Dublin Central — week of Mon, 8 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Nov – 14 Nov 2021 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 32 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 against 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

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 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 72–54

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–54

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 3 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 1 vote · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens’ assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [54774/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [54775/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [53405/21]
Tourism 3 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions she will take to ensure the equal status of the Shelbourne women’s team who currently play their games at Tolka Park on the same terms as the men’s team in the Dalymount arrangement in the event of the proposed sale of Tolka Park going ahead. [55231/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the funds necessary to build 500+ performance spaces in Dublin to address the dearth of such venues in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55230/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the absence of cultural spaces in Dublin specifically for performance and artistic exhibitions; and the actions she plans to take to address same. [55229/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his knowledge of the concerns surrounding health and safety of a direct provision centre (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding the standards of care shown in the centre including from residents and advocacy groups such as an organisation (details supplied); and his views on recent internet footage that show residents having to use plastic bags if they did not wish to eat the food in the canteen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54773/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken regarding the staffing crisis in homecare service providers; her views on whether the decision to exclude home carers from the critical skills exemption is greatly exacerbating the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55232/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the rationale for home carers who are not from the EEC to be able to work in the private nursing home sector but not the home care service sector; and if he has had engagement with the home care service sector regarding this issue. [55233/21]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Taoiseach 11 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [53054/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the United Nations General Assembly. [53056/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the preparation of the language scheme of his Department. [47860/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 12 October 2021, when specific allocations for 2021, 2022 and 2023 will made for Project Ireland 2040 cross-Border funding to support key infrastructure projects committed to in the National Development Plan, including projects (details supplied). [53734/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of the funding commitments for 2021, 2022 and 2023 for all projects, initiatives, services, goods and works committed to from the Shared Island Fund; and the amount and recipients of the funding in tabular form. [53735/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the breakdown of all external consultancy fees paid by his Department in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [53737/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the details of the cross-Border Project Ireland 2040 infrastructure projects and the funding allocated for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [53853/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the details of his Department’s current cross-Border initiatives, goods and or services committed to and the funding allocated to each for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [53871/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the British Prime Minister. [52216/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deal with transport will next meet. [53057/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture; and when it is next due to meet. [54209/21]
Health 4 questions
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures which are in place to deal with delays in registering births in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54994/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the attention of his Department or the HSE has been drawn to significant difficulties encountered by parents seeking to access civil registration offices by phone; his plans to put additional resources in place to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54995/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed birth registrations currently with his Department or the HSE to be prioritised in an area (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for the processing of these registrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54996/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to register a birth in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/21]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns