Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 8 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Nov – 14 Nov 2021 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 59 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 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Voted against 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

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 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

The motion · motion passed 72–54

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–54

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Did not vote 3 Barry Ward · Cormac Devlin · Richard Boyd Barrett

Barry Ward — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Environment 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the recruitment of a director of the Irish National Cyber Security Centre; when the job specification was supplied to the Public Appointments Service for the first time; the length of time before this was published the first time and then on the second round; the date on which the latest version of the job specification was supplied to the Public Appointments Service; the length of time before it advertised this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54135/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the background, take-up and roll-out of the digital skills for citizens scheme over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54136/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Dublin local authorities that applied for and were successful under the environmental fund for local authorities since 2010; the amount each of these applications were for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54137/21]
Health 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists operating in the Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the increase in funding allocated in budget 2021 to increase numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54132/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) will be included as part of the advisory group to the national eating programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54133/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of incidents entered into the national incident management system, by month, in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54134/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance how he is supporting the credit union sector to continue to provide essential financial services to local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54363/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to address differential pricing in which insurance customers are charged higher premiums relative to the expected costs the longer they remain with a provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54362/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the various elements of the creative youth programme; the way it has been rolled out in the administrative area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54138/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the 24 DEIS schools which received funding under the Fighting Words-Creative Ireland Programme; the allocations to each in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54139/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the delivery of housing by the Land Development Agency in Dublin. [55163/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his work to tackle homelessness in Dublin. [55164/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding Ireland's adoption of the definition of anti-Semitism of an organisation (details supplied). [54131/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with transport issues; and when it is next due to meet. [54497/21]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 5 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who are employed to provide security on DART services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55278/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport the number of instances of antisocial behaviour and violent attacks on DART trains and stations; the methods in place to monitor these incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55279/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport the measures that are being taken to prevent antisocial behaviour and violent attacks on DART services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55280/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Finance the changes that have been made to tax bands and tax credits; the expected benefit of same to persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54342/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Finance the assistance available to assist first-time buyers in the property market in the context of Budget 2022; the number of persons these measures will benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54341/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in each CHO and sub-CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54541/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the population of each CHO and sub-CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54542/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the judicial review Bill; when this Bill is likely to be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54846/21]

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 4 votes · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Finance 13 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing relief to low- and middle-income households struggling with the cost of energy through an exemption of VAT from domestic energy supplies or a rebate of VAT on domestic energy supplies in the winter months; and if he has discussed or will discuss these matters with the European Commission. [54745/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the new 15% minimum global corporate tax rate will be an effective rate given the many reliefs, deductions and allowances which the largest and most profitable corporations avail of to substantially reduce their taxable profit and which results in many of these companies currently paying far less than the 12.5% headline rate on their gross pre-tax trading profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54402/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that film producer companies in receipt of section 481 tax relief (details supplied) are regularly and on a routine basis stating to the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court that they have no employment relationship with film workers who have worked on section 481 funded productions in cases in which those workers take a case to those bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54401/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered ending the Special Assignee Relief Programme in the interests of just taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54399/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider abolishing the local property tax and replace the tax with a graduated second, third, fourth and so on home tax ensuring that the family home is not subject to a property tax in view of increasing inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54398/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if the provisions of section 97A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (details supplied) are subject to a limit on the number of individual residential units that a landlord can claim for; the number of residential units for which these reliefs have been claimed that have been brought into use in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the total cost to the State in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54676/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the projected budgeted revenue cost for the full year in 2022 arising from section 28 of the Finance Bill 2021 that inserts a new section 25A into the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 with provisions relating to attribution of profits to a branch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54677/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the projected budgeted revenue cost for the full year in 2022 arising from the provisions of section 481 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relief for investment in films; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54678/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the projected budgeted revenue cost for the full year in 2022 arising from the provisions of section 32 of the Finance Bill 2021 that amends the definition of eligible expenditure in section 481 to confirm that payments made directly by a qualifying company to an individual involved in the provision of labour-only services for the purposes of the production of a qualifying film, qualify as eligible expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54679/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is planning to put in place to ensure that section 32 of the Finance Bill does not contribute to bogus self-employment in the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54680/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of the revenue foregone over the past five years from section 481 of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relief for investment in films by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54681/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that are receiving payments under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the amount has been paid in total under the scheme to date in 2021; and the amount that is budgeted for payment in 2022; and the changes to rules for eligibility for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54682/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the projected budgeted revenue cost for the full year in 2022 arising from the provisions of section 72 of the Finance Bill 2021 that removes the prohibition on reduction of penalties in offshore cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54683/21]
Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54392/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United Nations in New York. [48308/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [50787/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the British Prime Minister. [54393/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [54394/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture; and when it is next due to meet. [54562/21]
Housing 5 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of individual vacant sites and beneficial owners to which the vacant sites levy has been applied; the amount of revenue that has been raised by the levy in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to-date in 2021; the amount of tax due that remains to be collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54684/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure that the remaining tenants in a location (details supplied) who are all in receipt of social housing support are not made homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55036/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to announce the new income limits for social housing; if he will review the new requirement in social housing assessment regulations that means that the income of the past 12 months of the applicant is taken into account rather than the current income (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55035/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his input and the input of the NPWS in the Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021 with regards to the biodiversity of Ireland’s seas and nearshore and the plans for increasing the marine protected areas in the interest of protecting the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55038/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider proper rent controls that would see rent pegged to average incomes and set by a rent authority considering the constant increase of rents despite RPZ legislation and amendments to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55037/21]
Tourism 5 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the recent sale of a studio (details supplied) to a large real estate corporation particularly given that the State had only recently disposed of its share of the studios and that the studios have received large amounts of public funding over many years; her further views on whether it is now time to take the studios into public ownership and investigate the circumstances of the sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55228/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and timeline for the pilot scheme for arts and culture workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55224/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to respond positively to the requests of an organisation (details supplied) for a package of supports and measures to assist the recovery of those working in music, events and entertainment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55225/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the fact that film producer companies that are in receipt of public funding such as section 481 and Screen Ireland grants which are conditional on the provision of quality employment and training are regularly attending Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court hearings in cases taken by film employees and denying that they have a responsibility to those employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55226/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to address the widespread income and employment insecurity faced by art, culture, film, music and entertainment workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55227/21]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 39.5 acres, 16 hectares of forestry land owned by Coillte (details supplied) is for sale; if he will take immediate action to ensure this land is not sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54193/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte need his permission to sell any or part of its forestry land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54201/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte sought his permission or advice with regard to its decision to put the site at a location (details supplied) up for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54202/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of any lands sold by Coillte, any lands currently for sale and any lands being considered for sale over the past five years, including the size of lands, sale price or asking price and location of these lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54694/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory) who were born before 1 September 1946; the estimated annual cost of extending the total contributions system which was applied to pensioners after this date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54007/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the community schemes or job initiatives available to persons with a disability or mental health issue such as schizophrenia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54024/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the provision that will be made for persons who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons given the extension of the legislation requiring vaccine passports in restaurants and similar indoor venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54025/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54120/21]