Dublin Central — week of Mon, 7 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Feb – 13 Feb 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 31 questions · 6 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 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 1 Marie Sherlock

The motion · motion passed 74–55

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 1 Marie Sherlock

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 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 1 Marie Sherlock

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-08 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Neasa Hourigan

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Paschal Donohoe

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 4 votes · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Foreign 5 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the delays in processing the registration of foreign births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a funding suspension which an organisation (details supplied) has been subjected to by the European Commission since May 2021 in order to investigate if a project had been subject to infringements of obligations or irregularities; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that although this review which was described as a precautionary measure was completed in July 2021, that no breaches or wrongdoings were identified but the suspension has not been lifted; his views on whether the failure by the European Commission to clear the name of this organisation is causing major difficulties for it at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7354/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make strong representations to the European Commission seeking clarification on the reasons that a deferment of funding has continued since July 2021 with regard to the continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for a human rights organisation (details supplied) although no anomalies were discovered; the specific legal grounds for the continued suspension of funding; if his attention has been drawn to the impact of the current situation on the organisation’s human rights work; if he will express the Government’s discontent in relation to the deferment; if he will request the European Commission to expedite the restoration of the funding given Ireland’s continued support for the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7355/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission has continually conceded that Israel has failed to present any concrete credible evidence against an organisation (details supplied) as one of the six designated NGOs for which there is a continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for the human rights organisation; his views on whether this appears to be an effort by Israel to obstruct the work of the NGOs that monitor, report and promote accountability for violations of human rights and international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7356/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the European Commission has suspended funding to some of the six Palestinian human rights NGO organisations labelled by Israel as terrorist entities in October 2021; if so, the organisations that have been penalised in this way; if his attention has been drawn to the purpose or rationale of this initiative; his views on the destabilising effect and the potential devastation that the European Commission’s actions will have in undermining the work of Palestinian civil society; if he will raise the issue at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7357/22]
Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase degree places for nursing and midwifery for September 2022 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6386/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the work undertaken to address sexual harassment and violence in third-level education considering the findings from the national surveys of student and staff experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education. [6387/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether colleges should increase the use of entrance examinations in 2022 for entry for students who have achieved the general requirements for matriculation but who have not attained the required grade in specific subjects, such as leaving certificate mathematics; if the matter has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6384/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the disproportional number of places offered on QQI level 5 pre-nursing courses and the places dedicated to students coming from these routes on level 8 nursing degrees; his plans to rectify the imbalance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6385/22]

New lobbying 1 return

North West Inner City Network Community
- Decision by Dept of Health to suspend NICDATF

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Economic Development and Industry
- To request appearance at ETE Committee to discuss TRIPS Waiver proposal
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

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 11 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 11 total

Taoiseach 8 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [4364/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [5959/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [4718/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the evaluation of the way Ireland handled the Covid-19 pandemic will commence; the person or body that will oversee the process; the timeframe within which this work will be carried out; the mechanism by which the public, community and voluntary sector will contribute to the process; and if this work will be conducted in public. [5995/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [4719/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [5958/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review the progress made in implementing the programme for Government. [5960/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 4 of 2021 on the website of his Department. [6864/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE received an instruction from his Department on 24 June 2021 to suspend the funding allocation for operational and administrative funding to the North Inner-City Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this instruction was not communicated to the taskforce; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the suspension of funding remains in place; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the Assistant Secretary (Corporate Legislation, Mental Health, Drugs Policy and Food Safety Division) of his Department wrote to the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force on 27 July 2021 to advise that it continue its essential business activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6651/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the future plans proposed for the HSE dispensary, Quarry Road, Cabra: and if consideration can be given to relocate the local family resource centre to this building. [7082/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish Sign Language interpreters currently available to assist deaf or hard of hearing patients attending the Mater Hospital; the number of sign language interpreters that are employed in the Mater Hospital to assist deaf patients while attending the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7083/22]

New lobbying 1 return

North West Inner City Network Community
- Decision by Dept of Health to suspend NICDATF

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

North West Inner City Network Community
- Decision by Dept of Health to suspend NICDATF