Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 15 Nov

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Nov – 21 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 56 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-16 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 23–16

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 4 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2013 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55521/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the costs incurred by each public hospital in contracting external debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2013 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55522/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases with unpaid inpatient charges whose debt was referred to a debt collection or legal agency in each of the years 2013 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55523/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals on referral of statutory charges to external debt collection or legal agencies; the breakdown of expenditure by charge, that is, inpatient charge, outpatient and emergency charge in each of the years 2013 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55524/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the provision of statutory sick pay for all employees; his views on the equity of transferring the financial burden of sick pay to employers; the way employers will be supported in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55487/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the number of special schools that currently have a full-time behavioural therapist; and the details of same. [55536/21]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all licences granted by the NPWS to the OPW to carry out works on Emo Court and the dates the licences were granted. [55706/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the facilities and funding that is currently in place for the treatment and-or rehabilitation of injured wildlife. [55707/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 320 and 321 of 9 November 2021, if the homeless HAP numbers in the third table in the question are active HAP tenancies or set-up HAP tenancies. [56074/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all reports commissioned by his Department or reviewed by his Department on defective buildings in the past five years including the authors of the report and if the reports have been or are due to be published. [56080/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of local authorities that do and do not have biodiversity officers; the local authorities that have funding requests pending for such officers; and the efforts he is making to ensure that all local authorities have such officers as soon as possible. [56148/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term leases approved to date in 2021 by local authority area including an average cost per unit for each local authority area; the number of leased properties in each local authority area that have a single owner; and the number of leased properties that are in multi-unit developments owned by a single individual or corporate entity or portfolios of properties owned by a single owner or corporate entity in tabular form. [56659/21]
Justice 3 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the length of time it is currently taking for initial assessments of applications to the INIS; and the measures being taken to address the backlog created by level 5 restrictions. [56154/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application to the INIS in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect to receive a reference number. [56155/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application to the INIS in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect to receive a reference number. [56157/21]
Public 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the works carried out at Emo Court from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will provide details of the derogation licenses associated with the works. [55705/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a protocol in place governing Ministerial appointments to public bodies; if so, the details of the protocol; and if there are sanctions for Ministers who do not adhere to this protocol. [56165/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the volume of development land in hectares currently held by NAMA or for which NAMA has an interest in tabular form; the amount of the land that has active planning permission; the number of residential units that are included as part of the planning permissions; and the number of these residential units that are currently commenced and under construction. [56075/21]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Health 19 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when the reduction in the threshold for the drug payment scheme will come into effect. [55542/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progressing disability teams; the services they provide; the number of persons on each waiting list by service by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55718/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the post of manger for the disability team CDNT 4 in a location (details supplied) has been filled; the length of time this position has or had been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55719/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the post for interim manager CDNT 4 Central Remedial Clinic in Clondalkin has been filled; the length of time this position has or had been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55720/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatry hospital teams; the location of each team; the number of staff per team; if they are operating at full staff capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55736/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to develop an outpatient national advocacy service for mental health; the estimated cost of establishing an outpatient national advocacy service for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55737/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €7.65 million of revenue funding and €6 million of once-off funding allocated to purchasing additional capacity for mental health services; the amount spent to date; the breakdown of services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55738/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if electroconvulsive therapy is carried out in public hospitals; if so, the number of patients that were treated this way and in which locations in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56111/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if his Department has sanctioned additional funding for increased authorised officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56112/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of authorised officers in each CHO area; the number of vacancies for an authorised officer in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56113/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the engagement that has taken place with the HSE regarding recruiting authorised officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56114/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which and the locations persons can access dialectical behaviour therapy; the length of the waiting lists; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56123/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to emergency departments with self-harm and or intentional poisoning in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56124/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there will be a follow-up to the 2019 report My Voice Matters and another round of consultations with mental health service users and family and friends of mental health service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56125/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the €10 million one-off funding for mental health that was announced in Budget 2022; the person or body who benefits from this; the way they were selected; if it will be used by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56149/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the counselling supports that are in place for families who are living with loved ones who have suicidal indentations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56255/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the training in place for the community to provide supports to families who are living with loved ones who have suicidal indentations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56256/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on an ASD service; the average waiting time after completion of an assessment of needs by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56630/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of interventions received on average since their initial intervention after a child is identified as needing an ASD service after completion of an assessment of needs in the first 12 months by CHO area in the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56631/21]
Tourism 3 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of employing safeguarding officers within Sport Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55739/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to introduce a mental health officer in Sport Ireland; the cost of employing a mental health officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55740/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of safeguarding and child protection training within Sport Ireland per person per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55741/21]
Defence 2 questions
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Defence the status of discussions with an organisation (details supplied) on the recommendations to resolve the issue of post-1994 contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56300/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Defence if he will produce a report for discussion on Defence Forces salaries; and his views on the fact that Defence Forces personnel have to access family income supports. [56301/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to bring the entrance level wage in the Defence Forces up to the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46655/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 is scheduled for pre-legislative scrutiny at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56121/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on public private partnership social housing developments that have photovoltaic panels installed but are not connected to battery storage; if this is common practice; and his further views on whether it is a waste of energy. [56365/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which the pension of a civil servant who has taken additional annual leave days more than their entitlement who has since retired is affected; the process and procedures in place to retrieve the overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56682/21]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.