Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 30 May — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 30 May – 5 Jun 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 59 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 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

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 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–51

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 3 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if the HSE speech therapy building on Castleknock Road is currently in use by the HSE; if not, if it is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the crisis situation regarding the provision of respite disability services in CHO7; the measures that are being taken to resolve this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27553/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the electric vehicle apartment charging grants scheme will be in operation and open for applications; the percentage of a grant the scheme will provide to apartment dwellers looking to install EV chargers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27802/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the amount of nitrous oxide that was seized by the Revenue Commissioners in 2021 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27855/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of parents who availed of parents' leave in 2021; and when the extension of parents' leave from five to seven weeks will be introduced. [24227/22]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Housing 16 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department engaged with the European Commission on whether the Croí Cónaithe Cities scheme was compliant with European Union-state aid rules; and the conditions, if any, that the European Commission imposed on the scheme to ensure compliance. [27292/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he intends to take given the findings of the Mulcahy Report into allegations of planning irregularities in County Donegal. [27293/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that record domestic violence as distinct from relationship breakdown as a category of eligibility for emergency accommodation by county; and the number of recorded applications for each county in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [27326/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the plan by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to add domestic violence as a distinct category to its Pathway Accommodation and Support System; and the undertaking that he can give in relation to its adoption by other local authorities and housing bodies. [27327/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of retrofitting local authority social homes to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27436/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that have been retrofitted to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent by local authority in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27437/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that have been retrofitted with an air source heat pump by local authority in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27438/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of retrofitting local authority social homes with an air source heat pump, by local authority in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27439/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the building energy ratings achieved by homes retrofitted through the Midlands Retrofit Programme in 2021 and 2022; and the reason for the underspend in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic. [27440/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority social homes that have been retrofitted to a building energy rating B2 or cost optimal equivalent through the Midlands Retrofit Programme, by local authority in tabular form. [27441/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes, broken down by BER rating, prior to their retrofitting under the Midlands Retrofit Programme in 2021 and 2022, by local authority; the number of homes, broken down by BER rating, after their retrofitting under the Midlands Retrofit Programme in 2021 and 2022, by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27442/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 26 April 2022, the definition of deep retrofit and shallow retrofit as referenced in the document linked in the response; the average works completed under both shallow and deep retrofits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27443/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated carbon emissions savings from the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, annually from 2013 to date in tabular form. [27444/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated revenue yield from an increase in the derelict site levy to 20 percent in a full year. [27984/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the buy-and-renew-scheme in the past 12 months. [28105/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to the Exchequer of a social home delivered through the acquisitions programme in the past 12 months and in 2019 and 2020. [28106/22]
Environment 6 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the heat loss indicator study; the timeline for its completion; if there are any preliminary results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27445/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated potential cost savings for the retrofit schemes of a heat loss indicator result of between 2.3 and 2.6 that enabled the installation of a heat pump with fewer energy efficiency upgrades. [27446/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of a retrofit to a building energy rating of B2 which does not involve a heat pump. [27447/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the emissions saved in each retrofit scheme from the homes that were retrofitted to BER B2 standard in each of the years from 2019 to date in tabular form. [27448/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of charities or not-for-profit run facilities that were beneficiaries in the community energy grant in each of the years 2019-2021 and to date in 2022; the average cost of retrofitting them; and the average depth of retrofit and the average emissions savings in tabular form. [27449/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason the long-term Climate Action Strategy which was to be completed in quarter one 2022 as set out in the Annex of Actions of the Climate Action Plan 2021, has not been completed. [28240/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue yield from an increase in the zoned land tax from three percent to seven percent in a full year. [27983/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will clarify the eligibility criteria for a course (details supplied) where the provider is stating one eligibility criteria while Solan is stating a different criteria. [27287/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if information will be provided regarding the process by which a person (details supplied) can obtain a PPS number.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28443/22]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Health 18 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient admission to CAMHS by location in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27227/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are waiting on inpatient admission to CAMHS; the length of time that they are waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27228/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of operational inpatient beds that are currently available through CAMHS; the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27229/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the details of the current plans by HSE estates to provide accommodation provision for a perinatal mental health inpatient service at St Vincent’s University Hospital campus in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27241/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the details of the current plans by HSE estates to provide accommodation provision for an adult eating disorder inpatient service at St Vincent’s University Hospital campus in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27242/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the details of the current plans to provide inpatient mental health services at St Vincent’s University Hospital campus in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27243/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if the Elm Mount unit at St. Vincent’s University Hospital campus is fully-owned by the State including the land; if same is a leasehold; if the State can apply for a freehold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27244/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the IT supports that are in place for perinatal mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27245/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the current facilities that perinatal mental health services have in which to hold clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27246/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting on a counselling appointment in primary care; the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27471/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are currently waiting for appointments in a CAMHS psychiatry service; the average waiting times by CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27472/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting primary care psychology appointments; the average wait time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27473/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of adults waiting on a counselling appointment in primary care; the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27474/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for a mental-health organisation (details supplied); the average waiting time in each CHO area, from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27475/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for a mental-health organisation (details supplied); the average waiting time in each CHO area from 2019 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27476/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the HSE withdrawing funding from the EOLAS programmes for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27987/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the future plans for the EOLAS programmes; if same can be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27988/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals that were made to CAMHS in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the number that were accepted; and the number of referrals that were not accepted per CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28253/22]
Education 6 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD primary school places in Dublin mid-west; the location of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27746/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD secondary school places in Dublin mid-west; the location of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27747/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD school places in special education schools in Dublin mid-west; the location of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27748/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of places in schools (details supplied) in Dublin mid-west; if the school is at full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27749/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the plans that her Department has to increase ASD places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28259/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the plans that her Department has to increase ASD places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28260/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that his Department has had with Tusla, after it was disclosed that 20 children were placed at harm by the HSE in South Kerry CAMHS while under the care of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement that his Department has had with the Department of Health in amending the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28278/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport when Kishogue train station will open to the public; the cost of this; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/22]

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.