Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 20 Sept

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 0 votes · 13 questions · 31 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to address shortages in the provision of dental services under the medical card scheme in particular as it relates to dental provision for pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44748/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the measures which have been taken to resolve the acute crisis in the provision of dental services under the medical card scheme and in particular as it relates to dental provision for pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45139/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department will take to provide the necessary capital and revenue resources arising from public health guidelines to facilitating the full reopening and safe operation of day care services. [45140/21]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development by his Department of a new strategy to expand afforestation, particularly close to nature forestry and agri-forestry, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [45134/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the contribution of his Department to the land use review as outlined in the Programme for Government. [45135/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken to promote close to nature continuous cover forestry systems as outlined in the Programme for Government. [45136/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems; and if the review will examine the cost of a ban on the importation of fracked gas within the timeframe included in that review. [45137/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated annual cost of including glass bottles in the proposed deposit return scheme of his Department. [45138/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details on the level of trade between Ireland and Bahrain in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45210/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of providing 100 additional buses to the Bus Éireann fleet. [45133/21]
Defence 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing specialist fire service vehicles for the Defence Forces fire services in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [45208/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of research into the cost of disability here which was commissioned by her Department (details supplied); and when it is expected to be published. [45207/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the budget allocation for the Data Protection Commission in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [45209/21]

New lobbying 31 returns

Uplift Health
- Uplift campaigner Layla Wade emailed Ivana Bacik TD asking her to vote for the National Maternity Hospital to be kept in public ownership
Fórsa trade union Health
- Discussion on Fórsa members working in the health and social care sectors.
Grant Thornton · 2 returns Taxation
- Email to all TDs and Senators. Invite to read CCAB-I submission for Budget 2022. Flagging need for temporary legislative amendment to Finance (COVID-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 to ensure that proprietary directors of companies in the SME sector are not penalised because of their employers’ participation in the Tax Debt Warehousing Scheme for PAYE purposes.
- Email to all TDs and Senators. Invite to read CCAB-I submission for Budget 2022. Flagging need for temporary legislative amendment to Finance (COVID-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 to ensure that proprietary directors of companies in the SME sector are not penalised because of their employers’ participation in the Tax Debt Warehousing Scheme for PAYE purposes.
Merchants QuayIreland Ltd Community
- Proposals re. drug treatment, homelessness, mental health and related matters
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Business priorities for resilient and sustainable growth across the Dublin & Mid-East Region
Irish Family Planning Association Health
- National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
DHR Consultancy Limited Health
- Programme for Government commitment to roll out free contraception - activity from 1 July
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Transport
- Position Paper on e-scooters was sent to Minister for Transport and Minister of State, Oireachtas Transport Committee and Disability Matters Committee
Early Childhood Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- Budget 2022
Trócaire Foreign Affairs
- Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
Cuala Senior Care Limited Health
- Enterprise - Decision by the Department of Enterprise to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system.
Children's Books Ireland CLG Education and Training
- Lobbying in relation to funding for primary school libraries
Alcohol Action Ireland · 2 returns Health · Arts
- Alcohol Treatment Services
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill
Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Education and Training
- Communcation from AAIIS in support of the Health Insurance (International Students) (Amendment) Bill 2021
Irish Penal Reform Trust · 4 returns Children and Youth Affairs · Justice and Equality
- Supporting Children and Families affected by imprisonment
- All Party Oireachtas Group on Penal Reform
- All Party Oireachtas Group on Penal Reform
- Oireachtas engagement with penal reform
Sandyford BID CLG Economic Development and Industry
- Sharing the findings of the Economic Report prepared for the area by Jim Power which highlights the need to provide extra housing stock and associated facilities and amenities to cater for the projected doubling of the workforce in the years ahead
Vulcan Consulting Limited Transport
- E-Scooter Legislation
Superpedestrian Ireland Ltd. Transport
- Micromobility Legislation
Home and Community Care Ireland Health
- Recruitment and retention issues in the home care sector
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED Communications
- To advocate for the establishment of an online safety commissioner with appropriate powers
Women for Election Justice and Equality
- Increasing the number of women elected as TD's and Local Councillors. Maternity Leave for Public Representatives. Gender Quotas in Local, European and Seanad Elections. Tackling abuse of politicians. Research of the barriers to women's participation in politics. Remote voting for Dail and Seanad. Childcare/Care expenses to be included in SIPO eligible expenses
Dublin Chamber of Commerce Economic Development and Industry
- Communication with Ivana Bacik TD
Sage Advocacy · 3 returns Health
- To highlight issues in relation to the Commission on Care and the Fair Deal
- To highlight the publication of Sage Advocacy's annual report 2020.
- To highlight the position of some nursing home residents who must pay additional charges to nursing homes, that are not covered by the Fair Deal and to stress the need for the Commission on Care.
Irish Cancer Society Finance
- Challenges of cancer survivors in accessing financial services

