break times. [24507/20]

New lobbying 16 returns

Licensed Vintners Association Trade
- Developing a plan to allow Dublin pubs to survive the Covid-19 crisis
ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Chambers Ireland · 4 returns Economic Development and Industry
- Latest COVID-19 Business Impact Survey
- Submission to Special Committee on COVID-19 response re impact on economy
- Open letter calling for a National Taskforce for Town Centres, resourced by the Department of the Taoiseach
- COVID-19 supports for business
Fórsa trade union Housing
- Seeking support for the campaign on the holding of a referendum on the right to housing.
Prosper Fingal CLG · 2 returns Health
- Letters to all elected reps in the Dublin Fingal area outlining Prosper Fingal's COVID-19 response to date.
- Correspondence from various elected reps in relation to the reopening of Prosper Fingal Day Centres.
Screen Producers Ireland Arts
- Sound and Vision Fund
Irish Congress of Trade Unions Local Government
- Programme for Government
National Women's Council of Ireland Health
- To request that the Oireachtas Committee on COVID consider women in their deliberations
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) · 2 returns Finance · Budgetary matters
- The Disability Action Coalition lobbied for a charity fund to be set up to off set the extra cost and loss of fundraising capacity caused by COVID 19
- All Td's were sent a brief for an online meeting with The Disability Action Coalition (TDAC) to discuss the impact of COVID 19 on setion 39 organisations
Construction Defects Alliance Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects
Irish Travel Agents Association Transport
- Meeting request to discuss the impact COVID-19 is having on our member travel agents and their customers