Dublin Central — week of Mon, 18 Oct

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Oct – 24 Oct 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 39 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Rental Sector

2021-10-20 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 2 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Education 13 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when she will establish the estimated costs of fully implementing the remaining sections and sub-sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; if she plans to review the Act in view of changing needs and priorities, as stated by her colleague Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in February 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51303/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on her Department’s strict adherence to the school-teacher ratio which has led to the suppressing of the developing school post of a school (details supplied) and in turn has led to the loss of a teacher and the forced amalgamation of senior and junior infants from two classrooms under two teachers, to one classroom with 31 students in the same room in view of the continuing risk of transmission of Covid-19 amongst young children and the Government's continued support for the policy of social distancing. [51304/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her views on whether there is a substitute crisis in primary and secondary schools; the number of days in the academic year 2021-2022 that have gone uncovered by a qualified substitute teacher in both primary and secondary; and the number of days that have been left without cover or covered by a special education teacher in both primary and secondary since the release of circular 50/21 in tabular form. [51309/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of all of the leave taken in the primary sector for each of the school years 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021; and the days that were covered by a qualified substitute. [51310/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of the telephone helpline school principals should contact if they are experiencing difficulties accessing substitute teachers that she referred to in a radio programme (details supplied) on 13 October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51794/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there has been no communication from representative bodies with her or her Department regarding issues with teacher substitution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51795/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her last diary published is for October 2020, as of 15 October 2021; and the reason for the delay in publishing her diaries. [51796/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of the meetings she has held with representative bodies in the past three months; and the agenda items for each of these meetings. [51797/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education when circular No. 0010/2013 (details supplied) regarding applications for assistive technology will be updated given the significant technological advances that have occurred over the past eight years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51957/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the process for applications for assistive technology under circular No. 0010/2013 (details supplied); the average wait time from start of application to the time a student receives the assistive technology applied for; and the number of successful applications as a percentage of all applications for the past five years. [51958/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays in assistive technology applications of nine months or longer in some cases; the reason application timelines vary between SENO geographic areas; her plans to ensure a more consistent approach and reduction in wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51959/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to provide funding to schools to be able to provide sensory rooms or in cases in which space is restricted sensory hubs, to allow children in mainstream classes with SENs access to this necessary resource; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51960/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her plans for a new secondary school for the Marino and Drumcondra area of Dublin to cater for the growing population of primary students who are currently in Educate Together or other non-denominational schools and would like to continue with secular education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51961/21]
Foreign 6 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the increase to official development assistance announced in Budget 2022 in real terms; the percentage spend on same for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51305/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland’s commitment to reaching a spend of 0.7% of GNI on official development assistance by 2030 is still official policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51306/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will now publish a roadmap to reaching 0.7% of GNI on official development assistance by 2030 in view of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51307/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will assist in securing passport renewals for persons (details supplied). [51308/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport for child (details supplied) will be issued and the passport of their parents returned. [51327/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51791/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51313/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if the announcement of half price public transport for 19 to 23 year olds will include all those in this age cohort across the country; the commencement date for the scheme; and his views on whether it is important that the scheme runs over the course of the academic year. [51799/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51311/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the working groups his Department has with industry; the members of the groups; and the way the members of each group were selected. [51312/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice her views on the two vacant seats to fill in the Data Protection Commission; her views on whether the filling of these seats would improve the efficiency of the Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47191/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way the figure of €25 million was reached to fund the pilot of a basic income guarantee scheme for artists. [51798/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if the rates of daily expenses allowance for those who are in direct provision has been increased by €5 per week as part of the announcements of the increases in core social welfare rates for Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51792/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider backdating the proposed increase to the SUSI maintenance grant announced in Budget 2022 to the 2020-2021 academic year in view of severe poverty facing students [51793/21]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [45167/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [47861/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [47862/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [45168/21]
Justice 2 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the legislative measures required to ensure that all offences under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography can be prosecuted on an organised and transnational basis in line with Article 3.1 of the protocol. [50918/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 10 October 2021, the reason a proposed review of an error in a case involving the non-processing of an appeal from a District Court conviction in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, a submission for which was approved by her on 15 May 2019, did not ultimately proceed. [51067/21]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns