Dublin South-Central — week of Mon, 15 Nov

What your Dublin South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Nov – 21 Nov 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 34 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 against 1 Bríd Smith

Did not vote 4 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Aengus Ó Snodaigh — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 7 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been denied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55823/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason holders of full medical cards are not automatically eligible for the flu vaccine given that many of those in possession of a medical card have it on the basis of low income and therefore would find it difficult to afford the €20 to €25 cost of the flu jab in a pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55824/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the initiative has been taken to increase the level of the HPV vaccine take up among older teenagers that did not or could not avail of the school based immunisation programme when in first year in school; if consideration has been given to a free or low cost vaccination drive to encourage girls that would have been due to have their HPV injections in the years 2015, 2016 or 2017 when the take-up dipped below the 80% annually before those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55864/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the regional take up of the HPV vaccination programme for each year since it first rolled out for schoolgoing girls and later boys by percentage and numbers. [55865/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if there has been costings prepared in relation to the possibility of a vaccination programme for the cohort of school going of girls who missed their HPV school based vaccination appointment during the previous years of the programme, given that the cost of having the vaccine administered from the person’s doctor can be a deterrent to be vaccinated, which is at odds with the aims of the programme to eliminate the virus among the population. [55866/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the strategy in place increase the number of neurology nurses from its current low base to 100 and in the case of St. James’s Hospital from four to ten which would be the international recommended number based on the hospital’s catchment area. [56313/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that investing in more neurology nurses in the health service is a cost efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and ensuring that patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions; and his views on the current low numbers employed in the hospital network. [56314/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimate and outturn for each of the financial votes that he must account for in each of the past five years; the estimate for 2022; the percentage of each vote that is for capital or current expenditure; and the percentage each year spent on salaries and pensions within the current spend. [53523/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a representative of the local community be appointed by him with immediate effect to replace the previous representative whose term expired on 2 June 2021 (details supplied). [55629/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress on the regeneration of the St. Michael’s site, Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 including the finances allocated, the proposed loan from the EIB and other ways that the Government can subsidise this project in order to ensure that the rents are realistic and truly affordable while not compromising on the quality of design. [55930/21]

Catherine Ardagh — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jen Cummins — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Máire Devine — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.