Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 13 Dec — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Dec – 19 Dec 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 51 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021

2021-12-15 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide that abnormally low tender bids for construction works with a contract equal to or above the EU threshold for public works are regulated, and disqualified, if …

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A bill to provide that abnormally low tender bids for construction works with a contract equal to or above the EU threshold for public works are regulated, and disqualified, if their low level is not adequately explained to the relevant authority, and that performance in prior public contracts be grounds for exclusion from participation in a procurement procedure.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 64–78

Voted for 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021

2021-12-15 · 2 votes · Independent PMB

A bill to provide for pain relief for the foetus in certain cases of termination of pregnancy

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A bill to provide for pain relief for the foetus in certain cases of termination of pregnancy; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 103–37

Voted for 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Abstained 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 107–36

Voted for 4 Emer Higgins · Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-12-14 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

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

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 4 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he has considered the recommendations made by the Pensions Authority regarding the pension scheme for Dublin Bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61646/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 8 December 2021, the size of the population of 19- to 23-year-olds upon whom the budget of €25 million for the introduction of a youth travel card is based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62264/21]
- 2021-12-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the status of the BusConnects roll-out in Dublin. [62085/21]
Health 3 questions
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the introduction of an exemption to the need for proof of vaccination to engage in various indoor activities, specifically for those who are medically unable to receive their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine due to a severe adverse reaction to their first dose; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61255/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the delivery of the three specialist menopause clinics yet to be delivered; if the clinics will be open by the end of 2021 as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61521/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the nursing home support scheme to exempt rental income from a principal private residence when calculating the income of an applicant. [61973/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if local authorities will receive support in 2021 and 2022 to help fund anti-dumping initiatives. [61307/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-12-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance his views on the regulation of virtual currencies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62087/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-12-16 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the locations of defective apartments, by county and local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62445/21]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 35 total

