Dublin Central — week of Mon, 24 Jan

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Jan – 30 Jan 2022 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 40 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Leaving Certificate

2022-01-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

The motion · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Cost of Living

2022-01-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied). [3077/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants waiting for a decision on naturalisation; the number of applications that have waited 12 months plus for a decision; the number of applications that have waited 24 months plus for a decision; and the average wait on a decision. [3078/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) will be granted an appointment at the INIS office on Burgh Quay given that they cannot get an appointment through existing means and it is causing distress. [3603/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the status of the new immigration service appointment and scheduling systems; if they have eliminated the practice of the appropriation by third parties of immigration appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3604/22]
Social 3 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the recommendation in the report on the Commission on Pensions that the method for calculating entitlement to the State pension (contributory) should fully transition to a total contributions approach as soon as possible with the consequent abolition of the yearly average approach; the planned schedule for such a transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3599/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on family carers being excluded from the recently announced payment of recognition of €1,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3601/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of providing family carers with a once-off payment of €1,000 in recognition of their work and hardship over the pandemic. [3602/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if his Department has made an allocation for the operational budget of the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force for 2022 as with the other 23 task forces nationally; and if this allocation for the task force, set at €224,000 for 2021, is included in the HSE budget for 2022. [3079/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of primary school children who missed dental screenings due to external circumstances such as school building closures and redeployment of staff that will be accommodated in the future. [3600/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a standardisation model was used in the leaving certificate 2019; and if so, the detail of the process of standardisation used by the State Examinations Commission prior to subsequent calculated grades and accredited grade models of standardisation. [4207/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of early school leavers in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and the latest data available for 2022, by county. [4209/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science The number of students in further and higher education that have dropped out during the academic year 2021-2022, by institution and year group, that is, first year, second year, third year and fourth year [4208/22]

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 0 votes · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Children 4 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence. [3265/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3494/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of emergency refuge and emergency non-refuge accommodation units for victims of domestic violence and their children in each county in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [3781/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated to emergency refuge and emergency non-refuge accommodation units for victims of domestic violence and their children in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [3782/22]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3508/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation final report in advance of its publication in 2021. [61494/21]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of Global Ireland: Ireland's Global Footprint to 2025. [61496/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2881/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3500/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3497/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3498/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3510/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3499/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3505/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3509/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3503/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3495/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education her Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3496/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3507/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3501/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice her Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3504/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3502/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years, in tabular form. [3493/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department's total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years, in tabular form. [3506/22]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Forest Ireland Taxation
- Pre-Budget 2022 Submission on tobacco taxation policy
Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG Tourism
- AVEA requests that consideration be given to the extension of the EWSS at the January rate for February 2022, which would greatly assist with the recovery of our sector which was gravely impacted by the restrictions in hospitality opening hours and capacities.