Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 26 Apr — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Apr – 2 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 51 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-04-28 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

2021-04-27 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted for 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted for 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted for 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted for 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

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

Questions asked 11 total

Health 7 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce measures to ensure care for women who initiate legal abortions in Ireland but whose abortion fails beyond the 12-week timeline and must travel abroad to receive an abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21357/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of his plans to regulate rogue crisis pregnancy agencies that seek to delay and misinform those seeking information on abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21408/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a primary care centre in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21708/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a primary care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21709/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans for a service (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21710/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if antigen testing is being considered as a means for allowing pregnant women to be accompanied by a partner in hospital for the entirety of their labour and birth. [22443/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the location where healthcare workers who are returning from maternity leave and who have not yet been vaccinated such as a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22444/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Gaeltacht summer colleges and other youth summer camps will be permitted to go ahead in summer 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21965/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration is being given to allowing theatres to open at reduced capacity in summer 2021; and the level of virus suppression that would be necessary to facilitate the reopening of the sector. [21966/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the support and incentives available to part-time employees currently receiving the pandemic unemployment payment who are transitioning back into the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21444/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial supports or incentives are available to employees who temporarily employ a person through the community employment scheme and then wish to employ that person on a part-time basis during or after their placement. [22454/21]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 21 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 21 total

Housing 14 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the report into the deaths of persons experiencing homelessness. [21321/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the spend to date by local authorities of the Traveller accommodation budget; and the breakdown of this spend on Covid-19 related work, refurbishment of existing work and new Traveller specific accommodation. [21322/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding details approved by his Department for a social housing lease agreement between an organisation (details supplied) for 40 units of accommodation at a location; the length of time of the lease agreement; the average annual cost of the lease at this location; and if he will provide all other available information. [21539/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications submitted in the first quarter of 2021; the number of applications accepted; the number approved; the number of mortgage drawdowns; the value of the applications in each category in the first quarter of 2021; the breakdown for each local authority area; and the breakdown as a total for the State under each heading. [21555/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term lease and Part V lease approvals granted to date in 2021; the number of units in each approval; the local authority in which each approval was granted; the average annual cost of the lease in each development; and the average length of the lease in each development. [21556/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homelessness task force and housing delivery task force meetings that have taken place in the past six months; and if the minutes from these meetings will be released. [21557/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a list of all organisations and persons he has consulted in preparation of his Housing for All plan will be provided; when these consultations took place; the length of time the consultation meetings were held for; and if the minutes or notes from these meetings will be published. [21558/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the draft national architecture policy; when the next phase of the consultation will take place; when he will engage with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the matter; and when the plan will be finalised and published. [21559/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and value of Rebuilding Ireland home loans that were applied for, approved and drawn down in the first quarter of 2021. [21570/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average Rebuilding Ireland home loan amount that was drawn down in Dublin and outside of Dublin in the first quarter of 2021. [21571/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes brought into use in quarter 1 of 2021 via the repair and lease scheme. [21575/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes brought into use in quarter 1 of 2021 via the buy and renew scheme. [21576/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes acquired via the Housing Agency in quarter 1 of 2021; and the average cost of each unit. [21577/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund funding that has been drawn down by local authority to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21579/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain applications have been granted, from the most recent date available. [21573/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in 2021; the average length of time that families spent in such accommodation; and the number of beds available on a given night in 2020. [21574/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are other examples in legislation in which the Government has limited liability from claims for damages or compensation for failure to comply with an Act as in section 4 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 (details supplied). [21534/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy grant applications received; the number of applications that reached claim stage; and the number of claims approved under the help-to-buy scheme for quarter 1 of 2021. [21578/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of rent supplement payments currently being paid. [21572/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has received any of the State allocation of the EU React funding; if so, the amount; and the areas of expenditure under the responsibilities of his Department it was spent on. [21335/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health his plans to move from a psychiatric model of transgender healthcare to a model more in line with international best practice as outlined by the World Health Organisation. [22511/21]

New lobbying 1 return

The Irish Traveller Movement Justice and Equality
- Land Development Agency Bill. National Development Plan . Education inclusion • Traveller Culture and Heritage

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 9 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of cross border directive mental health referrals that have been sent to Northern Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21364/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health referrals to the treatment abroad scheme made in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the countries the referrals were to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21365/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of cross border directive mental health referrals that have been sent to the UK in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of the cross border directive for each service (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21378/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if persons in Ireland can obtain treatment for eating disorders under the cross-border directive; the treatments available; the way in which they access them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their Covid-19 vaccine; when they will receive same; and if this can be arranged as a matter of urgency. [21402/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21409/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the reason given by clinicians leaving CHO7 in their exit interviews in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22062/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund an extension in treatment for a person (details supplied). [22082/21]
Education 5 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the reason pupils in a school (details supplied) do not have access to an educational psychiatrist; and her plans to put this service in place in the school. [22060/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the options that are open to the parents of a child (details supplied) in securing a specialist school placement after being unsuccessful three times in applying to a school. [22091/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the criteria for a ten-year-old child to qualify for school personal resource hours with an IQ of less than 90; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22096/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the additional school personal resources that are available to a ten-year-old child with an IQ of above 90; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22097/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the additional school personal resources that are available to a ten-year-old child with an IQ of below 90; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22098/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice her plans to provide a multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalation team that will include members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21754/21]

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.