Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 1 Feb

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Feb – 7 Feb 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 66 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-02-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–19

Voted for 1 Colm Burke

Did not vote 4 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Pádraig O'Sullivan · Thomas Gould

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 1 vote · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 10 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to ensure patients who are currently being prescribed products produced by a company (details supplied) will be able to continue to receive same and not incur further additional expenses, for example, couriering or personal collection of prescribed products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5581/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if all patients who were receiving reimbursement for their cannabis product prescription costs prior to 21 January 2021 will continue to be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5582/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to expanding the permissible products list of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme to include cannabis flower (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5583/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the qualifying list of conditions of the medical cannabis access programme will be expanded to include chronic pain, migraines, arthritis, endometriosis, anxiety, dementia and depression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5584/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the implementation of an online cannabis education programme for clinicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5585/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken in order to ensure that cannabis patients who have had to emigrate (details supplied) can return to Ireland and legally and affordably access their medicine here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5586/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 vaccination will be made available at an early date for congregated settings in which the residents are over 70 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6055/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to reversing the proposed plan of withdrawal of lactation support services in the Dublin south east region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6149/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of an online telehealth lactation service for mothers nationwide and which could be easily accessed and provide 24/7 support to parents with newborns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6150/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of an android and smart phone application which would provide parents of newborns with a 24-7 support system with on-demand access to leading maternal and paediatric experts including lactation consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6151/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position in respect of support for crèches in cases where they are providing care for children of essential workers but are now finding that they are in receipt of insufficient funding to remain open; if additional support will be provided for these key services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5557/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional supports will be made available to crèches (details supplied) so that they can meet their costs during this difficult period; if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be made available to them as a support mechanism while their income has been reduced; if so, if the scheme can be claimed retrospectively for the period of restrictions; if these supports will apply to all crèches in similar circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if a pension appeal will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4998/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport if additional financial supports will be made available to Irish airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6157/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to reopen point-to-point horse racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6050/21]

Eoghan Kenny — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ken O'Flynn — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pádraig O'Sullivan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 10 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 10 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for the Covid restrictions support scheme was refused; the other supports available for a person in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5021/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is taking to help persons that are shopping online and are being charged exorbitant customs duties and fees on top of the base price that the product was advertised at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5879/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of Ireland’s overseas aid commitments; if these commitments have been impacted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5878/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when passport applications for first-time applicants will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5881/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the working group assessing antigen testing is due to report; the plans in place to roll the test out in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5721/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider rolling out rapid antigen testing to all sectors of the economy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to roll-out the community involvement scheme for local authorities in 2021; the funding that will be provided for the repair of semi-public roads through Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5876/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to ensure that persons who applied for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are not being stopped from drawing down approved loans due to the fact they are temporarily on the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5880/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied with the current section 29 appeals system for schools; the number of appeals made in 2020; the number of appeals that were made and successful in 2020, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5805/21]
Rural 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the community services programme Pobal grants will reopen for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5299/21]

New lobbying 1 return

Colette Kelleher Education and Training
- Resources and recognition for a provider of alternative education

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 39 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 39 total

Health 13 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the sanctions available to gardaí to regulate employers who are in breach of the Covid-19 guidelines. [5224/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the sanctions available to gardaí to regulate employers who are in breach of the Covid-19 guidelines but have no premises, for example those in construction. [5225/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal to fund programmes specific to gambling addiction, given that the latest published data show that 8% of persons here suffer with problem gambling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5041/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health when the various sections of the national survey on drug and alcohol use in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he has received a draft copy of the survey to date. [5042/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised elective hospital for Cork; and if this will include an accident and emergency department. [5203/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to support the HSE to reopen SouthDoc Blackpool and Listowel. [5204/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if further Covid-19 funding will be provided to local and regional drug and alcohol taskforces. [5213/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the services funded to support those with alcohol-related brain injury. [5214/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if an application has been made for the participation of a company (details supplied) in the cannabis access programme, CAP, scheme; if so, the status of the application; and if not, if an indication has been given that an application will be made in future. [5576/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the status and timeline for the construction of an acute hospital in Cork as promised in the national development plan. [5592/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if the ambulatory elective hospital intended for Cork and promised in the national development plan will include an emergency department; and if an updated timeline on delivery of the hospital will be provided. [5593/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to commissioning a trauma awareness video for the HSE similar to that commissioned and made publicly available for child protection and suicide awareness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of times the working group on dual diagnosis has met; when it last met; and the next arranged meeting. [6083/21]
Justice 9 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the status of the engagement of the Minister for State with responsibility for law reform with an organisation (details supplied); and if a temporary funding stream has been found. [5211/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice her plans to progress legislation on alcohol licensing in view of the upsurge in drink deliveries due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [5212/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and arrests under legislation regulating learner drivers in tabular form. [5215/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and arrests under legislation regulating the supply of a vehicle to a person with a learner permit to drive unaccompanied. [5216/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and arrests relating to the supply of a vehicle to a person under 16 years of age. [5217/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of road traffic collisions involving underage drivers in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [5221/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of road traffic collisions involving learner drivers in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [5222/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of fines and sanctions issued to employers for breach of Covid-19 guidelines by month to date in tabular form. [5226/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the training provided to gardaí on horse welfare and licensing requirements; and her plans to improve this. [5227/21]
Housing 6 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding given to provide accommodation to those sleeping rough in Cork city in 2020 by month. [5205/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the publication date of an affordable housing plan committed to in the programme for Government. [5206/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to significant delays and issues with the Rebuilding Ireland home loan programme in Cork city. [5208/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are required to provide a report on HAP inspections to his office. [5246/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons and families currently on the housing assistance payment at the end of Q3 2020, by county. [5738/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are specific time periods during which local authorities can apply for funding to restore voids; and the number of such opportunities in 2019 and 2020. [5739/21]
Transport 4 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the status of the northern ring road; and if this will be progressed further when a decision is made on the M20 route in 2021. [5209/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost and timeline of the M20. [5210/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a driver test; the number that are essential workers; the number waiting for driver theory tests in tabular form; and his plans to provide funding to ease the backlog once level 5 restrictions are eased. [5218/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the status of the development of a walkability study that would assist local authorities in ensuring their areas are accessible for those with disabilities. [5223/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in County Cork. [5220/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for roll-out of the national broadband plan in Donoughmore, County Cork [6085/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for and order of citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5207/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a dispute at a company (details supplied). [5219/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of the negotiations with a trust (details supplied) for land for a school building. [5247/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for the European Youth Parliament which is hosting a virtual conference in County Cork in the coming weeks. [5786/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to his Indonesian counterpart and the Indonesian diplomatic mission to Ireland to express Ireland's displeasure at the recent news that a same sex Indonesian couple were whipped for Sharia-banned sex. [6226/21]