Dublin Central — week of Mon, 2 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Nov – 8 Nov 2020 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 69 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020

2020-11-04 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 63–82

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 95–50

Voted for 3 Gary Gannon · Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018

2020-11-04 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the provisions of the Forestry Act 2014 to provide for planning permission for all forestry developments over 5 hectares

full description

A bill to amend the provisions of the Forestry Act 2014 to provide for planning permission for all forestry developments over 5 hectares; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 55–88

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020

2020-11-04 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to create a single competent authority to co-ordinate flood risk and management along the River Shannon and to provide for matters connected therewith

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–57

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Flood Prevention Policies

2020-11-04 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–59

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 82–57

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-11-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 26–18

Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 6 votes · 17 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 17 total

Education 6 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the details of the way in which the additional €5 million for DEIS schools in Budget 2021 will be allocated and drawn from. [32876/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the board of management which under the provision of the Education Act 1998 are charged with the direct governance of a school has the right to close a school after positive confirmed cases of Covid-19 within the school and concerns of an outbreak; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32880/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the estimated amount of money spent on the Educational Testing Service. [33101/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a new date for the planned leaving certificate exam 2020, which was scheduled to commence on 16 November 2020, has been agreed; if so, if she will provide details of same; if students who were planning on taking the exams have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33103/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the results of successful and unsuccessful appeals from the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year in tabular form. [33104/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the effects of Covid-19 were able to be considered as a factor for lower enrolment numbers that projected under appeals for the primary staffing appeals board 2020-21 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33105/20]
Social 5 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide information on the planned membership of the Commission on Pensions; if the Commission will be independent and reflect all sections of society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32872/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if household social welfare inspections are permitted to take place under level 5 [32873/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will enact a review for social welfare inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32874/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of lone parent households and two parent family households availing of the working family payment over the past 18-month period in tabular form. [32875/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare sanctions for jobseeker’s payments ceased during the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32879/20]
Health 4 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the most up-to-date definition of a close contact used within the school environment; and the details of changes and dates of changes to this definition. [32877/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if non-contact training outdoors can take place under level 5 restrictions; if so, if children can travel outside the 5km limit to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32870/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of tests and cases of school-going children since 27 September 2020 to the most recent data available by 0 to four, five to 12 and 13 to 19 years of age, in tabular form.. [32871/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if any of the approximately 2,000 persons that tested positive for Covid-19 and asked by the HSE to alert their own close contacts were teachers, SNAs or school staff. [33102/20]
Children 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department carried out a data protection impact assessment on the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter Bill 2020; and if so, if the assessment will be made available. [33100/20]
Rural 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider public libraries to run click and collect services under level 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32878/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 36 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 36 total

Transport 9 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if NCT centres will remain open; and if tests that have been booked prior to the level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020 will proceed as planned. [32449/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if driver test centres will remain open; and the arrangements that will be in place for driver tests when level 5 restrictions come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020. [32450/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if under level 5 restrictions there is a plan in place to accommodate persons from Northern Ireland seeking to exchange their driver licences owing to Brexit requirements; if alternative arrangements such as a postal process can be put in place for these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32451/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if persons can travel outside the 5 km radius to attend a NCT test that has been booked prior to level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020. [32452/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider an exemption from NCT tests for cars that have been imported from Northern Ireland, in which they previously held an exemption, in view of the level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020. [32453/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting an appointment to undertake the driver theory test in County Dublin; the average waiting time; and the measures he is planning to take to reduce the number of applicants and waiting times upon the reopening of these services. [33671/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with the Road Safety Authority to discuss the best way to maximise capacity required to tackle the waiting times for theory tests, driver lessons and driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33672/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driver test in County Dublin; the average waiting time for an appointment to undertake the test; and the measures he is planning to take to reduce the number of applicants and waiting times for processing of same. [33673/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33855/20]
Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 21 July 2020, if he will provide the link to his published diary on his Department’s website. [32355/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33853/20]
- 2020-11-04 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [31755/20]
- 2020-11-04 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [33559/20]
Health 4 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised by an association (details supplied) regarding operating under level 5 restrictions due to come into effect from midnight on 21 October 2020; and if he will engage with the association on the matter raised. [32518/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the guidelines in place for weddings taking place under level 5 of the Living with Covid plan; the maximum number of guests permitted; if guests are permitted to stay overnight at a venue; if guests, the wedding party and associated persons can travel outside of the 5 km restrictions to attend the wedding; if musicians are permitted to attend and play at ceremonies and receptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33051/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason only scientists registered with CORU can be considered to perform Covid-19 testing roles; if he plans to expand the criteria to consider recognising alternative degrees as equivalent to the current list of acceptance criteria, in view of the challenges facing the testing services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33657/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019 [33847/20]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if painters, decorators, plumbers, electricians and associated trades persons can continue to work under level 5 restrictions; the guidelines for these trades persons when working in individual homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections that have taken place in bookmakers throughout the Covid-19 emergency; the number of these businesses found to be non-compliant as a result of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33641/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33842/20]
Public 2 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the equality budgeting programme has been expanded into other Departments; and if so, the details of those Departments. [32665/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33850/20]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if music schools will be able to operate under the level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32569/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33854/20]
Rural 2 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has circulated an instruction to local authorities to cease call and collect public library services for the duration of the current level 5 restrictions. [32926/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33851/20]
Environment 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33843/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33844/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33848/20]
Foreign 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33845/20]
Defence 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33840/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33841/20]
Social 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33852/20]
Children 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33839/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33849/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of data protection breaches identified within his Department in 2019. [33838/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.