Dublin Central — week of Mon, 21 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Feb – 27 Feb 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 44 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-02-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 77–57

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Carbon Tax

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Neasa Hourigan · Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Mary Lou McDonald

Did not vote 2 Gary Gannon · Marie Sherlock

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 0 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Health 9 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the additional support and resources that are to be provided to the north Dublin city and county orthodontic unit in 2022 and 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9560/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of dental treatment service scheme contracts held in total and in each CHO area in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9753/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists that have resigned from the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9754/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will consider an independent chair for the discussions between the HSE and an association (details supplied) in reforming the dental treatment services scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9755/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of students across 1st, 4th and 6th class primary school children that attended dental screening appointments respectively in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and in each CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9756/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of primary students that have missed their public dental screening appointments in each of the years 2019 to 2021 per CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9757/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of 1st, 4th and 6th class primary school children respectively on waiting lists to access the schools dental screening programme to year end 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he has asked the women's health task force to consider funding options for first line medications for hyperemesis gravidarum; and if so, when the group's review will be complete. [9762/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if pyridoxine and doxylamine is considered a food supplement rather than a medical product in Ireland; if so, the reason that it is considered a food supplement; if this labelling of pyridoxine and doxylamine as a food product is standard international practice in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9763/22]
Education 6 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available for the repair and replacement of five prefab buildings at a school (details supplied); and if a timeline for such works will be provided. [9561/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a site designated for educational purposes as part of the new housing development of Kilcarbery, County Dublin is no longer required for such purposes; the rationale for this decision; if this decision is linked to the potential planned expansion of a school (details supplied); if so, if this expansion will be sufficient to meet the educational needs of the increased local population at Kilcarbery; and the timeline envisaged for such an expansion. [9562/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the contingency plan for a school (details supplied) in relation to alternative temporary accommodation for the beginning of the new school term in August 2022. [9563/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress of securing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if discussions between her Department and Galway City and County Councils in relation to the acquisition of a permanent site have progressed; when it is expected that this school will be located on its permanent site and in its permanent building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9564/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of students registered in 1st, 4th and 6th class across all primary schools in Ireland in 2021. [9759/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department is seeking to close early intervention classes; if so, the details of the research and policy for these closures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10699/22]
Social 3 questions
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made to the exceptional needs payment; and the number awarded in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [10700/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of letters issued from her Department to one-parent family payment claimants requesting proof of efforts from the liable relatives to seek maintenance in each of the years 2018 to 2021. [10702/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of one-parent family payment claimants who were exempt from efforts to seek maintenance conditions due to domestic abuse and risk from a former partner. [10703/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that the redevelopment of the dental school in University College Cork has not progressed, despite launching its redevelopment in 2019; his plans to progress this redevelopment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only an estimated 60 dental graduates per year; his views on whether this is sufficient to meet the demands of dental patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional cost of living for those with disabilities, as highlighted in the Cost of Disability report by a company (details supplied), will be factored into the forthcoming basic income for artists scheme to ensure artists with disabilities have equal support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10698/22]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Health 6 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason for shortages in HRT medicines given that The Health Products Regulatory Authority has listed these as medicines shortages; the measures that are in place to minimise impact or disruption to patient care and the impact on healthcare professionals caused by these shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9602/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the breakdown by hospital of the €19 million in additional funding for children in need of orthopaedic surgery; if the €19 million is additional baseline funding for each hospital; if not, if it is once-off funding; and the average waiting time reduction in each hospital for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, scoliosis and other acute orthopaedic surgery, in tabular form. [10528/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current and capital breakdown by hospital of the €19 million in additional funding for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery, in tabular form. [10588/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the assessment panel has concluded that section 39 and section 10 front-line Dublin homeless network staff who worked in clinical and congregated settings comparable with those of front-line public health employees will receive the Covid-19 recognition payment. [10591/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the €19 million in additional funding for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery includes capital or current expenditure committed to in the budgets for 2020 and 2021 or 2022; and, if so, if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that was committed to. [10595/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he has responded to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the request to establish a working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/22]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [7521/22]
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [6125/22]
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the schedule of dialogues to be delivered by the shared island unit of his Department for 2022. [9276/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the stakeholder consultation of his Department on the International Labour Organisation Convention 190, Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work is due to commence. [9042/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education when the National Council for Special Education will complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools first commissioned in September 2018. [9040/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice her plans to ratify the second optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and the details of the outstanding issues that need to be resolved by the Government to enable ratification. [9097/22]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns