Wicklow — week of Mon, 11 Oct

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 11 Oct – 17 Oct 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 35 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 John Brady

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · Simon Harris

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

The motion · motion passed 87–47

Voted for 2 Jennifer Whitmore · Simon Harris

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

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 2 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Environment 4 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the microgeneration support scheme will be introduced; if he envisages any delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49909/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the roll-out of smart meters across the country; the number of households that have had smart meters installed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49912/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the funding from the Climate Action Fund will be made available in 2021 including for the community climate action programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49915/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to put in place a countrywide, sector-wide just transition commission on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/21]
Social 3 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for parents seeking PPS numbers for newly registered births; her plans to address any delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49106/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans due to delays experienced by parents trying to register their child’s birth resulting in a delay in accessing child benefit to assist families in need of child benefit; her plans to specifically target migrant and vulnerable parents in need of child benefit and other social welfare payments while waiting for birth registration to come through; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49107/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will establish a stakeholder forum to allow for the meaningful engagement of all stakeholders in the local employment services sector in order to find the best way forward; if she will halt the tendering process of local employment services until full consultation has been carried out with the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50216/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the status of the roll-out of the EV charger infrastructure across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49911/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons waiting for a driver theory test in County Wicklow by month in 2021, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49914/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if exemptions to planning permission fees will be provided for a community and school seeking planning permission to put in place solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49910/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the establishment of a citizens’ assembly on biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49913/21]
Rural 2 questions
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the shop front improvement scheme will not be extended despite the short timeframe and difficulties shopkeepers have had in carrying out works due to bad weather; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49846/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ring-fence funding for an improved shop front improvement scheme taking into account the difficulties experienced in 2021 by applicants working within a short timeframe and very limited time to complete works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49845/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have left the dental treatment services scheme for medical card holders since the start of the pandemic; the basis on which they are leaving; the efforts his Department is taking to address the current impasse which has resulted in many medical card patients unable to obtain a dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49917/21]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Education 3 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the total costs her Department has incurred on temporary accommodation land, prefabs and former educational buildings in County Wicklow in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by municipal district in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49393/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if a full review of the overall process for the handover of a new school building will be undertaken by her Department as a result of the difficulties experienced with the handover in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49394/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the status of the construction of a new school building and the estimated completion date for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49395/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the conflict in Yemen and the efforts Ireland is making at both an EU level and on the UN Security Council to attempt to address the conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49885/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the situation in Myanmar and the efforts Ireland is making at both an EU level and on the UN Security Council to attempt to address the conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49886/21]
Defence 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the date that the Spanish air attaché visited Casement Aerodrome in the spring of 1992; and the rank and names of the foreign personnel involved in this visit. [49340/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the costs for the fitting out of a vaccination centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49373/21]

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 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns