Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 7 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Feb – 13 Feb 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 35 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces

2022-02-09 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–55

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 74–55

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2021

2022-02-09 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and to provide for related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–55

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-08 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–52

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Chris Andrews

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 3 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Further and Higher Education 5 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will commission an audit of buildings and teaching practices in third-level institutions to determine the accommodations that must be made for students with a disability. [5972/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of his engagement with organisations (details supplied) with respect to the examination of academic support activities of PhD students. [5978/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the resumption of in-person tuition and related activities; the measures that will be put in place to support students who are immunocompromised following the lifting of most public health restrictions in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5977/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has consulted with third-level institutions and the Minister for Justice in respect of a situation which has arisen during the pandemic in which non-European Union students who return home during the academic year and who are unable to return to Ireland for reasons relating to the pandemic miss deadlines for visa renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5973/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of higher education institutions and further education providers which are compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WCAG 2.1 standards as is mandatory for mobile applications and websites under European Union and Irish legislation. [7202/22]
Children 5 questions
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors of institutions not included within the scope of the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes and County Homes (details supplied). [7093/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors who spent a period of less than six months in an institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7094/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is envisaged that applicants for the planned redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby and county homes will be entitled to seek assistance from a solicitor when completing an application. [7095/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the interim compensation scheme to ensure that older survivors of mother and baby homes and county homes have timely access to redress. [7096/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on the passage of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill. [7097/22]
Justice 4 questions
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when the Prison (Amendment) Rules 2020 S.I. No. 250/2020 will be repealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7257/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of secure residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation places currently available for men and women offenders respectively, in tabular form; and if she is satisfied that the number of such places available is sufficient having regard to the need to address the numbers of offenders committed to prison upon conviction for short sentences in respect of minor addiction-related offence. [7258/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of secure residential addiction treatment and rehabilitation places currently available for offenders in each province of Ireland and in Dublin in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7259/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the timeline on the implementation of the high-level taskforce implementation plan on the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system; her plans to divert persons with mental health and or addiction issues away from the criminal justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7260/22]
Education 3 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to support incoming senior cycle students whose education experience at a junior cycle level has been severely disrupted due to the pandemic particularly in the context of their inexperience in sitting State examinations. [6702/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the way her Department is supporting primary and secondary schools to support students’ mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6703/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if her Department has plans to examine the concept of trauma-informed practice in education; and if there are plans to roll-out a national framework for trauma-informed education. [7098/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if specific plans are in place to address generalised anxiety among teenagers arising from pandemic-related stress. [6704/22]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Inner City Enterprise Economic Development and Industry
- Securing a lease on a Former Housing depot in Dublins Coleraine Street to convert into a social enterprise hub

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Justice 8 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to bring forward legislation to combat the threat of violence posed by the unlawful possession of knives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5911/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to bring forward legislation to respond to the increasing threat posed by knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5912/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if in the context of the need to display zero tolerance towards violence against women, she is prepared to introduce new legislation to combat knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5913/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider amending the bail laws in order that there will be a presumption against the grant of bail for a person accused of violent assault who already has convictions for violent assault in order to strengthen the protection of women from violent assaults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5914/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the gambling regulation Bill will be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6184/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the gambling regulation Bill will impose a requirement on gambling platforms and providers to assess whether gamblers can afford the bets they are placing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6185/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if it is proposed to include within the gambling regulation Bill a requirement that the regulator will have a single customer view that will be linked to all gambling operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6186/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if the gambling regulation Bill will require the regulator to ensure that problem gambling can be tackled through a single customer view and an assessment of affordability on the part of gamblers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6187/22]
Enterprise 5 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government remains committed to Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court initiative which is now to commence in 2022 with or without Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6011/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has been asked at European-level to clarify or has provided an update on its position on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court initiative at European Council level, to the Preparatory Committee on the Unified Patent Court or to other contracting states on a bilateral basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6012/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland will ratify the agreement on a Unified Patent Court (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6013/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will publish a timetable for ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6014/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to the fact that a previous reply to a Parliamentary Question on this matter stated Ireland’s ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, 2013/C 175/01 was being kept under review in the context of the timing of the coming into force of the Unified Patent Court, if this will now change given that the provisional application period has commenced, which confirmed the entry into force of the Unified Patent Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6015/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority moved the bike lane from the Luas Finglas against the wishes of Transport for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6009/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if a direction can be given to national schools that they can now admit children into the school yard in order to let them play before school commences now that Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6582/22]