Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 24 Jan

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Jan – 30 Jan 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 42 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Leaving Certificate

2022-01-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 1 Mark Ward

Did not vote 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 1 Mark Ward

Did not vote 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Cost of Living

2022-01-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 1 Mark Ward

Did not vote 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 3 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Housing 5 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount being allocated to South Dublin County Council for the new local authority home loan scheme that is replacing the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3085/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the lack of one-off rural housing planning applications which have been granted by South Dublin County Council in the past five years (details supplied); the way that this figure compares to other local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3084/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work to introduce maternity leave for public representatives with particular reference to local authorities; when it is hoped that such a beneficial measure will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3093/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress of the review of the planning system regarding delays to development of housing and critical infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3094/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes that have been made to SI No. 484 of 2015 - Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 to enable pensioners to purchase their local authority homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3095/22]
Education 5 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied); her views on the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2889/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of a new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4006/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a pedestrian crossing on the road in the ownership of her Department outside a school (details supplied) in collaboration with South Dublin County Council. [4102/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if supports are available to assist families whose children have been unable to secure a school place within their locality and as such must incur large financial costs to transport their child to a school outside their locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4120/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing a financial support to assist families with the cost of school transport in cases which a child has been unable to secure a school placement in or near their locality and as a result must travel long distances to a school outside their locality at great personal financial cost. [4121/22]
Finance 4 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to delays in the administration of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the appropriateness of such delays; the actions that are being taken to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2904/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the rationale underpinning the suspension of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2905/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance when the new members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeals will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2909/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the proposed review of the primary medical certificate system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2910/22]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken in 2021 to enhance Ireland’s network of embassies, which included the opening of an embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine. [3638/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding provided by his Department in 2021 to civil society organisations working in the area of overseas development aid. [3637/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the source of the core funding for the operation of the North West Strategic Growth Partnership; the way that it is structured; and the details of the recurring funds. [4104/22]
Defence 2 questions
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the progress made at addressing the serious concerns arising from the experiences of some members of the Defence Forces, in particular, women serving and retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3639/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Defence the type of education supports that are provided to members of the Defence Forces such as those under the Military Education Strategy. [3640/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for excluding the Slievethoul and Saggart Hill forests from the conversion process to multi-generational broadleaf forests under the Dublin Mountains Makeover initiative run by Coillte Nature; if he will consider including these forests in the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2940/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on plans for the western orbital route that would link the N81 to the N4 via the N7; and if funding has been allocated. [4101/22]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Housing 9 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he plans to take to slow down the disorderly exit of accidental and semi-professional landlords from the private rented sector and its impact on rising levels of homelessness. [3576/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the increased reliance on turnkeys by local authorities, approved housing bodies, the Land Development Agency and the Housing Agency for the delivery of social and affordable housing as outlined in the Government’s new housing plan will inflate the cost of social and affordable housing and will put those public agencies in direct competition with private purchasers for the limited supply of private homes. [3577/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given his role in overseeing the vacant homes strategy, his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between derelict units recorded in the GeoDirectory residential buildings report and those on the derelict sites register nationally; if his attention has been further drawn to the lack of implementation and collection of the derelict sites levy; and the action being taken to combat same. [3578/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the delivery of genuinely affordable homes to rent and to buy on an estate (details supplied) and Poolbeg, Dublin city. [3324/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the social housing output as of the end of Q4 of 2021. [3323/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide further details on the way that a person who has been through the insolvency process can access the local authority mortgage scheme. [3326/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the ongoing negotiations between the various parties on the creation of a single water utility. [3327/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the findings of the report A Hidden Crisis: Traveller homelessness in the South West published 18 January 2022; and the response by his Department to the report. [3325/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the full year expenditure for housing assistance payment, rental accommodation scheme and leasing for 2021 will be available. [3518/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1947 of 27 July 2021, if he will provide an update in relation to the proposed inquiry into the licensing of sodium valproate; when the inquiry will begin; when engagement with families affected by the drug will commence; and the timeline for the delivery of the report. [3099/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if frontline workers in section 39 organisations are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; and if not, the reason. [4214/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will receive transport on the school transport scheme. [3292/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection when the full year expenditure for rent supplement in 2021 will be available. [3519/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider granting an extension to the number of hours of employment allowed for a person (details supplied) under their visa. [3586/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 15 December 2021, if he has received information in relation to the licence (details supplied). [3842/22]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Justice 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí per Dublin metropolitan region area in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3394/22]

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.