Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 12 Oct

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Oct – 18 Oct 2020 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 38 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax

2020-10-13 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 91–53

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018

2020-10-13 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Trade Union Act 1941 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to confer on authorised unions the right to have their representative duties to their …

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A bill to amend the Trade Union Act 1941 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to confer on authorised unions the right to have their representative duties to their members for collective bargaining and disciplinary matters recognised by employers and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 62–84

Voted for 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Voted against 2 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

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 2 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Education 5 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied); if she will investigate the case to ensure all procedures were correctly followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29781/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if she will investigate the case to ensure all procedures were correctly followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29782/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the deadline for leaving certificate appeals in view of the calculated grade errors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29783/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if she will increase the number of autism spectrum disorder places in primary schools, with particular emphasis on south County Dublin which is suffering a shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29785/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the recent change in enrolment policies issued by a religious organisation (details supplied) and the impact it will have on parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28353/20]
Social 5 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of the old age pension or provide a special Covid-19 top up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic such as purchasing personal protective equipment, PPE. [30020/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of the carer's allowance or provide a special Covid-19 top-up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [30021/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of jobseeker's allowance or provide a special Covid-19 top-up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [30022/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the basic rate of all disability and illness payments or provide a special Covid-19 top-up for the duration of the pandemic in view of the additional costs associated with the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [30023/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30090/20]
Transport 2 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the National Transport Authority to provide extra buses and other forms of public transport in view of the way the reduced capacity is impacting on school and college students, along with employees going to and from work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29786/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the nomination and election process for the taxi advisory committee; if there are vacancies on same at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29787/20]
Justice 2 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29788/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide extra funding to An Garda Síochána to increase overtime and reinitiate the public order units that were available during the acute phase of the pandemic during April and May 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29789/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the way the leaving certificate process in 2020 impacted Disability Access Route to Education and Higher Education Access Route students; the supports that will be put in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29784/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if he will request increased funding in budget 2021 to ensure the oral hygiene and dental sector is supported in the form of enhanced subsidies for general medical services, GMS, and PRSI patients and increase tax reliefs for private patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29790/20]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 2 votes · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Education 4 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the number of students who did not receive an offer for a place on the course on their CAO applications due to places on such courses being offered to students who received inflated grades resulting from the coding error in the grade algorithm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29690/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the timeline for obtaining a permanent premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29995/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the progress being made on locating special classes within schools in south County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29996/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education if a school should advise a pod of students to self-isolate and stay home in the situation of a confirmed Covid-19 case in a class of students; if not, if such advice should be issued to the entire class; and the factors on which such advice is dependent. [28429/20]
Social 2 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered assessing self-employed persons' income for the pandemic unemployment payment as income minus expenses rather than their gross wage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30024/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if an allowance will be made for the deployment of the mobile PSC unit in order that a person (details supplied) can receive their PSC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30032/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address illegal parking of cars on pavements and cycle lanes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29568/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if residential care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29567/20]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the credit guarantee scheme can be used for the refinancing of current term commercial loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29997/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Revolut Payments Ireland Ltd Finance
- General briefing on Revolut in Ireland, including: having more than 1m retail customers; the provision of free day-to-day payment services; enhancing financial literacy among children via Revolut Junior; innovations including Open Banking and SEPA Instant transfers, benefiting consumers and business. Analysis of national and local consumer spending data, and its value to policy-makers. Setting out Revolut's aim to achieve authorisation by the CBI and act as a post-Brexit EU hub for the business.

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 2 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Education 5 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the date on which the appeals process for leaving certificate 2020 students will be complete and all results available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30011/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that all instances in which students were incorrectly marked for the 2020 leaving certificate have been identified; the number of those affected; if the CAO rounds of offers were made while errors in the grading were being identified; if so, the number of students who missed out on a place in third-level education as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30012/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the 2020 leaving certificate appeals process was closed before all errors in the grading mechanisms were identified; if so, if students will have another opportunity to appeal decisions in the way in which they were graded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30013/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the dates on which the first calculated grades were made in relation to the 2020 leaving certificate results; the date on which the rounds of CAO offers were made; the date on which errors were discovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30014/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the Teaching Council will allow the registration of a person (details supplied) to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30758/20]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the ballet teaching school sector are within Schools, Early Learning and Childcare services and Higher and Adult Education of the Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19, in view of the fact that the sector follows internationally recognised exam syllabi up to vocational level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29798/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of the 6,500 students who were erroneously upgraded in the 2020 leaving certificate results who were given a place on a course through the CAO process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30015/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29916/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason he has not provided for the reduction in prescription charges set to come into effect on 1 July 2020; if medical card holders will see the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if meetings of an organisation (details supplied) are allowed to continue in view of level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/20]
Social 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if women who took parental leave in 2017 or 2018 will obtain credits for this period to entitle them to social welfare supports during the Covid-19 pandemic; her plans to ensure that parents who take parental leave are not discriminated against in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29636/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice her plans to phase out the reliance on direct provision centres as a method of housing asylum seekers especially in view of the overcrowded conditions of centres increasing the likelihood of Covid-19 transmission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of Coillte planting that is coniferous; the percentage that is broadleaf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/20]