Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 30 May — Watch Them Work

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 30 May – 5 Jun 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 46 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-01 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–66

Voted for 1 Thomas Gould

Voted against 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021

2022-06-01 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend and extend the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 to provide for transparency regarding transactions involving property and for those purposes to expand the…

full description

A bill to amend and extend the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 to provide for transparency regarding transactions involving property and for those purposes to expand the register that records residential property sales prices, to establish a land and other non-residential property transaction database and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 51–70

Voted for 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Voted against 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–51

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 1 Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Agriculture 8 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with other Government Departments in respect of the delivery of farm safety programmes and initiatives in schools at both primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27248/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that his Department is carrying out to vary the species of trees in plantations in Ireland, with a view to encouraging more native species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27249/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is engaging with local authorities with regards to the implementation of tree strategies for local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27250/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current position with regard to ash-dieback disease; if there is a particular programme for monitoring these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27251/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to the introduction of a tillage scheme to incentivise tillage farmers to grow catch crops which would provide significant additional fodder for the Irish livestock sector during the winter months where there is difficulty with affordability and availability of meal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28210/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when consultation will take place with the Rural Development Programme Monitoring Committee to examine required modifications of the Rural Development Programme following the recently announced European Union Commission exceptional aid measure which will allow European Union member states to pay a one-off lump sum to farmers and agri-food businesses affected by significant increases in input costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28211/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of further information requests for private felling licences issued by his Department for the week commencing 23 May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28813/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of further information requests for private forest road applications issued by his Department for the week commencing 23 May 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28814/22]
Rural 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a further round of local improvement scheme funding in 2022; if there is an update on whether the Department of Transport will match funding for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27623/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the town and village renewal scheme will open for applications; the types of projects that will be eligible for funding in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27622/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when a full list of eligibility criteria for the pandemic special recognition payment will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27909/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his Department’s strategy towards expanding the possibility for more households to switch to sources of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27964/22]

Eoghan Kenny — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ken O'Flynn — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pádraig O'Sullivan — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a shortage of a drug (details supplied) used to treat epilepsy; the reason that pharmacies cannot guarantee more than one month’s supply of this medication; his views on whether there is a solution to guarantee a supply for a patient on a monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27902/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail progress regarding the development and implementation of the Autism Innovation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28423/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the deep retrofit scheme will be in place and ready for contractors to begin work; if he is concerned that labour and material shortages may impact the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28485/22]

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Health 11 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the return of therapists to special schools in Cork, by special school, in tabular form. [27526/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive speech and language therapy. [27527/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive occupational therapy. [27528/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the date that a child (details supplied) will receive physiotherapy. [27529/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) remains on a waiting list for speech and language therapy. [27530/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Cork CAMHS teams respectively, in tabular form. [27905/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for children in each of the Cork CAMHS teams. [27906/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list in Cork CAMHS teams; the number waiting longer than 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24 months respectively. [27907/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staff by role in each of the Cork CAMHS teams respectively, in tabular form that would be considered full staffing. [27908/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that a decision was taken to engage in competitive tendering for family support network funding announced in Budget 2021; if this is a result of European Union directives; and if so, if he will name the directive. [27960/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason that the State did not acquire the Bessboro lands when they were in the control of NAMA given the likelihood of burials on the site. [28026/22]
Housing 10 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of meetings that he has held with local authority chief executives or relevant staff members to discuss collection of the derelict sites levy. [27451/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites on each derelict sites register by local authority in tabular form. [27452/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that he believes that local authorities are not collecting the derelict sites levy. [27453/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that his Department has had no engagement with the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance concerning the collection of vacant homes data given recent conflicting media reports. [27454/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to the transfer of responsibility for collection of the derelict sites levy to the Revenue Commissioners or another State body. [27455/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders by local authority in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [27456/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that he is considering to improve collection of the derelict sites levy. [27457/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as supported by the findings of the Local Government Audit Service, local authorities are postponing collection of the derelict sites levy until the sale of sites, despite no provision within legislation allowing this. [27458/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the potential revenue in 2021, by local authority, of sites on the derelict sites register. [27459/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to any other state claim on individual finances that is not collected to the same extent as the derelict sites levy. [27460/22]
Children 3 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that the State did not acquire the Bessboro lands when they were in the control of NAMA given the likelihood of burials on the site. [28025/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role that his Department is taking in leading and coordinating a whole of government approach to accessibility in the public realm given the cross-Departmental nature of this issue. [28411/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that his Department has made on enabling rights, following Ireland’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28410/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the targets that his Department has for the retrofitting of local authority and privately-owned homes respectively, by year for the next five years. [28398/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the negotiations with An Post and an organisation (details supplied) to secure a public-service obligation for post offices. [28397/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for full pay restoration for public sector workers on low incomes. [27619/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the role her Department is taking in assisting community groups to apply for the Community Safety Innovation Fund. [27669/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to claims of a mistake on the beneficiary ownership registration of the Bessboro site in Cork; if these mistakes would be a common issue; and if the Register of Beneficial Ownership have taken steps to address the matter. [28714/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 26 May 2022, if this passport has been issued. [28616/22]