Housing 15 questions
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the development of the site of St. Kevin’s Hospital, Cork; the number of units of housing that will be delivered on the site; the number of these that will be social; the number that will be cost rental; the number that will be affordable purchase; if the average purchase cost and rental price for the affordable rental and affordable purchase can also be outlined; and the timeline for delivery. [61224/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Electoral Reform Bill 2020 will be enacted in time to carry out the functions currently assigned to a constituency commission under the Electoral Act 1997 following the completion of the Census in 2022. [61566/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Electoral Reform Bill 2020 will be enacted in time to carry out the functions currently assigned to local electoral boundary committees under the Local Government Act 1991 following the completion of the Census in 2022. [61567/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to conduct a review of local electoral areas in advance of the next local government elections expected in 2024. [61568/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new electoral Commission will have the remit to carry out reviews of Dáil Éireann and European Parliament boundaries in addition to local electoral boundaries alongside each other following the conclusion of the 2022 census; and if not, if the processes that would be conducted separately. [61569/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there have been discussions in relation to or the likely terms of reference for a local government boundary review to be conducted prior to the expected local elections in 2024. [61570/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new regulations for the affordable housing schemes will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61893/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new rural planning guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61894/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new guidelines for local authorities on residential densities will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61895/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units completed to date in 2021; and the breakdown by social housing investment programme, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, construction, CALF turnkey, capital assistance scheme, CAS, construction, CAS turnkey, Part V purchase, Part V lease, PPP and other. [61896/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing tenancies created to date in 2021 under the long-term leasing scheme, the housing assistance payment, HAP, and the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. [61897/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new mortgage to rent tenancies funded by his Department from the start of 2021 to date. [61898/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes delivered to date in 2021 under the affordable housing fund and the cost rental equity loan providing the locations and prices of the homes to rent and buy. [61899/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons working on the review by his Department of the planning system; the number of these who are external to his Department; and the cost to his Department of the work of these persons on the planning system review. [61921/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the growing number of judicial reviews of residential developments being lost by An Board Pleanála and the rising cost to the State of these court decisions finding against the Board; if concerns have been raised in this regard; and the action he plans to take to ensure an improvement in the legal basis of the decisions by the Board and improved cost controls to reduce the growing cost of lost judicial reviews by the Board. [61922/21]
Agriculture 12 questions
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if statistical information in relation to felling licences will be provided for 2020 and to date in 2021 (details supplied). [61652/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a detailed breakdown of expenditure of the €1.76 million spent by Rásaíocht Con Éireann on welfare, laboratory, integrity and governance will be provided in tabular form. [61835/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recently purchased greyhound utility vehicles are available for use at official and unofficial trials; and if they will be available at all racetracks. [61836/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of death certificates submitted to the welfare department of Rásaíocht Con Éireann since the new code of practice for the care and welfare of greyhounds came into force. [61837/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary certificates that have been lodged with an organisation (details supplied) in 2020 to allow for a greyhound bitch to have a seventh and-or eighth litter; and if a list of said greyhound bitches will be provided. [61838/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of the regulatory changes that took effect in February 2021 regarding the manner in which novice greyhounds are seeded. [61839/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information on the traceability system RCÉTS is publicly accessible; if not, the reason; and the number of owners and keepers who have failed to update the status of their greyhound on the RCÉTS since January 2021. [61840/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the microchip database of an organisation (details supplied) records the unique identifying code of the person who implants the microchip and registers the dog; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the recent seizure of 33 dogs by An Garda Síochána and another organisation were registered on the pet sellers list as billionaire bully and online adverts listed by the pet seller indicates that the dogs were registered with the first organisation; and if a commitment will be given to investigate if the dogs were in fact legally registered. [61841/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an up-to-date register exists in Ireland of registered germinal product establishments including canine semen and has been established as per EU regulations; and if so, the location in which the public can access the register. [62273/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a registered list of veterinarians for the purposes of carrying out the necessary requirements under Article 39 of the EU Regulations 2020/686; and if the list of veterinarians is available to the public. [62274/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the requirements under Article 36 of the EU Regulations 2020/686 are monitored; and the protections and training requirements that exist to ensure that the artificial insemination and or extraction of semen of canines other than greyhounds is carried out by a qualified person. [62275/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is a legal requirement for canine fertility clinics to have an on-site veterinarian; if his Department maintains a list of canine fertility clinics; and the inspection mechanism in place for ensuring high animal welfare standards. [62276/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role of advisers (details supplied) in the ownership structure of National Broadband Ireland and its role in the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61548/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the risk analysis that has been taken regarding the proposed new gas power plants and the liabilities of the State under the energy charter treaty investor provisions. [62272/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children remaining in direct provision centres after their leave to remain has been granted for the most recent date available. [61671/21]
- 2021-12-14 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of adults and children who accessed Tusla-funded domestic violence refuge accommodation to date in 2021; the average length of time families spent in such accommodation; and the number of beds available on a given night in 2021. [61672/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the status of progress of the updated pension scheme for Dublin Bus drivers; if there are reasons for the delay in implementation; and if he will provide a specific timeline for when the new scheme will come into effect. [62019/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that driving instructors have been unable to access bathroom or sanitation facilities at RSA test centres since 2020 due to the pandemic; if his attention has been drawn to the way this impacts them in their work; and if he will work with test centres to ensure there are facilities for instructors to access safely. [62056/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to granting reductions in the local property tax for homeowners in developments in which property management fees are to be paid; and if his Department intends to regulate these companies and their fees. [62286/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a bat derogation licence was in place at a location (details supplied). [62271/21]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 5 questions
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE can refer patients with specific eating disorders to a service (details supplied); the procedure for public patients to access this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62089/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the application process for groups to avail of the €10 million once-off funding announced in budget 2022 for mental health; the way mental health services are identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62157/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if there is a timeline for when groups that are successful in receiving the once-off €10 million in funding announced in budget 2022 for mental health must spend same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62158/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a charity (details supplied) will distribute the €10 million once-off funding announced in budget 2022 for mental health; if this funding is open for application from groups; if so, the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62159/21]
- 2021-12-15 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the role of the HSE in allocating the €10 million once-off funding announced in budget 2022 for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62160/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-12-16 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the status of progress of the updated Dublin Bus drivers regular wages scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62785/21]

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.