Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 11 Jan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 11 questions · 6 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 6 questions
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if the task force on the Covid-19 vaccination will be requested to include persons with Down's syndrome in the group of people aged 18 to 64 years with certain medical conditions document by the provisional vaccine allocation group. [44557/20]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the extent to which vitamin D is being used by the HSE to treat and-or prevent Covid-19 in healthcare settings here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1002/21]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing observational studies that are currently evaluating the role of vitamin D in preventing and treating Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1003/21]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the terms of reference given to the Food Safety Authority ahead of the publication of its vitamin D scientific recommendations for food-based dietary guidelines for older adults in Ireland; if this study was requested to look at vitamin D in the general population in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1004/21]
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if his Department will work with the HSE to approve a medical internship for a sixth-year medical student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1953/21]
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the €100 weekly grant payment to student nurses working during Covid-19 to radiography students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if DEIS status will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Longford; if she will consider the strains on resources, the dramatic job restructuring in the area at present and the fact that the student population in the school comprises homes in which 27% are lone parents, 44% are social protection recipients and 37% English as an additional language, EAL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44762/20]
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the plans in place to support special needs students during level 5 lockdown. [1957/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the way new companies can determine their eligibility of wage subsidy scheme if they were not in operation one year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1961/21]
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his engagement with the banks on business loans which many closed businesses will find difficult to repay at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1963/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the process by which a college application by a person (details supplied) can be appealed, given that the university has advised the prospective student to appeal through the Teaching Council but the Teaching Council has advised that it does not have any remit with regard to the appeals process. [1001/21]

New lobbying 6 returns

Construction Defects Alliance Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.
Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health
- Implementation of National Neurorehabilitation Strategy Framework 2019-2021 and investment to support its implementation
TU Dublin Students' Union CLG · 2 returns Education and Training · Justice and Equality
- Lobbying for a reduction to the student contribution charge
- Lobbying for legislation regarding IBSA
Irish Heart Foundation · 2 returns Communications · Health
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill
- IHF FAST campaign on awareness of stroke symptoms

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 7 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual expenditure and the number of properties remediated annually under the pyrite resolution scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2020; and the budget allocation and anticipated number of properties to be remediated in 2021, in tabular form. [1944/21]
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost to the State arising from the issue of defects and remediation at a location (details supplied); the breakdown of the cost of remediation of the apartments; the number of apartments remediated; the cost of emergency accommodation; the cost of legal fees incurred by Government and Dublin City Council; the other area of costs not included in this list; and the amount recouped by the State from the sale of the remediated apartments at the location. [1949/21]
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action taken with respect to the 20 local authority housing estates that were the subject of the IFHS collective complaint against the Irish State to the European Committee of Social Rights in from 2014; and his plans to address the Committee of Ministers' findings that the Irish State was in breach of Article 16 of the European Social Charter with respect to the substandard quality of accommodation for a substantial number of local authority tenants and the failure of the State to address these standards in a timely manner. [2058/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider granting an exemption to learner drivers who are essential workers and have completed 12 driving lessons to allow them drive to and from work unaccompanied by a fully licensed driver for the period of level 5 restrictions in view of reduced capacity on public transport causing issues for essential workers during level 5 restrictions and the lengthy delays in accessing the driving test. [1672/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to put in place a remote learning plan for vulnerable students and students with vulnerable household members in view of the increased incidence of Covid-19. [1357/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students attending a college (details supplied) are eligible for the Covid-19 third level payment. [1009/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the status of the assessment of the atopic eczema treatment known as dupilumab; and when the treatment will be available to eczema patients here. [1342/21]

New lobbying 5 returns

Association of Irish Local Government Local Government
- Pre-Budget submission highlighting local government services which require support in the following financial yeard
Construction Defects Alliance Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.
TU Dublin Students' Union CLG · 2 returns Education and Training · Justice and Equality
- Lobbying for a reduction to the student contribution charge
- Lobbying for legislation regarding IBSA
The Union of Students in Ireland Environment
- Attended the Stop Climate Chaos Lobby Day

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 11 questions · 6 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 8 questions
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost to the State in defending the 115 court cases brought since late 2018 by parents whose children did not receive an assessment of need in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44814/20]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to have a computerised patient record system that is integrated across all health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44959/20]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 in transporting patients record across health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44960/20]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when a national director of mental health will be appointed; the remit of the director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44961/20]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the services in place to allow persons to receive therapy and counselling on a face-to-face basis under the current restrictions. [45119/20]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the visiting procedures for HSE nursing homes in view of the new restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1161/21]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility for PaediaSure in the powdered form to be added to the list for medical card holders (details supplied). [1464/21]
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the waiting list time for first and review assessments for speech and language assessment and speech and language therapy from 2016 to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-01-13 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process for a community centre to apply for funding for a youth service worker to be employed directly by it. [44683/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there has been a delay in the administering of tax books for cars; and if this has affected tax renewals. [2018/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-01-14 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if there is an increase in cars being seized by An Garda Síochána due to lack of tax renewals. [2019/21]

New lobbying 6 returns

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health
- Implementation of National Neurorehabilitation Strategy Framework 2019-2021 and investment to support its implementation
TU Dublin Students' Union CLG · 2 returns Education and Training · Justice and Equality
- Lobbying for a reduction to the student contribution charge
- Lobbying for legislation regarding IBSA
Irish Medical Organisation Health
- Meeting with the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental health on the impact of Covid 19 on the demand for mental health care and access at Primary Care level.
Irish Heart Foundation Children and Youth Affairs
- Promoting Irish Heart Foundation's priorities in Children & Disability Portfolio
Coalition 2030 Environment
- Oireachtas Committee on Children, Disability, Equality & Integration - SDGs recommendations for Minister meeting

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Votes this week

Questions asked 11 total

New lobbying 6 returns

Questions asked 7 total

New lobbying 5 returns

Questions asked 11 total

New lobbying 6 returns