Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 31 Jan

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Jan – 6 Feb 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-02-02 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–76

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-02-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–75

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 74–52

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 26–18

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 · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria for a medical card if a person is undergoing cancer treatment; his plans to extend the medical card to all patients undergoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4340/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 bonus payment for healthcare workers in a clinical environment throughout the pandemic will be extended to section 39 healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4347/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 bonus payment for healthcare workers in a clinical environment throughout the pandemic will be extended to student radiographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4348/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the reason that children under four years of age that are consistently testing negative for Covid-19 on and antigen test three days in a row and are asymptomatic for a further 48 hours are not permitted to finish restricting their movements as is the case with children over four years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4423/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the way persons who received their primary course of the Covid-19 vaccine outside the State but received their booster dose in Ireland can obtain an updated EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5240/22]
Education 3 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the number of special education classes in an area (details supplied) at the present time; and the number of pupils being supported by those classes. [4658/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if there are transport supports available to students who have to travel outside of their county for school due to the fact they cannot find a school place in their county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4659/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay in transferring the land for a proposed amenity (details supplied) from her Department to the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5703/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce supports for persons who experience hair loss due to alopecia, cancer treatment or other similar illnesses. [5099/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection when the changes for the carer’s allowance means test will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5100/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in an area (details supplied) in 2021; the broad outcomes which this funding has supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5102/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the approach his Department is taking to drafting the next national strategy on women and girls; the focus there will there be on violence against women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5101/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the auction set to take place on 29 January 2022 for the purchase of the 1916 medal presented to a person (details supplied); if she has considered this as an opportunity to acquire the medal for the State to be displayed in a museum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4350/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the recommendations of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the open consultation on the review of alcohol licensing in Ireland; the status of the consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4351/22]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Housing 10 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to publish the review of social housing income thresholds which was completed at the end of 2021; if he plans to raise the thresholds; and if so, when and the amount. [4404/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the revised defective block redress scheme; when the legislation will be published; and when the new scheme will be open to applications. [4405/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total allocation of funding to Dublin City Council for the affordable purchase and affordable cost rental homes at O’Devaney Gardens; the allocation of the affordable housing fund per unit of affordable purchase accommodation; and the allocation of cost rental equity loan or other related funding for the purchase of the affordable cost rental accommodation on this development. [4501/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average number of weeks that the four stage approval process is currently taking for social housing new builds that were completed in the past 12 months. [4802/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new State architecture policy will be published. [4803/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated amount spent by his Department on the design, marketing and promotion of materials in relation to the current housing plan and its associated programmes and measures and any other aspect of his Department’s activities. [5186/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the organisations that were paid fees for the design, marketing and promotion of materials in relation to the current housing plan and its associated programmes and measures and any other aspect of his Department’s activities; and the amount that each of the organisations were paid in tabular form. [5187/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 25 January 2022, the total expenditure on homeless Housing Assistance Payments in 2021; and if the expenditure is accounted for in the total Housing Assistance Payment expenditure detailed in the response. [5207/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when social housing tenants currently living in previously unsold affordable homes will be allowed to purchase those homes under the tenant purchase scheme given that they were promised in writing at the time of taking up their tenancies. [5210/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that his Department’s monthly homeless report no longer provides data on single parent family homelessness; and if he will ensure that all future monthly homeless reports include a breakdown of family homelessness by single and two parent families. [5301/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the extension of general practitioner visit cards to six and seven year olds as announced in Budget 2022. [4792/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if 12 to 16 year olds will be eligible to receive a booster dose before their EU Digital COVID Certificates expire. [4862/22]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Education 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if the policy of five-day self-isolation for close contacts in special education schools will be updated with the easing of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5049/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Defence the long-term plans for Cathal Brugha Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5615/22]

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.