Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 16 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2020 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 54 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Appointment of Ordinary Member of Standards in Public Office Commission

2020-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 87–57

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

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes

2020-11-18 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–57

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

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

The motion · motion passed 85–57

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

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-11-17 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 24–21

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Richard Boyd Barrett

The motion · motion passed 24–21

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · 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 5 votes · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 22 total

Defence 3 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence the status of Ireland’s participation in Operation IRINI. [36626/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the work of the Defence Enterprise Committee. [36625/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37173/20]
Public 3 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement by the OPW with the Cherrywood strategic development zone, SDZ, and relevant stakeholders since January 2018. [36661/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the OPW’s plans and timeline for the Kill of the Grange and Dalkey Garda stations. [36728/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37183/20]
Transport 2 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to engage with residents (details supplied) in County Dublin that are being impacted by night-time work on the DART line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36389/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37188/20]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37175/20]
Environment 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37176/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37177/20]
Tourism 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of her Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37187/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37181/20]
Foreign 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37178/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education her views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of her Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37174/20]
Social 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of her Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37185/20]
Children 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37172/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37179/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of her Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37182/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37180/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of his Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37171/20]
Rural 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of her Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37184/20]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 5 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 4 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a residential placement considering they have been on the waiting list for three years and have been deemed a high priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37109/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if a medical appointment can be secured for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37238/20]
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of a potential vaccine against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37469/20]
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen gay men's health services as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37506/20]
Transport 2 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport if companies that report to him such as the Irish Aviation Authority, have a compulsory retirement age of 65 years of age; if not, if they are included under the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36963/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport if the Irish Aviation Authority is considered a semi-State body as it reports to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the legislation for an affordable housing scheme; when it will come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36835/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for an application for a visa by a person (details supplied) whose partner is an Irish national; when a decision will be made on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37268/20]

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 3 votes · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Taoiseach 7 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the data protection unit in his Department. [35169/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with church leaders. [35422/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [36672/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [36673/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with education will next meet. [35424/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [36674/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his role in defining the different measures, restrictions and guidelines in terms of the 5 levels of Covid-19 restrictions. [37229/20]
Tourism 4 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for not allowing children's swimming lessons under level 3 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36549/20]
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide grants and supports to the self-employed and sole traders who work in the arts, entertainment, music and event industry who continue to have work-related overheads despite having little or no work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35170/20]
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the results of the pilot project announced in the July stimulus will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37387/20]
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the pilot project announced in the July stimulus to support the arts, live music and entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37386/20]
Finance 3 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he can intervene with banks that are refusing mortgages to workers whose employers are in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36144/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the reason on-course bookmakers have been excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36165/20]
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will advise domestic employers who mistakenly believed they could apply for the temporary wage subsidy scheme for their employee and were not informed by the Revenue Commissioners when they made email inquiries nor when they applied that the scheme did not cover domestic employees and now are being asked to repay the moneys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37483/20]
Social 3 questions
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays in newborns being registered and subsequently receiving their PPS number which is causing problems or delays in newborns receiving general practitioner care, vaccinations and other health checks essential for babies to receive proper and timely treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37234/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the current methods of registration of births; if there have been changes to the methods for registration under Covid-19 restrictions; if there are delays in registration of births currently; if so, the average length of the delay; if this is causing delays in newborns being given a PPS number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37233/20]
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if organisations (details supplied) will be allowed to be represented on the Pensions Commission for which she is responsible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37289/20]
Education 2 questions
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the reason Honey Park, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, is excluded from the catchment area of school patronage for Blackrock, Booterstown and Dún Laoghaire (details supplied). [36159/20]
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the school transport for a school (details supplied) has been further increased to allow for the safe transportation of physically very vulnerable school children during level 5 or other levels as children are in overcrowded buses and are at increased risk of Covid-19 infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36480/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-11-17 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the solutions the HSE have come up with to find residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36447/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that councils that are not able to meet the deadline for home acquisition and renovation by the end of 2020 have the deadline extended due to the delays in the programme due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37316/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-11-18 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if funding supports for graduate entry medicine students are to remain in its current form; if he will change the current system of charging students €16,000 per annum; if he will consider altering the current and only option for student loans for these courses by arrangement with a bank (details supplied) and accept that during a global pandemic the need for qualified medical personnel needs his attention to make the graduate course more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37267/20]
Environment 1 question
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions taken regarding clothing and textiles deposited in clothing banks and unused clothing and textiles from the charity industry; the regulations and checks in place to ensure environmentally safe disposal of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-11-19 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if any prior discussion took place between the Government here and the UK Government before the introduction of the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill in the UK Parliament in view of the extraterritorial applicability and implications for the criminal justice cooperation between Ireland and the UK; if the UK committed to notifying the authorities here when UK policing and security agencies authorise criminal acts to take place within the jurisdiction of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37593/20]