Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 14 Feb

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Feb – 20 Feb 2022 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market

2022-02-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–60

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 71–60

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

2022-02-15 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–55

Voted for 1 Eamon Ryan

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

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 · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Social 3 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if regulation 130 of SI. 142/2007 is the only legislation which allows her Department to make deductions from the one-parent family payment; if a deduction may only take place in cases in which the parent is in receipt of maintenance arising from a court order and the maintenance exceeds the parent’s housing costs; if there are other circumstances in which deductions may be made by her Department from the payment; and if so, the legislation that provides for such deductions. [8294/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the provision of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 that empowers her to introduce the requirement for claimants of the one-parent family payment to seek maintenance as stipulated by statutory instrument and Ministerial regulation in 2007 regulations 125, 125A and 126 of SI. 142/2007. [8295/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if clarification will be provided in relation to the provision of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which empowers her Department to seek a contribution from a liable parent in circumstances in which a parent is in receipt of the one-parent family payment; if such payments are forwarded to the claimant parent (details supplied). [8296/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when in-person family visits to prison will resume on a weekly basis with no restriction on the number of visitors or children per visit in order to allow physical contact between visitors and prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7568/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 490 and 491 of 19 January 2021, the status of the report on pollution in the Elm Park catchment area (details supplied). [8473/22]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Justice 11 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Louth Garda division as of 1 February 2020 and 8 February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8234/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda car driving and motorcycle instructor courses that were held in either the Garda training college or Garda headquarters in 2021 and to-date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8235/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if all Garda district neighbourhood watch meetings in the Dublin metropolitan region have resumed in person or virtually; if not, when the remaining neighbourhood watch meetings will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8237/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Carlow-Kilkenny Garda division as of 1 February 2020 and 8 February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8238/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner in order to answer Parliamentary Question No. 478 of 23 November 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8240/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she has received the necessary information from the Garda Commissioner in order to answer Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 23 November 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8241/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who were successfully prosecuted for public order offences in the Garda R district within Dublin metropolitan region in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8242/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if a new contract will be put out shortly for the provision of additional large sized Garda public order unit vans; the last time that new Garda public order unit vans came into the fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8243/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda roads policing unit vehicles that came into the fleet in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of Garda roads policing unit vehicles that were withdrawn from the fleet during 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8244/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions that were held for Garda members to apply to join the Garda armed support units during 2021 and to date in 2022; if a fresh competition for members to apply to join will be held before end of quarter 1 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8245/22]
- 2022-02-17 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the bail laws so as to prevent persons accused of serious assault and of sexual assault and with previous convictions for such offences from securing bail. [8552/22]
Health 6 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the new funding that is being provided for HSE disability services in 2022. [7907/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if homecare workers will receive the pandemic bonus payment. [7906/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the three-year backlog list in order for a child with autism to be seen in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7544/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the three-year backlog list for hidden disabilities in the CHO6 area given there is no backlog for unhidden disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7545/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the large backlog in CHO6 in comparison with other HSE areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7546/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the plans the HSE has for the Royal Hospital, Baggot Street, Dublin 4; and the efforts that will be made to protect this important building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8189/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if the taxation of exchange traded funds is being reviewed; if such funds will continue to be taxed differently than individual stocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to making childcare costs tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8330/22]