Dublin Rathdown — week of Mon, 15 Feb

What your Dublin Rathdown TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Feb – 21 Feb 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 45 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-02-17 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 24–20

Voted for 1 Josepha Madigan

Did not vote 4 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · 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 0 votes · 45 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 45 total

Health 21 questions
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce emergency contingency plans on international travel within the European Union should the South African variant of Covid-19 become the dominant strain of Covid-19 infections in most European Union member states and the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7992/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce emergency travel measures if a new and more deadly strain of the Covid-19 virus were to appear in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7994/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will reopen and resume its regular services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7997/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if family carers will be vaccinated as a specific group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8246/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the national immunisation advisory committee, NIAC, on the vaccination of family carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8247/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered introducing psychological and mental health supports for family carers to ease their burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8248/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that all those who need mental health supports have access to them in an affordable and timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8250/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health when in-person counselling services will be permitted to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8252/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered declaring counselling services an essential service that can be conducted face-to-face with the necessary precautions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8253/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered revisiting the renumeration for dentists who treat patients with medical cards to ensure that they are not at a loss for treating such patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8260/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to encourage dentists to provide treatment under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8261/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered revisiting the terms of the medical card scheme for dentists to ensure that the scheme is beneficial to both patients and dentists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8262/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health his plans to clear the BreastCheck backlog due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8485/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if the BreastCheck service is permitted to run for public health patients during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8486/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise BreastCheck appointments for patients who had their appointments cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8487/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he will waive the need for a general practitioner referral letter for patients who choose to get their BreastCheck appointment privately due to a cancelled appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8488/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health the current length of the backlog for BreastCheck screening appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8489/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he will add the daily breakdown of Covid-19 vaccine figures to the Covid-19 tracker application as opposed to the cumulative figure to give the public specific daily figures akin to the diagnosed case numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8771/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health his plans to vaccinate members of the Defence Forces who are serving overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8857/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he has considered promoting physical activity as a way to improve mental health during the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8865/21]
- 2021-02-18 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to recommend giving a single vaccine shot for persons who have had Covid-19 as has been recommended in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9196/21]
Enterprise 6 questions
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with his UK counterpart on the decision of the UK Government not to publish an impact assessment of the UK-EU trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8306/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the sectors that stand to benefit most and least, respectively, from the EU-UK trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8307/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Covid-19 supports available to businesses which do not fall into either the established relevant business activity or new relevant business activity under the Covid restrictions support scheme and as such cannot avail of its supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8433/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if front-facing businesses that do not qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme as they are neither an established relevant business activity or a new relevant business activity as they began trading in December 2020 will be eligible for the forthcoming Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8434/21]
- 2021-02-18 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered implementing a Covid-19 support scheme that does not require being a commercial rate payer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9197/21]
- 2021-02-18 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered allowing companies that are not paying commercial rates but that are registered and tax compliant to avail of Covid-19 support schemes such as the employment wage subsidy scheme, Covid restrictions support scheme and Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9198/21]
Transport 6 questions
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on his engagement with his European counterparts on 8 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7993/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the system in place to deal with the backlog of driver theory test appointments due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8001/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport if it is the policy of the RSA that if a driver theory test is cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, the student is not refunded for their test fee and is not given another test date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8002/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the plans in place to allow essential workers to take the driver theory test during the current round of Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8003/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport when the driver theory tests will resume for non-essential workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8004/21]
- 2021-02-18 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to extend the Luas to Rathfarnham; if planning has been carried out on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/21]
Finance 3 questions
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a tax incentive scheme on gym memberships or exercise classes when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8866/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered financial supports for the exercise industry to aid in its recovery from Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8867/21]
- 2021-02-18 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Finance if there is scope to extend the backdating of the Covid restrictions support scheme further than eight weeks to encompass companies that had issues with the initial application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9028/21]
Children 3 questions
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is a requirement of childcare providers to offer fee credits to parents for weeks in which the childcare provider setting is closed due to a Covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8321/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his engagement throughout 2020 and to date in 2021 with au pair organisations in relation to the childcare duties many participants provide to parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8322/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department considers au pair participants to be essential workers; if so, if specific provisions are in place to allow them to enter the country through essential travel provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8323/21]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with third level institutions to ensure that they are providing sufficient mental health supports to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8251/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has taken steps to ensure that all third level students have access to mental health supports in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8255/21]
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether mental health facilities in third level education are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8256/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the methods used to collect data on solid fuel volumes sold nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8760/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the salary expectations for persons to be able to access the affordable housing scheme which he plans to roll out in summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8326/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-02-17 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to schools minimising their midterm break but opting for extended breaks later in the spring; if this decision is supported by her Department; her views on whether schools should ensure that when children return to the classroom that any additional interruptions should be kept to a minimum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8860/21]

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.