Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 14 Feb

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Feb – 20 Feb 2022 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 37 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 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

The motion · motion passed 71–60

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 2 Ann Graves · Duncan Smith

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-15 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 1 vote · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Health 31 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown of child and adolescent orthopaedic and related surgeries waiting lists; his plans to tackle those waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7729/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his interaction with an association (details supplied) to date; and the steps that he plans to take to address the particular healthcare needs of those affected by the failure to withdraw thalidomide from the Irish market in a timely manner. [7728/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of a national director for the Mental Health Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7726/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the appointment of a chief social care officer for social care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the ongoing trolley crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7725/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7724/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if persons working as administrators on contract for the HSE at vaccination centres will be eligible for the €1,000 bonus for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7939/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of his Department’s discussions with an association (details supplied) in relation to agreeing a new contract and provision for dental care services for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7805/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of CAMHS consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7806/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of consultants in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of additional permanent ICU beds that will be delivered in quarters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7808/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7810/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7811/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7813/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of laboratory scientists that have left HSE employment prior to retirement age since January 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that nurses have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reasons given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that healthcare assistants have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reason given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that physiotherapists have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reason given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7817/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that occupational therapists have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reason given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that speech and language therapists have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reason given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7819/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have mechanisms such as exit interviews to gauge the reason that laboratory scientists have left employment in the HSE prior to retirement; the reason given for leaving the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7820/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the status of the planned audit of the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7821/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the grades, jobs, positions and organisations that are entitled to the €1,000 Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7822/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of elective hospitals that are currently either in pre-planning, planning or construction across the country; the number that are in active partnership between private providers and the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7823/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work his Department is undertaking on a workforce review for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8198/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the work his Department is undertaking on ensuring a diverse workforce in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the ways in which minorities will be supported into the mental health services workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8200/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the estimated cost of filling each vacant mental healthcare post by the end of 2022; the number of vacant posts by CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital in Portrane will be fully operational; the overall cost of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8465/22]
Housing 6 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention and that of his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been drawn to a project undertaken by students in a school (details supplied) in relation to the escalating problematic behaviours of high density urban seagull colonies aggressively foraging in the school; his views on whether it is unacceptable and egregiously contrary to the legitimate interests of the health and safety of schoolchildren and staff in any school to be exposed to such serious and escalating risks; if he will request his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to set out detail the level of priority and the implementation dates for all measures it plans to take towards elimination of such risks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8110/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied); the status of the newspaper article and the quoted Ministerial advice to schools; if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the advice being given to schools that is quoted in the article; his views on whether notwithstanding serious damage to buildings by nesting seagulls, that school children and staff are vulnerable to attack and at real risk of serious injury from urban seagull colonies which may or may not be nesting in the schools aggressively foraging in schools; and when he, his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service plan to provide advice and assistance to schools in order to protect children and staff from serious injury risks to their person as distinct from damage to the buildings. [8111/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention and that of his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been drawn to the fact that the CEO of Dublin City Council has described urban seagulls as a menace in the city (details supplied); his views on whether a coherent, comprehensive and consistent policy for the management and control of urban seagulls needs to be publicly and transparently articulated by him, his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service in partnership with local authorities that are experiencing problems with urban seagulls; if a commitment will be given for a date for the publication and implementation of such a policy; and if not, if he will provide the evidence that he is relying upon for his position. [8112/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service is fully compliant with the legal obligations (details supplied) not only to protect but also to manage and control urban seagulls and wild birds generally. [8113/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service has met and continues to meet its responsibilities towards properly advising him in regard to the obligation to control urban seagulls nationally particularly in areas in which high density herring gull colonies have been shown to be out of control and that are proliferating unmanaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8114/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the National Coastal Change Management Strategy steering group met; when the group will report on its initial findings and recommendations given that it was due to report within six months of its foundation in September 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8464/22]