Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 8 Nov

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Nov – 14 Nov 2021 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 29 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 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy

2021-11-10 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–55

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

The motion · motion passed 72–54

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–54

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 4 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if public bodies under his aegis and bodies publicly funded by his Department have a procurement policy which includes consideration of obligations under section 27 of the Disability Act 2005; if such procurement is audited for compliance with section 27; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54658/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the details of all bodies in receipt of direct grant assistance from his Department that are not public bodies for the purposes of the Disability Act 2005; the amount each body is in receipt of each year from 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54659/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if all public bodies under his aegis and all bodies publicly funded by his Department are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive (EU 2016/2102) with regard to web sites from 23 September 2020 and mobile apps from 23 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54660/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the action that will be taken by his Department for any public body or any publicly funded body under his aegis which is non-compliant with accessibility requirements under the 2005 disability and equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54663/21]
Tourism 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total allocation of funding for the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. [53984/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total allocation of funding for the National Symphony Orchestra including the funding for the transfer of the orchestra from RTÉ to the remit of the National Concert Hall in Budget 2022. [53985/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the €8 million allocated in Budget 2021 for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall from RTÉ was fully spent; and if she will provide a timeline for the completion of the transfer. [53986/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a policy position on the construction of cargo container houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54268/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role his Department plays in preventing pollution in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53538/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to promote biodiversity in urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53537/21]
Education 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the reason the scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations does not provide comprehension assistance to students who have been assessed as requiring assistance by her Department’s educational psychologists; and the supports that are in place to support students with this form of dyslexia in junior certificate examinations. [54224/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to review the State Examinations Commission reasonable accommodation at the certificate examinations scheme; if she will amend the scheme to allow readers to explain the meanings of words or phrases to students who struggle with reading comprehension due to dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54225/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education further to correspondence (details supplied), if there are plans to use a statutory instrument to amend the scheme of reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations to be more inclusive of students with word processing difficulties. [54226/21]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reverse a decision to exclude homecare workers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system to ensure that community-based care is adequately resourced in line with commitments made in the Programme for Government. [53990/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a decision was taken to exclude homecare workers from the critical skills exemption to the non-EEA employment permit system. [53991/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request confirmation from all public bodies under his aegis and all bodies publicly funded by his Department that they are in compliance with the Web Accessibility Directive (EU 2016/2102) with regard to web sites from 23 September 2020 and mobile apps from 23 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54661/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action that will be taken by his Department for any public body or any publicly funded body under his aegis which is non-compliant with accessibility requirements under the 2005 disability and equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54662/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the refusal by Irish banks to finance mortgages for so-called cargo container houses due to the fact they are not fixed foundation housing; his views on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53988/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if she has given consideration to a reduction in the cost of applying for citizenship to take account of the duration of residency in Ireland of the applicant; and if the digitisation of immigration services in 2021 will allow for a reduction of some or all application fees. [54778/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if it is projected that there will be a sufficient number of home care workers to further progress the time to move on from congregated settings strategy in 2022. [54269/21]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans for affordable housing in the Dublin Bay south area. [55143/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Glass Bottle Site, Ringsend, Dublin 4; and his plans for affordable housing on the site. [55142/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to permit antigen testing as a means of facilitating access to hospitality for persons who cannot get vaccinated on medical grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54750/21]