Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 18 Oct

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Oct – 24 Oct 2021 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 32 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 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 2 votes · 32 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 32 total

Health 15 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his intended approach to spending the funding for disability services as committed to in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50818/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a commitment can be given that student radiographers will be paid standard HSE allowances for attending clinical placements in public hospitals similarly to other student grades within the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50822/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on a recent ballot (details supplied) to approve industrial action regarding pay, conditions, and career structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50819/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on and the status of the progression of the opening of dedicated menopause clinics as of October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50821/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are plans for a health and social care policy adviser at his Department given the acceleration in expansion of community health in which health and social care providers will be leaders in service planning and delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50823/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on and the position regarding the 22 October 2021 lifting of maternity restrictions in hospitals across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50820/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the treatments and costs covered by a general practitioner visit card; his views on a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50527/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new day care centre for Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50536/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) to have blood tests carried out every six weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50538/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin as of October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43955/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the waiting times of 18 months for a public patient to access a breast check examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45966/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of child specific waiting list backlogs for urgent scoliosis operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50979/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on and the position regarding the committed funding to increase ICU beds and that figure in comparison to other European countries in terms of ICU beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50980/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of an assessment of need for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51017/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff that have been hired into the CAMHS service in 2021; the breakdown of those positions by grade; the number who are on permanent contracts; the number who are on contracts that expire by the end of 2021; the breakdown of those grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51858/21]
Transport 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his plans including a timeline for delivery of the DART+ coastal north to Drogheda, County Louth in the context of the recently published National Development Plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permissions have been granted by the planning authorities along the northern commuter line on the basis that this will delivered by 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50535/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he has had a discussion or meeting with the National Transport Authority over the past two years concerning extending the short hop zone to stations in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50964/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered allocating further funding to the 880 local bus link in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50965/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to introduce a grant scheme for cargo or e-cargo bikes for either personal or business use; if his attention has been drawn to the scheme in place in the UK; if he has considered such a model for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51182/21]
Environment 3 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of warmer home schemes completed in each of the past five years; the average waiting time from application for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50528/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of one-stop-shop, home improvement schemes that have been completed through SEAI in each of the past five years; the average waiting time from application for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50529/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the budgets given to the SEAI for the retrofit scheme for each of the past five years; the amount spent per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50530/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated to each local authority to bring back voids or derelict council homes to council stock over the past five years; the number brought back to stock by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50531/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of voids and derelict houses put back into housing stock by each local authority; the number that have been reallocated over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50532/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of voids or derelict houses reported by each local authority over the past five years per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/21]
Justice 3 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if there is funding available for community groups to apply for CCTV cameras; if so, the funding stream that this would fall under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51018/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of new gardaí allocated to the Kildare Garda division in each of the past three years; the number allocated by station in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50961/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of new gardaí allocated to each county in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50962/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the bike to work scheme to allow those outside of employment including those on social welfare payments to access the scheme; if he plans to also expand it to include students and children attending school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51181/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the allocations given under the sports capital grant will be announced given the challenges faced by many sports clubs such as a club (details supplied) since the Covid-19 pandemic began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50539/21]
Defence 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money invested in the Curragh Camp in each of the past three years; the areas in which such investment was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50963/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the upgrading of a facility (details supplied). [50537/21]