Dublin Rathdown — week of Mon, 1 Feb

What your Dublin Rathdown TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Feb – 7 Feb 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 42 questions · 0 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 Neale Richmond

Did not vote 3 Maeve O'Connell · Shay Brennan · Sinéad Gibney

Maeve O'Connell — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Neale Richmond — Fine Gael 1 vote · 42 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 42 total

Foreign 7 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which Irish diplomats are being encouraged to apply for European external action service posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5035/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of his engagement with the Chinese Government with regard to the treatment of the Uighurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of his engagement with the Chinese Government with regard to the protests and arrests that took place during and after the 2019-2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5408/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of his engagement with the Belarusian Government in relation to the ongoing human rights abuses and the regular mass arrests of political opposition members that have been taking place over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5409/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress in the meetings of the UN-facilitated constitutional committee in Geneva; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5410/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to engage with the UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Mark Lowcock, regarding the pending risk of large-scale famine in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5411/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with Her Excellency Ms Geraldine Byrne Nason on her work as chair of the Somalia sanctions committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5412/21]
Transport 6 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered implementing measures to reduce the price of electric cars to give buyers a wider variety of options given that the importing of used cars from the UK is no longer economically viable due to VAT increasing the price of second-hand cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5031/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the additional personnel in local authorities working on cycling infrastructure; the number of personnel needed to implement the school streets initiative; the projected funds needed per local authority to roll out the initiative across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5305/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the status of the MetroLink development as of 31 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5628/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the uptake of the bike to work scheme from its launch to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the uptake of the-bike-to-work scheme from its launch to 2020; the percentage of uptake in each sector of employment such as agriculture, service and industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5631/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to further enhance the-bike-to-work scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/21]
Health 6 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to make Covid-19 antigen tests available in non-clinical settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5308/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who will be called upon to administer the Covid-19 vaccine by local electoral area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5624/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to ensure that Covid-19 vaccine vials are not unused or stored incorrectly and expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5625/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health when a residential care home (details supplied) will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5725/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if his Department will ensure that PPE equipment will be delivered to the 700 plus private dentists that registered their interest for this equipment with the HSE following a commitment by his Department to deliver this equipment in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5897/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if his Department started to engage with the EMA regarding the procurement of Covid-19 vaccine doses for Ireland in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6319/21]
Further and Higher Education 5 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered additional financial supports for PhD students in receipt of a scholarship that do not benefit from the €50 million once-off Covid-19 payment scheme for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with his UK counterpart and relevant EU officials offering a pathway back into the Erasmus+ programme for students in Scotland, Wales and England; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5633/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plans are in place to ensure that third-level students will have access to the Erasmus+ programme in the academic year 2021-2022 despite Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5634/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of third-level students who have availed of the Erasmus+ programme in the 2020-2021 academic year; the number of third-level students who abandoned their plans to avail of the Erasmus+ programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5635/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if provisions will be made for third-level students that planned to avail of the Erasmus+ programme in the 2020-2021 academic year but subsequently abandoned their plans to study abroad due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5636/21]
Justice 5 questions
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice if, in view of recent increases in knife crime, the measures being taken to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6314/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice if, in view of recent increases in knife crime, she will reconsider introducing a weapons amnesty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider minimum sentencing guidelines for knife crimes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6316/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the resources provided to An Garda Síochána to tackle knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6317/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the initiatives that have been taken by An Garda Síochána to tackle knife crime on a divisional basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6318/21]
Finance 4 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance the number of ATMs operated by a company (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5032/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered banning ATMs (details supplied) here as has been done in Amsterdam due to large hidden fees and misleading information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5033/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance his plans to call on insurers to reimburse drivers due to the underuse of vehicles as he did during April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5496/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered issuing a commemorative coin to honour front-line workers as has been done in Italy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5814/21]
Children 3 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the roll-out of the baby box scheme as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5414/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a further pilot scheme for the baby box programme is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5415/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislation to increase parental leave from two to five weeks will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the latest announcements from Japan stating its concentration and committed efforts to ensure the occurrence of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5626/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has engaged with the Government of Japan to ensure the safety of the Irish Olympic team if the team is to travel in summer 2021 to participate in the planned Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5627/21]
Defence 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown of the 529 Irish troops serving in UN peacekeeping operations by the location they are stationed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5413/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence if there is scope to strengthen the presence of the Defence Forces in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of west Africa to ensure that Ireland plays a larger role in global maritime security as the EU launched the first pilot of the new co-ordinated maritime presences concept on 25 January 2021. [5815/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the Celtic interconnector proposal as of 31 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5629/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to affording more flexibility to single parents in order to access the affordable housing shared equity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/21]

Shay Brennan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Sinéad Gibney — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.