Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 30 May — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 30 May – 5 Jun 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

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…

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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 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

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 Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–51

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 3 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a commitment in the Programme for Government to merge Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28596/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the public consultation that was carried out on proposals to merge Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28597/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for the merger of Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council; the origin of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the merits of establishing a Gaelcholáiste for the students of a school (details supplied) in their school area given that there are 44 English-medium post-primary schools in the same school area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28113/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she intends to set-up a Gaelcholáiste for the students of a school (details supplied) in their own school area; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28114/22]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leaders of the parties in Northern Ireland following the Stormont elections. [24223/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review progress made in implementing the programme for Government [24220/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of passport applications of two children (details supplied) which were due to issue on 17 May 2022; if all the required documentation was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27310/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new funding model for early year services will build in recognition of those offering childcare in disadvantaged settings; if it will include a DEIS-style mechanism for childcare settings where there are added needs and in which additional resources may be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27353/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the supports that are available for wheelchair users who are in employment and whose wheelchair requires replacement or repair. [28100/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the principle of a windfall tax on the super-normal profits of energy companies operating in the Irish market; the progress that his Department is making on the design and implementation of a windfall tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27397/22]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the proposals that exist to extend the retirement age of members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27358/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27961/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay in putting the new garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27962/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce VAT on bicycles to 0% as was permitted by the European Union in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27362/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the amount received in VAT on fuel by the State in each of the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27963/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken by Ireland to stop the imminent expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000 Palestinians by the Israeli government from Masafer Yatta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27542/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-05-31 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Jim O'Callaghan den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil sí ar an eolas nach bhfuil ach spás do 249 dalta nua in aghaidh na bliana sna hiarbhunscoileanna reatha a fheidhmíonn trí mheán na Gaeilge sna trí scoilcheantar ina bhfuil Gaelscoileanna lonnaithe (sonraí tugtha), cé go bhfuil 421 dalta ag fágáil rang a sé ó na scoileanna sin faoi láthair agus tá an figiúr sin le fás go 703 dalta; ní amháin sin ach an bhfuil an tAire ar an eolas go bhfuil cuid de na Gaelcholáistí sna trí scoilcheantar sin ag glacadh daltaí ó bhunscoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán an Bhéarla faoi láthair, rud a fhágann níos lú spáis fós do dhaltaí ó na Gaelscoileanna atá luaite roimhe seo; an bhfuil an tAire sásta Gaelcholáiste nua a cheadú le freastal ar na Gaelscoileanna nach bhfuil aon Ghaelcholáiste ina scoilcheantar féin ón liosta atá luaite roimhe seo agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [27548/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the organisation that nominated the current deputy chairperson of An Bord Pleanála for appointment as an ordinary member in 2014, as required by section 106 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). [28779/22]