Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 7 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Feb – 13 Feb 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 38 questions · 0 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 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 74–55

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

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 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-08 · 1 vote

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

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 4 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work that has been undertaken to improve the availability and affordability of student accommodation. [6106/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is pursing specific strategies to increase the number of women undertaking apprenticeship courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6107/22]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recommendation of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality that gender quota legislation should be enacted to require private companies to have at least 40% gender balance on their boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7023/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Programme for Government commitment to promote higher female labour market participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7022/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on plans to develop additional urban horse welfare programmes, working with local authorities, charities and community stakeholders to provide stabling facilities and educational programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7033/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress of the Dublin Mountains Makeover Initiative to date; and if there are plans to incorporate additional mountain areas into the scheme. [7034/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff that are employed in each foreign embassy based in Ireland. [7009/22]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the antisocial provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 with a view to ensuring that local authorities have sufficient powers to deal with cases of extreme antisocial behaviour. [6335/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the feasibility study currently being undertaken on the future use of Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; when this study will be published; and the engagement his Department has had with the Land Development Agency and the Department of Defence on this issue. [6428/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if pension tax relief is disregarded for the purposes of calculating differential rent for social housing tenants. [6475/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing projects currently in his Department’s four stage approval process; and the average length of time these projects have been in that process by local authority. [7247/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in development cost of Social Housing Investment Programme social homes delivered in 2021; the average all-in cost of turnkey social homes delivered in 2021; and the average all-in cost of Part V social homes delivered in 2021; and the average all-in cost of acquired social homes delivered in 2021, by local authority in tabular form. [7248/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will revise circular 02-2022 on social housing acquisitions to allow local authorities to purchase second-hand properties in which such properties have HAP and RAS tenants in situ and the landlord is selling the property and has issued a vacant possession notice to quit thus placing the tenant at risk of homelessness. [7250/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 December 2021, the breakdown of the 1,640 persons by the number of adults and children, respectively. [5859/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 December 2021, the length of time the 1,640 persons have spent in direct provision in periods of less than six, six to 12, 12 to 24 and over 24 months, respectively. [6337/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the action his Department plans to take to ensure an increase in the number of general practitioners practising in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6316/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the current number of general practitioners practising in an area (details supplied). [6317/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach the status of the tender issued for the provision of data strategy services for the Government's housing plan; the number of applications that were received; the names of the organisations that applied; and when he expects the contract to be awarded. [6336/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of plans to roll-out the SEAI LEAF programme for sustainable energy communities. [5943/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied). [6427/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on his Department’s input to the feasibility study currently being undertaken on the future use of Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; when this study will be published; and the engagement his Department has had with the Land Development Agency and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on this issue. [6429/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Rathcoole Garda station, County Dublin. [5837/22]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Health 7 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to replace the Coombe antenatal clinic that was previously held in Neilstown, Clondalkin back into the north Clondalkin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5868/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children with mental health conditions that were placed in paediatric facilities in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6661/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health his plans to make it easier for trainee counselling and educational psychologists to become fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6662/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the services there are for children who are on the ASD spectrum that also have mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6663/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are on the ASD spectrum that also have mental health difficulties that have been referred to CAMHS; the number that were deemed an inappropriate referral in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6664/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the original costs budgeted for the Mount Carmel eating disorder service in CHO6; the expected increase in costs due to the delay; when the tendering process will be finalised; and when the service will be completed. [6821/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the children’s disability network teams 4, 5 and 6 in CHO7 including vacant posts, locations and treatment offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7318/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts being made to retain the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin given its cultural importance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6359/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that a SUSI applicant who that was abandoned by one parent after a history of domestic violence can be expected to provide documents from the absent parent in order to be eligible for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6358/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding that is available for salmon anglers (details supplied) along the River Liffey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6669/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number recorded on the salmon counter at Islandbridge on the River Liffey in 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6670/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams and supports within his Department that are open to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6697/22]

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.