Cork South-Central — week of Mon, 14 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Cork South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Jun – 20 Jun 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 58 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-06-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–78

Voted against 1 Michael McGrath

Did not vote 5 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

The motion · motion passed 129–10

Voted for 1 Michael McGrath

Did not vote 5 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021

2021-06-16 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights, insofar as such exercise gives rise…

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A bill further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights, insofar as such exercise gives rise to the assessment of compensation payable by local authorities in respect of the compulsory acquisition of development land, with a view to reconciling the exercise of those rights with the exigencies of the common good, and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–58

Voted for 1 Michael McGrath

Did not vote 5 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Micheál Martin · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-06-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 24–19

Voted for 2 Michael McGrath · Micheál Martin

Did not vote 4 Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Jerry Buttimer · Pádraig Rice · Séamus McGrath

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 58 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 58 total

Education 42 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of home school community liaison officers currently employed; the number of schools they work in; and the current cost of employing these officers. [30538/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of special education teachers employed in schools; and the cost of employing these teachers. [30539/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); if the school will be ready by the beginning of August 2021 in order to prepare for students returning on 26 August 2021; and the steps she will take to ensure that the school will be ready by that date. [30551/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the projected enrolments at primary and secondary level for the 2021-2022 academic year. [30555/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will reinstate funding to primary schools to purchase library books that was cut in Budget 2008. [30673/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost per annum to restore the grant given to primary schools to purchase library books which was cut in Budget 2008. [31137/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the annual budget for information technology equipment for both primary and secondary schools; the number of devices purchased from this per annum by category; and the estimated cost of increasing same by 5%, 10%, 15% and 20%, respectively. [31138/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form. [31139/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost per annum to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and post-primary schools by one point and five points, respectively. [31140/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost per annum to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools to 20:1. [31141/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated number of additional classrooms required to facilitate the reduction of the pupil-teacher ratio by one point. [31142/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated number of additional classrooms required to facilitate a pupil-teacher ratio of 20:1. [31143/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the average cost per additional classroom provided at primary and post-primary level. [31144/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the annual capitation amounts to primary and post-primary schools since 2008. [31145/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring there is one home school community liaison teacher for each school that currently has none; and the estimated cost of one for every three and five schools, respectively. [31146/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of increasing funding for book rental schemes both in primary and secondary schools by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [31147/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring the running of a school book scheme that is entirely free to parents. [31148/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of developing a seed capital scheme for expanding the school book scheme into new schools. [31149/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing free school transport to each child availing of the school transport scheme in 2021. [31150/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools by one point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31151/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to designate an additional 10 schools as DEIS band 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31152/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools nationally that do not have a canteen. [31153/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools participating in the school meals programme that do not have a canteen. [31154/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the average cost of building a canteen for a school. [31155/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools that do not have a canteen. [31156/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools that do not have cooking facilities. [31157/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of additional special educational teachers that have been hired this academic year; and the number of additional special educational teachers that will be hired for the 2021-2022 academic year. [31158/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of additional special needs assistants who have been hired this academic year; and the number of additional special needs assistants who will be hired for the 2021-2022 academic year. [31159/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of additional special needs assistants who have been hired since budget day in October 2020. [31160/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if all of the funding provided for in budget 2021 for the hiring of additional special needs assistants has been utilised since that announcement. [31161/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of changing all teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with special classes to administrative status. [31162/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with one special class; and the number of teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with two or more special classes. [31163/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of changing all teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with two or more special classes to administrative status. [31164/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of changing teaching principals of mainstream primary schools with one special class to a job share leadership arrangement. [31165/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) can be provided with information on the outcome of their appeal for their child to be provided with school transport. [31322/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of fully implementing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 in today’s terms in a similar timeframe adjusting for inflation and accounting for the €397 million figure over five years outlined within the NCSE 2006 implementation report (details supplied). [31418/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene to ensure that students in Northern Ireland are not disadvantaged from accessing third-level places here due to the delay in leaving certificate results in 2021 given that the UCAS offers will be released a number of weeks before the CAO; if she has met with her counterpart in Northern Ireland to discuss this; and the ongoing engagement between the two jurisdictions on this issue. [31900/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her Department has examined permitting primary school teachers to transfer panel rights between counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31968/21]
- 2021-06-16 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the 2021 summer provision programme as in other years previously allows for children in special schools to make up the additional 20 hours with home-based tuition in which the school programme is only two weeks 20 hours. [32174/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of ensuring there is a defibrillator in every primary school, secondary school and special school. [32534/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure that there is a defibrillator in every school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32538/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if there funding is currently available for schools to apply to purchase a defibrillator. [32539/21]
Social 7 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding provided for the school meals programme for the 2020-2021 academic year. [30540/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families that receive child benefit payments; and the number of children these are in respect of. [31166/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in September 2021. [31167/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme budget by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively; and the estimated cost of extending the programme budget to include provision for breakfast in addition to lunch. [31168/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children availing of free hot school meals; the cost of same; and the cost per child and school of delivering same. [31169/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing hot free school meals to all children currently availing of free school meals. [31170/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing free hot school meals to all children attending DEIS schools. [31171/21]
Transport 3 questions
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene and engage with a company (details supplied) to ensure that no worker at Cork Airport will be laid off for ten weeks at the end of 2021. [31850/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the financial supports he will put in place to ensure the recovery of Cork Airport. [31851/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene and engage with a company (details supplied) to ensure that no worker at Cork airport will be laid off for ten weeks at the end of 2021. [30185/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the recent changes to household means policy 2021 issued in April take into account recent changes in circumstances; if not, if the net average income average over the past 52 weeks applies without discretion.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32523/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a change in a person’s financial circumstances due to the impact of Covid-19 can be taken into account when assessing income criteria; if not, if the previous 52 weeks nett income must be considered. [32524/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discretion councils can apply when assessing income limits regarding the qualifying criteria for inclusion on the social housing list. [32525/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the CAO to ensure that the HPAT results are released before the CAO course change option is closed or alternatively that the course change option is extended to at least 48 hours after the HPAT results are released. [31635/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 24 February, if he will provide assurances that the delay in issuing of the 2021 leaving certificate results will not disadvantage students in Northern Ireland from accessing third-level places here; if he has met his counterparts in Northern Ireland to discuss this; and the ongoing engagement between the two jurisdictions on this issue. [31899/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects that the high-level working group on collective bargaining will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31837/21]

Jerry Buttimer — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Martin — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Carlow College, St. Patrick's Education and Training
- Strategic positioning.

Pádraig Rice — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Séamus McGrath — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.