Dublin Central — week of Mon, 23 May

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 23 May – 29 May 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 21 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-05-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–70

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages

2022-05-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–71

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association

2022-05-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–59

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Social 9 questions
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently waiting for an oral hearing for an appeal to the social welfare appeals office broken down by scheme; and the current waiting time. [26265/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who had an oral hearing for an appeal to the social welfare appeals office in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the benefits and allowances being appealed; and the number of appeals in which there was a favourable decision for the applicant in each benefit and allowance. [26266/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the average length of time that an oral hearing appeals to the social welfare appeals office lasts. [26267/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were in receipt of the blind pension and subjected to a review by her Department in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [26268/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if alternative documentation can be accepted by her Department in cases in which persons who are non-EEA nationals and have an appropriate immigration stamp but are awaiting an Irish Residence Permit card for which there are delays and therefore cannot access much-needed social protection payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26269/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing core social welfare payments by €15, €20 and €30 per week in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26954/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the working family payment by €20, €30 and €40 per week for all recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26955/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing core social welfare payments and the working family payment by seven per cent in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26957/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the current ratio of her Department's employment services case officers to clients; the current proportion of case officer clients who are lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26958/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the latest average class size figure for primary schools in Ireland for 2021 and 2022 academic years (details supplied); if the average class size has reduced from 23.3 as detailed in her Department’s statistical bulletin from December 2021. [26263/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of children enrolled in primary schools as of the 30 September 2021; and the number of pupils enrolled in special schools on the same date. [26264/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of women who were affected by the marriage bar before it was abolished in 1973; the number of women who have a reduced or no public service pension due to them having to leave their public-sector employment with the marriage bar; and the estimated cost of providing a public service pension to these women. [26959/22]

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 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Children 1 question
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the conclusion of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017 to 2021, when work on a new strategy will commence. [25663/22]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Vanguard Group (Ireland) Limited Economic Development and Industry
- Meeting on 16th March