Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 22 Nov

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Nov – 28 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 49 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme

2021-11-24 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–73

Voted against 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 3 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Thomas Gould

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

2021-11-24 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–46

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 3 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Thomas Gould

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 2 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Justice 6 questions
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the number of disciplinary proceedings taken against individual members of An Garda Síochána in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the number of these cases which are currently pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57862/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Afghan nationals who have been granted political asylum here to date since the fall of the democratically-elected Government in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57872/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Irish prisons that do not currently have comprehensive hepatitis C treatment programmes in place for which prisoners can receive treatment within the prison facility and without having to attend a hospital setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57873/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the programme the Government is developing to have a structure in place for dealing with hepatitis C and infectious diseases amongst the prison population and within the clinic setting in the prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57874/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the steps she will take to support the victims of crime going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57791/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice her views on the introduction of new criminal legislation to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57790/21]
Education 3 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the status of plans to progress the roll-out of the school inclusion model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57172/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the actions her Department is taking to increase the level of special educational needs and ASD class places in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57171/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be awarded to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57851/21]
Health 3 questions
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the Government has considered the key issues identified in an assessment by a company (details supplied) of the reimbursement of medicines for rare diseases process which hinder access to rare disease medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57864/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the Government will consider the reimbursement of orphan medicinal products to feature as part of the work programme of his Department for 2022; if he will consider Rare Disease Day 2022, which is the week starting 28 February, as an optimal time for a discussion and renewed focus on the topic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57865/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the reason the review of the governance structures regarding the HSE drug reimbursement process by a company (details supplied) still remains under consideration by his Department despite being submitted to his Department in January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57866/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the changes to the carer’s allowance and domiciliary care allowance announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57475/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57476/21]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits that have been processed in 2020 and to date in 2021 for non-EEA carers; the number of those that are for roles in nursing homes and hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58108/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permit applications currently in the system being processed for non-EEA carers; the number of those that are for roles in nursing homes and hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58109/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider intensifying the current laws in place against littering and dumping, in particular with the use of CCTV for the gathering of evidence and if local authorities are entitled to use this in court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57863/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Irish citizens whose parents were also Irish citizens, that spent time in a mother and baby or county home institution in Northern Ireland (details supplied) for a significant period of time will be eligible for support under the mother and baby home payment scheme and action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58113/21]

Eoghan Kenny — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ken O'Flynn — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pádraig O'Sullivan — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Education 3 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the action she is taking to address the difficulties being faced by principals trying to source substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57010/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number and breakdown of schools that had access to the summer education programme by county in 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57009/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to address the shortage in the lack of qualified Irish Sign Language interpreters in the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48513/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education last met; and when it is next due to meet. [57357/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport his plans for enhanced safety measures for the N8 lower Glanmire Road and Tivoli flyover in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57683/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used to develop a new model for employment services; the engagement that has taken place with existing providers of local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57693/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents of drink spiking reported to An Garda Síochána in Cork city and county in recent months; the number of incidents reported nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57994/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the help-to-buy scheme in Cork city and county in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58105/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when there will be a full return of adult disability day services in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58104/21]

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Housing 9 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the areas designated urban for the purpose of the Derelict Sites Act 1990. [57101/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications under short-term letting regulations included in the Planning and Development Act 2000 for change of use planning permissions to date by local authority in tabular form. [57482/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only one application has been received by Cork City Council for short-term lettings under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and no enforcement notices issued; and his plans to tackle this. [57483/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a company (details supplied) that is leasing homes long-term to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58195/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can choose to enter into a mortgage to rent scheme through their local authority or through a subletting agreement through a private company. [58196/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of long-term lease agreements entered into with a company (details supplied) by local authority in tabular form. [58198/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities report to him the number of long-term leases entered into each year; and, if so, the overall number, by local authority, in tabular form. [58200/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the forward planning in place to prevent a future housing crisis given the recent uptake by local authorities of long-term leases; and if it is planned that local authorities will purchase these homes at the end of the leasing agreement. [58201/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason his Department is sanctioning mortgage to rent leasing with a company (details supplied). [58202/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education her plans to improve pay and conditions to school escorts to encourage uptake of the position. [57317/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the number of students in County Cork expected to require a special school place in September 2022; and the number of spaces currently available, including those in use. [57318/21]