Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 28 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Jun – 4 Jul 2021 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-06-30 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 114–6

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Ossian Smyth · Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-06-30 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–81

Voted for 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Voted against 2 Cormac Devlin · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

The motion · motion passed 86–51

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021

2021-06-30 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in relation to industrial relations and trade disputes and f…

full description

A bill to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in relation to industrial relations and trade disputes and for that purpose to amend the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 and the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2019, to make provision for enhanced representation of retired workers in relation to the administration of certain pension schemes, to amend the Pensions Act 1990 and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–62

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-06-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Cormac Devlin

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Barry Ward — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Foreign 3 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff from the Passport Office that are on secondment to or otherwise assisting the Department of Health by grade and month since January 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34429/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed by the Passport Office by grade and month since January 2019; if the office will be taking on summer staff to deal with the current backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34430/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports awaiting processing by month from January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34431/21]
Defence 2 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the readiness of the Naval Service fleet and the plans for its future development. [34695/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the level of day-to-day spending in the Defence Forces annualised as a percentage of GDP in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and the estimate for 2021. [34696/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the provision of fibre broadband under the national broadband plan to Adelaide Street, Dún Laoghaire and in particular a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when it is expected that the eastern coastline of Ireland will be surveyed as part of the recently announced ObSERVE II programme; if this work will involve local authorities; if these findings will be publicly available; if so, when they will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34435/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Taoiseach the consultation he has had with the Central Statistics Office in relation to Census 2021. [34995/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff employed in the management of the public services card phone line service; the number of calls that have been received by month since January 2020; the number of cards that have been processed; if she will consider extending the service online to improve efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34432/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028; the efforts he is making to ensure childminders including representatives from an organisation (details supplied) are involved in every stage of the process impacting the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34433/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the history and activity of the trial programme Protecting Young People from the Influence of Adult Crime Networks in Ireland; the contact details for the section dealing with same within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34436/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when an organisation (details supplied) will resume providing services to older persons; the timeline for reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29269/21]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 0 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 2 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health if the arrangement enabling remote consultation for early abortion care will be reviewed once the public health emergency is declared over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26798/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the current status of the prospective reimbursement of a drug (details supplied); the status of same following the meetings which were scheduled to take place in April 2021; when a decision will be made by the HSE on the reimbursement of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28669/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the status of the strands of the summer provision programme in 2021; the details of measures to increase participation on account of exceptional challenges posed by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35108/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the publication of the new relationship and sexual educations programme; the status of same versus any other relationship and sexual education programme; if it will be a mandatory curriculum as opposed to a discretionary one in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35107/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection if the thresholds for earnings in relation to qualification for the carer’s allowance can be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35090/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps her Department is taking to combat the scam telephone calls and text messages that are being received in relation to her Department’s services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35091/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the steps her Department has in place to ensure the Covid-19 protocols are being adhered to throughout the immigration process in Dublin Airport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34605/21]

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 5 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the status of workers who have been transferred without their knowledge from a section 39 status organisation to a section 56 status which has had consequences for those workers earnings and conditions; when and the way in which this change was made; if it is intended to ensure sufficient funding and resources are available for Tusla and section 56 workers to allow for the reversal of FEMPI era cuts that have applied to public sector and section 38 and 39 employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26738/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the next date for a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27464/21]
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a parent can travel to see their child who lives in the UK without needing to use up annual leave to quarantine for two weeks on their return or to have a need to pay for expensive PCR tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26800/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of prisoners who have been vaccinated to date against Covid-19; the number vaccinated who are over 60 years of age; the number vaccinated who are medically vulnerable; the timescale for those who have not been vaccinated to receive a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28506/21]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any engagements with the Central Statistics Office with regard to the rescheduling of Census 2021. [34841/21]
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [34682/21]
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [34683/21]
Social 3 questions
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person in their 80s who has been in receipt of the State pension (contributory) and a qualified adult increase for nearly 20 years and whose spouse is the qualified adult and is also in their 80s has received a means text request from her Department; if this is a random review; if so, if the procedure will be reviewed that allows those over 80 to be randomly reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35265/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment whose payment is reduced to the €203 on 7 September 2021 or the subsequent two dates will be moved to jobseeker’s allowance rather than stay on the payment at the relevant rate; her views on the way this can be justified given the payment is not a jobseeker’s allowance payment but a payment for those whose incomes or jobs continue to be impacted by public health restrictions, such as taxi drivers, musicians and those in the entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35264/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the period of time a person can receive jobseeker’s benefit before they are means tested for jobseeker’s allowance temporarily until the job market and the economy has recovered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35442/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and the Higher Education Authority will assist and support Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology as the last remaining institute of technology to join the Technological University through a section 38 of the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34441/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a line item list of expenditure for funds awarded to Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology by the Higher Education Authority for exploring technological university designation; if this funding is to seek technological university designation under the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34442/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if confirmation will be given to a school (details supplied) of the location of its temporary school in September 2021; if she will ensure that the temporary school will be in the catchment area of the school; the location of the permanent site; when the permanent site will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35267/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will work with a school (details supplied) to ensure the acquisition by her Department of a building for a specific ASD unit and as a school hall; if not, if confirmation will be given that the school will have an ASD unit and will be allowed to rent the building for same while a deal is worked out between her Department and the parish to purchase the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35266/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 5 May 2021, when the information requested will be provided by An Garda Síochána. [34551/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the VAT implications for a registered charity building an animal shelter as a new build; if exemptions are available on the VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35448/21]