Limerick City — week of Mon, 18 Oct

What your Limerick City TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Oct – 24 Oct 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 27 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 3 Brian Leddin · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

The motion · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 3 Brian Leddin · Kieran O'Donnell · Willie O'Dea

Voted against 1 Maurice Quinlivan

Did not vote 1 Conor Sheehan

Conor Sheehan — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Kieran O'Donnell — Fine Gael 2 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 5 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health the way the €250 million allocation in Budget 2022 for addressing waiting lists will be disbursed; his plans to assist the HSE in alleviating hospital overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50904/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes multidisciplinary team (details supplied); his views on the fact that psychosocial support in diabetes care is not formally embedded as part of diabetes management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51226/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if a diabetes psychology resource will be provided to each community diabetes specialist team hub under the Integrated Model of Care for the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease Implementation Guide; his views on whether access to psychosocial support in these teams should be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51227/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a 0.5 whole-time equivalent clinical psychologist to each acute hospital diabetes paediatric diabetes team; his views on whether psychosocial support in paediatric diabetes care should be available in each team; the reason there is no access to this support outside of Dublin paediatric diabetes services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51228/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to appoint a clinical psychologist to the diabetes multidisciplinary team in University Hospital Limerick as soon as possible.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51229/21]

Maurice Quinlivan — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the overcrowding of the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick and to mitigate against the increased number of patients presenting at the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50769/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick in each of the years 2006 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50883/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the development of the 96-bed modular unit at the University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50884/21]

Willie O'Dea — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 in each local health office area in CHO3; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50552/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of older persons on the waiting list for homecare support in each local health office area in CHO3; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50553/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only three neurology nurse specialists based at the mid-west regional centre for neurology in UHL instead of the recommended 11; his plans to deal with this shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50686/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many of those that are over 70 years of age have to pay €50 or more in general practitioner fees for a medical examination in order to renew their driver licence even though they have become eligible for a free licence; if he will consider allowing the medical examination required for a driver licence to be included for free with the general practitioner visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51020/21]
Justice 2 questions
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice the details of the proposed new community safety innovation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51676/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice the increased funding being provided for victims under Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51677/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when fibre broadband will be available at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50359/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education the reason the Teaching Council of Ireland is refusing to give full registration to previously registered music teachers unless they do a postgraduate diploma in further education at significant cost to the persons concerned; her views in whether these already highly qualified persons should not lose their posts with music schools, such as the Limerick School of Music, as a result of the Teaching Council of Ireland not providing full registration to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50636/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for the working family payment received an email confirming that they were entitled to €114 per week and the following day received an email stating that they did not qualify for the payment; the legislation which defines the term dependent child for the purposes of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50578/21]