Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 8 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Nov – 14 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 75 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 53–73

Voted for 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Voted against 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy

2021-11-10 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–55

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

The motion · motion passed 72–54

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–54

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Colm Burke

Did not vote 4 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Pádraig O'Sullivan · Thomas Gould

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 5 votes · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Health 11 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when there will be full return of adult disability day services in the Cork north Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54127/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare services, including adult disability day services and respite services, that have resumed at full service level in the south and south west HSE area to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54128/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the estimated timeframe for when the new outpatient ophthalmology services for the South/South West HSE area currently being developed in Ballincollig, County Cork will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54990/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the new outpatient ophthalmology services for the South/South West HSE area currently being developed in Ballincollig, County Cork will have the capacity to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for ophthalmic services in the Cork and Kerry region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54991/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the required funding will be made available within the next three months to the South/South West HSE area to enable it to fully equip the new outpatient ophthalmology services which are currently being developed in Ballincollig, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54992/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if student nurses in their fourth-year internship placements will get an increase in payments of approximately 12.5%, as per the proposals set out in the recent review of nurses' allowance payments; if these increases will be backdated; when they will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55007/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of children who spent more than four consecutive days in hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55366/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of children who spent more than 21 consecutive days in hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55367/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of children who required hospitalisation from birth of 30 days or more for each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55368/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of children who required ten or more visits inpatient, day case or outpatient to Children’s Health Ireland hospitals or regional paediatric units for each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55369/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the income recorded by Children’s Health Ireland hospitals at Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street from parking charges for each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55370/21]
Education 7 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if a sruth Gaelach will be approved for a school (details supplied) which is a feeder school for a Gaelscoil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54055/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be considered for funding for additional accommodation given the fact that it has recently become a co-educational school and additional space is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54056/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be considered for additional special educational needs accommodation in view of the fact that there is large demand for such places in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54057/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if her Department has undertaken a review of all temporary accommodation agreements for schools that have been in operation for more than five years to identify and prioritise areas to commence construction of school premises to ensure value-for-money is achieved in the long-term as per recommendations set out in the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts examination of the 2018 and 2019 Appropriation Accounts for Vote 26 – Education and Skills published February 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54153/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if her Department has undertaken a review of all temporary accommodation agreements for schools that have been in operation for more than five years to identify and prioritise areas to commence construction of school premises; if the review process will be completed by year end 2021; if a copy of the findings will be made available to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts as per recommendations set out in the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts examination of the 2018 and 2019 Appropriation Accounts for Vote 26 – Education and Skills published February 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54154/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider conducting a re-evaluation of all current school extension proposals to ensure that consideration is given to projected intake at schools over the next decade as per recommendations set out in the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts examination of the 2018 and 2019 Appropriation Accounts for Vote 26 – Education and Skills published February 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54155/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if children in sixth class in County Cork who require ASD class places for their secondary schooling and whose parents were informed by their children's disability network teams that they will not get educational placement recommendations until February 2022 at the earliest, will receive this recommendation before Christmas 2021 due to the importance of an early recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55354/21]
Justice 4 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the status of proposals to regularise undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53995/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of undocumented migrants living in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53996/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the way statistics regarding the number of undocumented migrants are ascertained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53997/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the supports in place to assist undocumented migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53998/21]
Foreign 4 questions
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the practical supports that are in place if Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol is triggered by the UK in respect of trade between the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55008/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm the preparatory measures that have been taken in the event Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol is triggered by the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55009/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the mechanisms that are in place by the Government which would help identify the circumstances which could entitle conditions necessary for Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol to be triggered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55010/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol is triggered, the tariffs that could be imposed on the UK by the EU; the preparatory measures that are being considered for the protection of trade on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55011/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the help-to-buy scheme in Cork city and county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in view of the extension to the scheme in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54375/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of tax relief and support for those working from home in Cork city and county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in view of the expansion of support for remote workers in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54376/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the status of the N/M20 Cork to Limerick project; the steps to be taken going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54069/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Transport the work that has been undertaken and completed in respect of the N/M20 Cork to Limerick project in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54070/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the current eligibility criteria for the Student Grant Scheme in view of the fact that persons that have returned from living abroad cannot get grants to return to college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54797/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement that his Department has had with the UK department of higher education in England, Scotland and Wales in respect of the Erasmus programme which would enable Irish and UK students seeking to obtain funding supports to study, train, and get work experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55012/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has requested Cork City Council and Cork County Council to furnish details of all derelict properties currently on their respective registers; the way his Department now plans to tackle the problem of dereliction in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54980/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress of the affordable housing scheme in County Cork to date; his plans for this scheme going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54981/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way the additional €65 million in sports funding through the Covid-19 investment programme will be disbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54978/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support provided in 2020 and to date in 2021 by her Department via Fáilte Ireland to relevant businesses in County Cork to help with reopening and recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54979/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Irish boats which normally operate in UK waters will face the same trajectory as our French counterparts; if they will require to have a licence from the UK authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55006/21]

