Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 11 Oct

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 11 Oct – 17 Oct 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax

2021-10-12 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–87

Voted for 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Voted against 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

The motion · motion passed 87–47

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

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 2 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that her Department proposes to promote the use of the Irish language through the development of a network of Irish language and cultural centres under the revised National Development Plan 2021-2030; and the timeframe for this proposal. [49271/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the method by which applications can be made for the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49272/21]
Defence 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence the status of the Naval Service vessel renewal and replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49275/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an overview of the Air Corps aircraft renewal and replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49276/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new post-primary school for Sallynoggin and Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49269/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status and timeline for the construction of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49270/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which local authorities and homeowners will be able to apply for the €1.3 billion for retrofitting 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 as per the renewed National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49273/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla front-line social worker vacancies in areas (details supplied) in June 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49277/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the proposed development of further educational and training colleges of the future specifically in relation to campuses and colleges across Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49274/21]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49089/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49090/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49088/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49386/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans that are in place by his Department to expand third level programmes for persons with intellectual disabilities, such as a facility (details supplied) across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49762/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detail of the work and engagement his Department has had with third-level institutions in relation to sexual violence, information campaigns, reporting tools and support; if there are plans in the near future to further expand such engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49763/21]
Rural 2 questions
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received to date for the Awareness Raising Initiative for Social Enterprise, ARISE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49764/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support for remote working hubs; the amount of 2021 funding that has been disbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49949/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide paid maternity leave for women who have experienced a miscarriage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49313/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the additional 85 therapy posts provided for the HSE children’s disability network team speech and language, physiotherapist and occupational therapists; the number of posts filled since that announcement; and the locations in which these new posts are based. [49947/21]

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 2 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a grant or assistance is available to a medical card holder towards the cost of electricity for a COPD machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49128/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if a new medical card can be applied for retrospectively for a medical bill in circumstances in which the person applied for the card within eight weeks of the treatment but did not receive the card until after eight weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49412/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address student poverty particularly poverty arising from extortionate costs of accommodation and the burden of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49872/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the multiple problems faced by trainee psychologists including the difficulty of supporting themselves thought their doctorates, the lack of availability of appropriate and funded placements for educational and counselling trainees, the cost of registering an MSc from abroad and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49873/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to extend the help to buy scheme to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49446/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to deal with the growing problem of persons on HAP receiving rent increases in cases in which their HAP payments remain fixed and they are required to make top-up payments but cannot afford them, particularly social welfare recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49399/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who received the fuel allowance while on the jobseeker’s allowance and continued to receive fuel allowance when they went on a community employment scheme will retain their fuel allowance when they transfer from a community employment scheme back onto the jobseeker’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49995/21]