Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 21 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Mar – 27 Mar 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 70 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-03-23 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–62

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–62

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–62

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–61

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

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Education (Voluntary Contributions) Bill 2021

2022-03-23 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall make regulations governing the collection by schools of voluntary contributions from parents/guardians

full description

A bill to make provision whereby the Minister for Education shall make regulations governing the collection by schools of voluntary contributions from parents/guardians; to provide for the publication of the total monies collected annually and a detailed expenditure of those monies by schools; and for those purposes to amend the Education Act 1998.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 59–55

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

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

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Rising Energy Costs

2022-03-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 60–56

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 60–56

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

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

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 7 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to current shortages in supply of hormone replacement therapy patches and gel for the treatment of severe menopause symptoms; if he is undertaking measures to improve access to these menopause supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14457/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the way that he defined exposed healthcare settings in the context of the Covid €1000 bonus; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tusla staff working in residential facilities, caring for teenagers, donned full PPE. [14491/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties in accessing speech and language therapy and occupational therapy in CHO area 7; and the actions his Department is undertaking to improve resourcing of these therapies in CHO7. [14669/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if progress has been made in implementing a diagnostic centre to service CHO area 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14670/22]
- 2022-03-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the roll-out of a specific vaccine campaign in the Ukrainian language aimed at offering Covid-19 vaccines to new residents that are being welcomed here for a better, safer life. [15536/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit, illness benefit, enhanced illness benefit, occupational injuries benefit, maternity benefit or disablement benefit are automatically excluded from the fuel allowance regardless of their income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14660/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the services being provided by her Department to individuals and families arriving in Ireland that are fleeing the war in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14661/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if Aer Rianta International, as a subsidiary of the Dublin Airport Authority, currently operates or oversees retail spaces in Russian airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14463/22]
- 2022-03-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if his Department provides electric vehicle charging points for spaces owned by management companies; the number of electric vehicle charging points that are owned by management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15660/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-03-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the need to provide a post-primary special educational needs unit for children from Newcastle, Rathcoole and Saggart, County Dublin; her plans to provide such a unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15659/22]
- 2022-03-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will assign a representative to meet with a teacher (details supplied) in relation to their application for ill health retirement. [15663/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the decision by the Mayor of London to introduce menopause leave for staff at London’s City Hall; if a similar provision will be introduced in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14736/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-03-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated amount it would cost to provide each student with a disability with assistive technology to complete their studies. [15651/22]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Health 10 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the services that are provided by the HSE to adults diagnosed with autism. [13988/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if his Department plans to create a follow-on clinic for those ageing out of a service (details supplied); and if so, when the service will commence. [13989/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the support and services required from the HSE. [14114/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to ensure the provision of full and timely services to children with disabilities in an area (details supplied). [14118/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE services providing occupational therapy and speech and language therapy to children in an area (details supplied); the number of children on the waiting list for these therapies in the area; and the action his Department is taking to increase service provision in this area. [14119/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [14394/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting for surgery related to a condition (details supplied); and the general waiting times for this procedure across the State. [14396/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he plans to review the guidance for special needs schools such as a school (details supplied) to recommend the continued wearing of masks in classrooms given the high level of risk arising from the children’s complex and special needs. [14493/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the reason that persons are unable to obtain a Covid-19 recovery certificate based on a positive antigen test unless the test has been obtained and paid for privately. [15018/22]
- 2022-03-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the Covid-19 safety protocols that are still in place to protect people with disabilities; if he plans to introduce measures specifically to ensure the safety of people with disabilities; and if his Department will consider contributing to the additional expenses incurred by people with disabilities for protective measures throughout the pandemic. [15429/22]
Housing 9 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is legislation in relation to the prohibiting the practice of landlords requesting and then withholding a refund of holding deposits in the private rented sector; and if not, if he will consider introducing legislation to ban this practice. [13814/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review by the National Parks and Wildlife Service will be published. and if he will report on his work on this matter. [13951/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend the Building Regulations Part B (Fire Safety) to allow for cross-laminated buildings to go higher than 10 metres in order to deliver high quality mid-rise high-density zero carbon apartment developments. [14343/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ukrainian nationals fleeing the war into Ireland will be able to apply for social housing support and to access HAP during their stay in Ireland. [14352/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing leased properties held by the National Asset Residential Property Services ; the breakdown of the location of the units by local authority area; the amount paid to date from for these long-term leases; the length of time remaining and the expected cost remaining on these leases; the date upon which these properties will be transferred to the LDA; the reason the LDA has been chosen to manage these units; and any other update on NARPS that may be available. [14357/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the mid-term review of the Traveller accommodation programmes is to commence; the guidance that has been issued to local authorities with respect to this review; and if he will publish all documentation received by his Department regarding this review to ensure full transparency with respect to the implementation of the Traveller accommodation programmes. [14362/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his Department's engagement with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the status of bank debt versus State debt in the affordable housing fund and the shared equity loan; and the implications for the taxpayer if the banks demand that their debt takes priority over the State equity share in cases of default by the home buyer. [14363/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if cash purchases or lump sum purchases above a 10% deposit are permissible under the local authority tenant purchase scheme. [14367/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the house price limits for local authority mortgages in view of the rising cost of new homes. [15109/22]