Eoghan Kenny — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ken O'Flynn — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pádraig O'Sullivan — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 5 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 739 of 27 January 2021 and 1676 of 21 April 2021, the status of the suspension of water birth services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54012/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit more genetic consultants in Ireland in view of the fact that presently there are only three and estimates suggest 15 are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54551/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1150 and 1151 of 31 March 2021, when his Department will act on the recommendation of a company (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54552/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to publish a successor strategy for rare diseases following the expiration of the National Rare Disease Plan 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54574/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive access to services given that the child has had no community services since December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54596/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the local property tax exemptions for unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54248/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if the diesel fuel rebate for hauliers will be increased as an acknowledgement of the current price of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54249/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the funding for Irish language groups by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54711/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if clarity will be provided for indoor sports following the latest regulations from Sport Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54712/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach the plans for the establishment of the citizens’ assemblies promised in the programme for Government. [52351/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way the new Croí Cónaithe fund will support villages and towns across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55144/21]

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who at present avail of the fair deal scheme, by primary care centre and primary health network catchment area, in County Cork, in tabular form. [54367/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) who has waited two years for services has been informed that there will be three speech and language sessions provided between now and February 2022 while that person's mother engages with a course on speech and language therapy. [54369/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will consider publication of updated guidance for addiction recovery peer support meetings given that restrictions did not lift on 22 October but nightclubs opened yet these groups can only have extremely limited numbers in a room. [54434/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that disability services in County Cork are offering parents speech and language therapy courses instead of direct intervention with children and not as a complementary service. [54508/21]
Justice 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the new pre-clearance visa scheme that was introduced for UK nationals who came to Ireland after 31 December 2020 and wish to bring their non-EEA family members with them; the number of visas granted in tabular form; the ten most common nationalities of persons granted visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54140/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications made since 1 January 2021 for a new residence document under the Withdrawal Agreement as family members of UK nationals; the number of Withdrawal Agreement cards issued; the ten most common nationalities of those applying for Withdrawal Agreement cards; and the actions her Department has taken to make family members of UK nationals aware that they must exchange their residence permit before 31 December 2021. [54141/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reform the local authority maintenance programme to reduce void turnaround times. [55076/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which those in receipt of the housing assistance payment who enter residential rehabilitation or detox treatment must inform the local authority they will not be staying there for a period of over three weeks and are often at risk of losing their HAP payment and thus becoming homeless. [55075/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current restrictions covering youth clubs. [55331/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if updated guidelines will be published for youth groups. [55332/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the status of the audit of vacant properties being undertaken by his Department; and if this audit will include the reason for vacancy. [54368/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the pay rise for security guards due in June 2021 will come into effect. [55063/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a member of the indoor sport sector has been invited to sit on the Expert Group on the Return to Sport. [55091/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if swimming lessons for school children can return within schools. [55334/21]