Wicklow — week of Mon, 27 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Sept – 3 Oct 2021 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 43 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Freedom of Information

2021-09-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–61

Voted for 2 Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 3 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

2021-09-29 · 1 vote · Govt (Agriculture)

A bill to amend the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to give effect to Article 92 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 and Title VII of C…

full description

A bill to amend the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to give effect to Article 92 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 and Title VII of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 and in that regard to provide for a system of registration and assignment of points to masters of sea-fishing boats who are Irish citizens; to make provision for certain other amendments to the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006; to amend the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003; to amend the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020); and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 81–62

Voted for 2 Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 3 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Hospital Waiting Lists

2021-09-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–65

Voted for 2 Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 3 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

The motion · motion passed 77–65

Voted for 2 Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 3 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Data Centre Moratorium

2021-09-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–61

Voted for 2 Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 3 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 5 votes · 20 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 20 total

Children 7 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available for childcare facilities continuing to employ high staff levels to facilitate the pod system, to provide sick leave cover due to Covid-19 or for when staff must isolate when their children are unwell; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46775/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the intake of refugees from Afghanistan; if he is putting in place a programme to assist any unaccompanied minors coming from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47253/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that childcare workers are not being paid when they are excluded from work due to Covid-19 cases in a class and pod; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47205/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the results of a report (details supplied) whereby 70% of the managers who responded to the survey, found it extremely difficult to recruit staff in the past 12 months; the measures he will carry out to address the impending staffing crisis in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47246/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a demand for more childcare places outside of ECCE hours; the steps he is taking to address demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47247/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he plans to address flexibility of childcare hours given that flexible working arrangements are being promoted by Government; if he will address the need for greater flexibility in the childcare sector to meet this policy approach and the various new working arrangements parents are taking on board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47248/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the numbers of children and families from the Mória refugee camp who have been resettled in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47252/21]
Environment 3 questions
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of revenue generated from the carbon tax 2021 that has been spent to date funding the national retrofitting programme; the number of homes that have been retrofitted as a result of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47241/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he has taken to mitigate the energy price hike over the past year; the reason for his views that Ireland’s energy security is not currently being threatened by national and international factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47249/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has carried out a poverty analysis of the impact that energy price-hikes are having on those most vulnerable; the way that his Department is applying a just transition model to the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47250/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if clarity will be provided regarding section 34 of the Planning Acts, which states that An Bord Pleanála is obliged to take Government policy into account; the sections of the various Planning Acts to which the obligation on An Bord Pleanála to consider Government policy apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47208/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will update planning regulations around solar power to enable schools and community buildings to obtain planning permission to install solar panels; if his attention has been drawn to the high costs of acquiring planning permission for community buildings; if he will consider exempting them in the same manner as businesses and homes currently are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47254/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information will be provided on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings, as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if further information will be provided on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47255/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the health impact of vulnerable parents not being notified of Covid-19 cases in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47196/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the measures he is undertaking to address the geographical inequalities facing women in accessing in-hospital breastfeeding consultants, particularly in the north west and south east of the country, in which there is currently none; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47206/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use Ireland’s seat on the UN Security Council to examine an international law on ecocide. [43740/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a full breakdown of the revenue generated by the carbon tax under the heading of continuation of 2020 carbon tax investment programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47245/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding is available from the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; if any further projects will be considered at this time; the process for those applications as in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47207/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection when the registration of civil marriages will commence online; the reasons for the delay to commence registration after it was stopped due to the cyber-attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47251/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that has gone from the carbon tax 2021 to the REPS-2 programme to encourage and incentivise farmers to farm in a greener and more sustainable way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47241/21]

New lobbying 1 return

Community Law & Mediation Environment
- Amendments to the Climate Bill at Committee Stage

John Brady — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Foreign 8 questions
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, given the registering of a European citizens' initiative by the European Commission calling for an end to trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories in Palestine and Western Sahara, the Government is prepared to examine the issue of trade with illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. [47099/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the foreign birth registration application service will start processing applications again. [47085/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures Ireland is prepared to take at the United Nations to support a lifting of the 60-year-old illegal blockade of the island of Cuba. [47096/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify Ireland’s position in relation to securing an effective and binding United Nations treaty on business and human rights. [47095/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts Ireland will undertake to address the impact of climate change in conflict-riven regions of the world, particularly in Africa. [47098/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts Ireland is undertaking at both the United Nations Security Council and in the European Union to bring about an end to the genocidal conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; and the efforts that can be made to avert a major famine in that region. [47094/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details on developments by the United Nations Security Council to resolve the disagreement between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia in relation to the construction and filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam by Ethiopia. [47097/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the exact nature of the alleged agreement between the Irish and British Governments in relation to the patrol of Irish airspace by the RAF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/21]
Defence 4 questions
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the full implementation of the working time directive as it applies to the Defence Forces. [47078/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the reason for the failure to halt the exodus of personnel from the Defence Forces. [47081/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the plans in place to mark the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Jadotville. [47080/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the status of efforts to resolve the issue of post-94 contracts. [47082/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the person or body responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of a road (details supplied) that is still under the remit of her Department; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the road is in very poor condition with debris, refuse and large weeds visible as there has been no maintenance carried out on this particular road in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46581/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to implement traffic calming along a road (details supplied) that is currently under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46582/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-09-28 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Department responsible in relation to a matter (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure the matter is brought to a suitable solution. [46257/21]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.