Environment 7 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for each subhead of the Revised Estimates for 2022. [14218/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown for the current and capital budget allocations for each subhead of the revised estimates for 2021. [14219/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the breakdown for the budget allocations for the subheads B4 and B11 of the Supplementary Estimate for 2022. [14220/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a comprehensive statement on the European Commission enforcement case (2012) 4028 regarding Ireland's alleged failure to transpose and apply the access to justice provisions of Directives 2010/75/EU and 2011/92/EU including a summary of the grounds of the complaint and the Government's response to the complaint. [14361/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the carryover of €57.9 million from 2021; the details of the programmes from which it came in tabular form; the details of the programmes it was proposed to be allocated prior to approval of the supplementary estimate in tabular form; and the details of the way it is now proposed to be allocated subsequent to the approval of the supplementary estimate in tabular form. [14639/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of the carryover of €37.75 million from 2020; the details of the programmes from which it came in tabular form; the details of the way it was proposed to be allocated in 2021, in tabular form. [14640/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the number of homeowners on the warmer homes scheme waiting list; and the average time from application to completion for homes in Q1. [14641/22]
Finance 4 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the details of all loans approved and drawn down and projects funded in tabular form; the number of units in each project; and the average cost to purchase or rent one of these units funded through Home Building Finance Ireland. [14358/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline all investments by the NTMA-ISIF for each of the five years 2018 to 2022 in residential development; the breakdown of the location and number of units in each that are funded; and the average price to rent or buy the units provided in each local authority area. [14359/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the status of his Department's engagement with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the status of bank debt versus State debt in the affordable housing scheme; and the implications for the taxpayer if the banks demand that their debt takes priority over the State equity share in cases of default by the home buyer. [14364/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he has raised the issue of IMF debt cancellation for Ukraine as part of the international assistance to Ukraine. [14365/22]
Children 3 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Syrian and Afghan citizens who have been granted leave to remain in Ireland under the recently established programme refugee scheme and family reunification scheme. [14026/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans for providing temporary and permanent accommodation for Ukrainian nationals fleeing into Ireland. [14353/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of all properties which his Department currently has lease arrangements with for the provision of direct provision and any other accommodation for those seeking asylum; and if he will provide a corresponding list of the service providers in each of these properties. [14360/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the number of special classes that are situated in schools in Rathcoole, County Dublin; and the action her Department is taking to increase the number of special classes to meet demand in the area. [14126/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to introduce a special class in a school (details supplied). [14127/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that children with disabilities are not eligible for the free travel scheme; and if she will consider extending the scheme to include those under 16 years of age. [14401/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received under the Afghan Admissions Programme; the number of these deemed admissible; the number deemed inadmissible; and the number awaiting determination of admissibility. [15020/22]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Health 16 questions
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the other doctors who were referred to in a report (details supplied); the number of doctors that this involved; if they are still working for the HSE; the safeguards that have since been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13857/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if all of the families of the children referred to in a report (details supplied) have been notified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13858/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning on an external recruitment drive, as in the past, in order to progress the clinical programme on eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the canteen staff in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin and other hospitals are included in the €1,000 bonus for front-line workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14123/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health when front-line workers can expect to receive the €1,000 bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14124/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, that are filled or unfilled on a weekly basis from January 2020 to date in 2022 by community health organisation, CHO, area in tabular form: the reason for the empty beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14137/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans to roll-out of hours crisis cafes across the State: the locations of each: when they will be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14182/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the status of the CORU registration process for psychotherapists under the Health and Social Care Act 2005: the cost involved in the regulation of CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14183/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the €200 million provided to the HSE to address waiting lists and waiting times for acute and community services that was due to be finalised by year end 2021; if it has been finalised; the breakdown of allocation by service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14302/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health in relation to the €200 million provided to the HSE to address waiting lists and waiting times for acute and community services if progress has been made for persons accessing mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14303/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the services that are in place and that are planned for persons who attended the Admire clinic in Cherry Orchard, Dublin for ADHD when they turn 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the funding streams and core funding that are open for recovery colleges. [14695/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place per CHO for peer educators in mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14696/22]
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the supports that are in place in CHO9 for peer educators in mental health; the way that it can access funding and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-03-22 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons to apply for the fuel allowance if the only household members who are not in receipt of one of the qualifying social assistance payments are instead in minimum wage employment. [13833/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-03-24 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the financial and logistical supports that are available from his Department for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15028/22]

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.