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 13 questions · 22 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Justice 5 questions
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in the Garda B and C Districts within the Dublin Metropolitan Region; the number of those warrants outstanding per district that are in excess of minimum of 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45050/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each Garda district within the Dublin Metropolitan Region as of 15 September 2021; if this number will be further increased before the end of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45051/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of dogs currently in the Garda dog unit; the number of horses currently in the Garda mounted unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45052/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardai who successfully completed the van personnel carrier course in 2020 and to date in 2021; the duration of this course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45055/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the diversion protective services unit in the Cavan-Monaghan, Sligo-Leitrim and the Wexford Garda division as of 13 September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45056/21]
Health 3 questions
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when it is intended to legislate in the area of assisted human reproduction; and if he will be doing so in line with the recently published report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection which recommends that the Government introduce a legislative framework including recognition of international surrogacy and parenting arrangements. [44553/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to seek an extension of the provisions of Part 2 of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021 due to expire on 9 October 2021. [45245/21]
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to seek an extension of the provisions of the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) Amendment Act 2021 due to expire on 9 November 2021. [45246/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-09-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he will take to ensure that in-person lectures at a university (details supplied) recommence in alignment with other third-level institutions. [45287/21]
- 2021-09-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with the provost of a university (details supplied) to ensure that in-person lectures at the college recommence in a similar way to other third-level institutions. [45288/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to conduct a business case review into the BusConnects project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44511/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has handed back Fitzgibbon Street Garda station to the Garda authorities; if not, when it will be handed back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45054/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-09-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the relevant section of the Civil Registration Act 2014 will commence whereby it becomes obligatory for a father’s name to be on a birth certificate when the birth is being registered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44689/21]

New lobbying 22 returns

Fórsa trade union Education and Training
- Discussion on the issue of higher education funding
Grant Thornton Taxation
- Email to all TDs and Senators. Invite to read CCAB-I submission for Budget 2022. Flagging need for temporary legislative amendment to Finance (COVID-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 to ensure that proprietary directors of companies in the SME sector are not penalised because of their employers’ participation in the Tax Debt Warehousing Scheme for PAYE purposes.
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Communications
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill - to provide for an individual complaints mechanism to allow children and young people to access a meaningful remedy when they are directly subjected to cyberbullying, where the hosting site/platform/etc. fails to act in an effective and efficient manner.
Progressive College Network Ltd. Education and Training
- I was lobbying the government on policy regarding the ELE sector - the ability to recruit from abroad; while universities were told students were free to travel, ELE providers were told they were not allowed to recruit from abroad. This meant that ELE providers were put at a disadvantage. The ELE sector relies wholly on international students
Engineers Ireland Finance
- Professional Indemnity (PI) Insurance
Ibec · 2 returns Economic Development and Industry · Transport
- Business priorities for resilient and sustainable growth across the Dublin & Mid-East Region
- The National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland (NIFTI) and the considerations for Dublin
TG4 Communications
- Fís TG4 tar éis covid/ aigneacht réamhbhuiséid
Vincent Jennings/Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association (CSNA) Finance
- retailers of tobacco are prohibited by law from selling tobacco at a price higher than the one set by the tobacco company.CSNA does not consider this prohibition to be useful in meeting the Towards a Tobacco-Free Society Policy objective. Retailers need to be able to set the price of tobacco in the same manner as they calculate the required RSP of all other Fast Moving Consumer Goods. We cannot and will not seek to sell the products below RRP.
Technological Universities Association · 2 returns Education and Training
- Representation of the views of the technological higher education sector to the on the Higher Education Authority legislation to the Oireachtas Committee on Educaiton
- Re-opening of college campuses and return of campus communities to higher education institutions for academic year 2021/22
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Justice and Equality
- Part of a Children's Rights Alliance delegation to brief Deputy on matters of concern to DRCC and our Alliance colleagues in relation to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill
Cuala Senior Care Limited Health
- Enterprise - Decision by the Department of Enterprise to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system.
Hume Brophy Housing
- Short Term Letting
Alcohol Action Ireland Arts
- Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill
Sandyford BID CLG Economic Development and Industry
- Sharing the findings of the Economic Report prepared for the area by Jim Power which highlights the need to provide extra housing stock and associated facilities and amenities to cater for the projected doubling of the workforce in the years ahead
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED Communications
- To advocate for the establishment of an online safety commissioner with appropriate powers
JTI Ireland Limited Budgetary matters
- JTI Ireland's Pre Budget 2022 Submission
Dublin Chamber of Commerce Economic Development and Industry
- Communication with Dublin parliamentarians on the business climate and budgetary policy.
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland Justice and Equality
- Regularisation scheme for undocumented people in Ireland
Irish Council for Civil Liberties Public Expenditure and Reform
- Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021
Irish Offshore Operators' Association CLG Energy and Natural Resources
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Questions asked 13 total

New lobbying 31 returns

New lobbying 5 returns

Questions asked 13 total

New lobbying 22 returns