Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 4 Apr

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Apr – 10 Apr 2022 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 57 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-04-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 64–57

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Rural 2 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the funding for hubs under the connected hubs funding stream to facilitate remote working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17940/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial support that has been made available to local authorities in order to bring vacant properties in town centres back into use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17941/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the commencement date for phase two of a school development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17818/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 29 March 2022, if an application (details supplied) to Bus Éireann school transport for individual transport under the school transport scheme for children with special educational needs has been received by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18719/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport when Kishogue rail station will open resulting in a local train service for commuters in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if there is a forum for members of the public to make submissions to the primary medical certificate review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the length of time it is expected to take for a decision to be made on appeals under the sports capital grant; if she will provide indicative timelines for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18974/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 1 March 2022, if he will consider re-examining funding options for alternative venues for an exercise class (details supplied) given the positive impact that the classes have had on the health of older people in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18981/22]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 42 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 42 total

Housing 20 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to publish the general scheme of the legislation for the enhanced defective block remediation scheme for counties Donegal and Mayo; and if other counties including County Clare will be included in this scheme. [17729/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that were subject to retrofitting energy upgrades for each year from 2016 to date, in tabular form; the amount of funding provided each year for these schemes; if there was an underspend in a particular year; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17978/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing developments that have availed of the one stage approval process; the total number of social housing units delivered via this process to date; and the total number in the pipeline as yet not completed. [18002/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new staff funded by his Department who have taken up their posts in local authority housing departments in recent months by local authority and the position held in tabular form. [18003/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the resolution of the unsold affordable homes held by the Dublin local authorities; if as part of the use of the unsold affordable units post 2010, some of these units were included in a rent to buy scheme in Dublin city; and if so, the status of these rent-to-buy units. [18029/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of funding allocated to Vote 34, subhead A15, estate regeneration and refurbishment, which will be used to achieve the output target for 2022 of 100 units; and the average cost of delivering each unit. [18140/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of funding allocated to Vote 34, subhead A17, repair and leasing, which will be used to achieve the output target for 2022 of 120 units; and the average cost of delivering each unit. [18141/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A8, capital advance leasing facility, which amounts to €293,905,000 for 2022 in respect of the general government balance. [18142/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A28, cost rental equity loan, which amounts to €70,000,000 for 2022 including additional approved housing body borrowing in respect of the general government balance. [18143/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to the Land Development Agency in respect of its non-commercial activities, as included in schedule 12 of the Land Development Agency Act 2021, for the years 2021 and 2022. [18145/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A33, Croí Cónaithe, which amounts to €50,000,000 for 2022 in respect of the general government balance. [18146/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional funding required to increase the Vote 34 subhead A7, capital assistance scheme outputs target to 1,000 units. [18147/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of Vote 34, subhead A3, local authority housing, in terms of delivery models and funding streams employed, including corresponding output targets to achieve an overall total of 5,030 units as per the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022. [18148/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average subsidy per unit envisaged through the first home scheme as included in Vote 34, subhead A31. [18149/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the 1,000 units to be delivered by the Land Development Agency in 2022 in terms of affordable purchase and affordable rental homes. [18150/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active HAP tenancies in place at the end of each year from 2016 to 2021. [18180/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active RAS tenancies in place at the end of each year from 2016 to 2021. [18181/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active long-term leases of privately owned properties for social housing including those leased by local authorities, associated housing bodies and enhanced leases at the end of each year from 2016 to 2021. [18182/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is revising the macro housing delivery targets in the housing plan from an average 33,000 per year in view of the Ukrainian refugee crisis; and if so, the new targets and additional funding that is being provided. [18950/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the social housing new build delivery for 2021 by social housing capital investment programme construction, social housing capital investment programme turnkey, capital advance leasing facility construction, capital advance leasing facility turnkey, capital assistance scheme construction, capital assistance scheme turnkey, part V acquisition and private public partnership. [18951/22]
Environment 6 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the recommendation of the spending review Social Impact Assessment – SEAI Programmes Targeting Energy Poverty 2020 that the energy poverty schemes should collect information both before and after energy efficiency works which can be used to assess whether they are achieving their aims has been implemented; and if not, the reason therefor. [17666/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected output for each retrofit scheme for 2022, in tabular form. [17667/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the emissions saved per retrofit scheme for 2021, in tabular form. [17668/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the shortfall, and the measures that are proposed to make up the shortfall, in emissions reductions from buildings, given that the retrofit schemes will only go part of the way to meeting the 2030 emissions target. [17669/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of retrofits for the deep retrofit scheme for each year since it opened, in tabular form; and the length of time after the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland stopped receiving applications that the payments will cease being made. [17670/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that are being taken to increase warmer homes scheme output to 400 per month; and the average monthly output for the scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [17671/22]
Finance 5 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if the comprehensive review of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme has begun; and if he will provide a timeline for the completion of same. [17413/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance when a new board will be appointed in view of the resignation of all members of the previous Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and when assessments will resume. [17414/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if an update will be provided with regard to the review of the primary medical certificate scheme in view of the Supreme Court decision in 2020; when he expects the review to be complete; if members of the public can make submissions to the review; the number of applications for the scheme in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of refusals in each of these years; the number of appeals in each of these years; and the number of appeals refused in each of these years. [18030/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to investigate black market sales of dogs including canine semen. [18451/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners has requested information from platforms that advertise dogs for sale on the number of puppies sold each year by each registered dog breeding establishment and or registered seller for the purpose of tax compliance. [18452/22]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fines and or penalties that have been issued by greyhound coursing clubs since 2015 for failure of an agent to notify the death of a stud sire within the 14 days as prescribed in S.I. No. 561/2005 - Artificial Insemination of Greyhounds Regulations, 2005. [18454/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the table of fines and penalties as set by each greyhound coursing club. [18455/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times the period of use of frozen semen of a dead canine sire has been varied in consultation with a club under S.I. No. 561/2005 - Artificial Insemination of Greyhounds Regulations, 2005, Regulation 14(7); and the variation and the club involved. [18456/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful matings in the greyhound coursing industry that involved TSI surgical artificial insemination for the years 2019 to 2021 in tabular form; and the number of those successful matings that resulted from a deceased sire. [18457/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for mental health and addiction services linked to homeless service provision provided by his Department, by year and project, from 2016 to date, in tabular form. [17731/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the current waiting lists across the State for a hysterectomy; the number of persons that have been waiting for the surgery for more than two years; and the action being taken by his Department to ensure waiting times for the surgery are significantly reduced. [18104/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach the estimated impact of voted expenditure for Vote 34, subhead A32 Affordable Housing Fund which amounts to €60,000,000 for 2022 in respect of the General Government Balance. [18144/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she plans to provide for specific levels of qualifications for special needs assistants; and her plans for continuous professional development and upskilling for special needs assistants. [17730/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to introduce regulation and a database for non-greyhound stud sire dogs, that is, companion dogs. [18453/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of voted expenditure provided to the Office of Public Works, OPW, by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and the breakdown of expenditure by the OPW, by project head or vote sub-head, for each of those years. [18985/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Ukrainian households that have entered the State since the start of the war; and the breakdown by household size, for example, no children, one child, two children, three children and four or more children. [18949/22]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 2 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if a list of CAMHS staff employed for the Clondalkin area will be provided; the roles of each; the number of vacancies that exist in each role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17488/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the children with disabilities who received a preliminary team assessment instead of an assessment of needs will be called back for an assessment of need in compliance with the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Finance if the public can make a formal submission to the consultation process in relation to the primary medical certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/22]

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.