Wicklow — week of Mon, 14 Feb

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Feb – 20 Feb 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 33 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 3 Simon Harris · Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

The motion · motion passed 71–60

Voted for 3 Simon Harris · Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-15 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 3 Simon Harris · Stephen Donnelly · Steven Matthews

Voted against 2 Jennifer Whitmore · John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Pat Casey

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 3 votes · 23 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Children 9 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when reforms to the funding model for early learning and childcare services will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has corresponded with childcare providers regarding reforms to the funding model for early learning and childcare services; if his attention has been drawn to the need for childcare providers to be able to plan ahead and the current uncertainty regarding the timeline of the new proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7668/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Ireland’s implementation of the EU child guarantee after public consultation ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8736/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what efforts are being taken to tackle any potential increase in child poverty rates due to the rising cost of living and energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8737/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the action plan to support a new EU child guarantee to ensure that every child has access to healthcare, education, childcare, adequate nutrition and decent housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8738/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being taken to establish an EU and international unit to co-ordinate actions on child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8739/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the new actions that his Department will carry out in response to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures Annual Report 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8740/22]
- 2022-02-17 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is an alternative plan in place in the event that the Joint Labour Committee recommendation on pay and conditions in the early learning and school age care sector is not in place by autumn 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/22]
- 2022-02-17 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process his Department will put in place once the decision is made relating to Joint Labour Committee recommendations regarding pay and conditions in the early learning and school age care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8849/22]
Environment 5 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the funding, the target set and the number of houses completed for each retrofitting scheme in each year since the enactment of each scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7756/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the provision of solar energy in the State at each point of development from inception to selling onto the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8741/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts he has taken to look into the various issues surrounding connectivity via direct lines, that is, private wires, in the context of solar power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts that are being taken to facilitate uptake of solar power by farmers; if he will address any tax related concerns preventing further uptake in solar power within the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the grants available for households to retrofit will consider the heat loss index that homes must achieve; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under current programmes households will have to achieve both a heat loss index and a BER2 rating which will likely cost significantly more than €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8746/22]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a progress report on the proposed three new centres of excellence being established in the Cork, Limerick and Clare and Mayo and Sligo Leitrim education and training boards due to be established by 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that there is no dedicated course for retrofitting for new entrants; if there are plans to establish dedicated courses for retrofitting and apprenticeship programmes to address competition for labour in retrofitting and construction industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8744/22]
- 2022-02-16 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that he plans to ensure there are sufficient numbers of apprenticeships for new entrants to meet the targets of the new national home retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8745/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the efforts have been made to resolve an issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7445/22]
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport the amount that was spent on consultation fees for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8021/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional SNA allocation; if the request will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8322/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for CAMHS in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7443/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-02-15 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts that have been made to resolve an issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7444/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-02-17 Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the National Swimming Strategy will commence; the timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8852/22]

John Brady — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Housing 1 question
- 2022-02-16 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in 2021 in County Wicklow broken down by municipal district; and the average percentage amount of this top-up per municipal district. [8544/22]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns