Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 13 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Jun – 19 Jun 2022 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 85 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 64–50

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 1 Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 65–51

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 1 Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Special Educational Needs School Places

2022-06-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 64–51

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 1 Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

The motion · motion passed 64–51

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 1 Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Energy Security

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 64–50

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 1 Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-06-14 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 65–57

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 3 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Thomas Gould

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 6 votes · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 29 total

Health 22 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if an insulin pump upgrade will be available for a child patient (details supplied) who has type 1 diabetes when the warranty in their current insulin pump expires in October 2022. [29402/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail his Department’s plans to tackle inequality in access to testing and treatment of hepatitis C outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29698/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the plans his Department has to accelerate hepatitis C elimination considering Ireland is 21 years behind schedule in its target to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29699/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the creation of a public information campaign to reach persons who are unaware that they are infected with hepatitis C and to help destigmatise the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29700/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing the recommendations of a report published by an organisation (details supplied) in order to eliminate the hepatitis C virus as a public health threat by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29701/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if insulin pump upgrades will be available to children (details supplied) that have type one diabetes given that the warranty in their current insulin pumps has expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of new patients with severe asthma that the HSE expects to treat with anti-IL-5 therapies for 2022; if there is a limit in place on the number of eligible patients accessing same for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30337/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if the number of patients accessing anti-IL-5 therapies for severe asthma via the HSE’s high-tech hub is subject to a capped budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30338/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if there has ever been a pilot screening programme for cardiovascular or structural heart disease in Ireland; if so, if he will provide details of that pilot; if not, if will he consider introducing one given that cardiovascular disease is one of the biggest causes of deaths in Ireland every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30343/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the health measures that will be put in place to assist those with long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30381/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if long-Covid clinics will be available for patients in each of the HSE regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health his Department’s position on the European Health Data Space; the engagement that his Department has had with the European Commission regarding its proposal; the preparations underway to ensure that patients in Ireland can benefit from the EHDS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to ensure consultation and engagement with all stakeholders in the preparation of the national genetics and genomics strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30834/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of home support and homecare within the plans for Sláintecare; the timelines envisaged for the introduction of a statutory homecare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31041/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if an increased demand for homecare is foreseen as a result of the introduction of statutory homecare; if this has been included in the implementation plans for Sláintecare; the way these policies will be supported by any process carried out by the HSE to tender for the provision of services by provers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31042/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the work that his Department and the HSE are undertaking in order that 35 children with cystic fibrosis whose age and genotype were not included in the initial deal with the drug manufacturer will now be included to provide access to the life changing medication kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31066/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on the implementation of a national genetics and genomics medicine network as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31083/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31084/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to locating a national genomics hub outside of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin given that the current location is causing difficulties in treating adult patients who make up the majority of patients attending the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31085/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for out-patient and in-patient appointments with clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors respectively; the plans, if any, that are in place to increase the number of clinical geneticists and genetic counsellors working in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31086/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if genetic data collected by an organisation (details supplied) over recent years has been shared with the HSE; if not, when this data will be shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31087/22]
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to implementing a programme similar to a Finnish research project in Ireland (details supplied) in which the genetic make-up of a large sample of the population is analysed to inform healthcare and future research given that Ireland’s largely homogenous population and high incidence of rare disease makes it of particular interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31088/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a detailed update on roll-out of the hepatitis C testing and treatment programme in Cork prison; the reason that progress has not been made on the pilot programme which was announced and introduced in Cork prison in July; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29695/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if consideration will be given to rolling out hepatitis C testing and treatment in prisons nationwide considering a significant number of those in prison have hepatitis C and the availability of a treatment programme in each prison would assist a large number of persons to have full recovery from the disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29696/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance the current position pertaining to the Covid-19 related tax warehousing given the impact of rising costs on businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31254/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance his views on the progress that has been made by Ireland at achieving full employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24913/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that is being taken to co-ordinate work permit applications with visa applications in order to reduce down the time delay that is currently occurring in processing these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28924/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to increasing the salary of specialist practitioners in military medicine to match that with medical practitioners working in the Prison Service who have equivalent training, considering the existing discrepancy is impeding the Defence Forces in attracting doctors into the Medical Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30986/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given by his Department to excluding the pandemic unemployment payments when calculating family income for the purposes of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31468/22]

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 6 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Education 9 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide information in relation to circular 0020/2022 issued to schools on 8 April 2022; the way that this will this impact on the provision of education for students with complex educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28904/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30576/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the status of the acquisition of a site for replacement of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30577/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if every applicant for secondary school in Newbridge, Kildare and the surrounding rural areas has obtained a school place for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30578/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the rationale behind the decision to enact section 37(a) of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31409/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on plans to enact section 37(a) of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31410/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number and the percentage of the national total of fee-paying schools that currently provide special classes in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31411/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the steps that are being taken to encourage fee paying schools to provide special autism spectrum disorder classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31417/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of students in post-primary schools who currently have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31423/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to a matter (details supplied) regarding the endorsement of a person accused of war crimes and genocide. [28885/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE have had discussions on the provision of gallium scans outside Dublin given that there appears to be a considerable waiting list for the two existing units in the belief that those outside Dublin are being unfairly treated on the waiting list; if such discussions have occurred the status of such plans; the areas in which will they be located; if finance has been provided; when the scans will be operational; if not, if he will address this imbalance in the health system as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28940/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the full reimbursement of nivolumab for the treatment of oesophageal cancer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29535/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Regional Airports Programme 2021-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29348/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of upgrades on the Cork Commuter Rail network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29349/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to engage with his counterparts in the European Union with a view to revising the VAT treatment of home heating oil in Ireland similar to the recent VAT reduction in electricity and gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31282/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the status of plans to introduce a vacant property tax as per the commitment in the Housing for All strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31281/22]
Public 2 questions
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the selection of a contractor for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; the length of time that he envisages this process will take; if he will give assurances that selection will be completed as quickly as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31073/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department continues to monitor the progress of Government contracts; his views on whether the amendments to the Public Works Contracts in January 2022 aimed at sharing the risk of materials price inflation is having a positive impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31074/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has plans to ensure access to domestic compost bins to people in rural areas (details supplied) who are unable to get them through their provider; if not, if there is a plan to compensate people who incur the additional cost of having to dispose of their compostable waste in general waste bins; if there is a timeline in place for when people in rural areas will be able to access brown bins as per the Waste Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30602/22]

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Finance 6 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance when NAMA sold the Bessboro site. [29437/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the amount of the original loan, the amount that NAMA wrote the loan down for; and the amount that NAMA sold the Bessboro site for. [29438/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance if the State sought to buy the Bessboro site from NAMA. [29439/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance if a person who has had a loan written down by NAMA can repurchase that loan. [29440/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to source a better solution for the mortgage to rent scheme given the potential profits available to a private operator. [29650/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the collection of vacancy data by the Revenue Commissioners. [29649/22]
Transport 3 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the status of the BusConnects plan for Cork. [29647/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of proposed light rail stops on the northside of Cork city. [29648/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if leap cards are provided to Ukrainian refugees under 18; and the way that they can apply for same. [29003/22]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will provide assistance in expediting passport applications for those wishing to represent Ireland on an international stage in sports. [29315/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on a passport application by a person (details supplied). [29493/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on a passport application by a person (details supplied). [29494/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will extend an invitation to an organisation (details supplied) for the next national oversight committee on the national drugs strategy meeting given its previous position on the committee and the failure to appoint a nursing representative to same, as committed to. [28957/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if full funding was made available to complete to action plan 2017-2020 included in the national drugs strategy; and the stream under which funding was made available. [29441/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time from submission of business case to approval by the HSE for an adult residential placement. [29499/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied). [29314/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will provide assistance in expediting naturalisation applications for those wishing to represent Ireland on an international stage in sports. [29315/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a grant to renovate roofing in a privately owned home; if so, the age the roof needs to be; and the way a person can apply for same. [28834/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a grant to renovate roofing in a private owned home; if so, the age that the roof needs to be; and the way that a person can apply for same. [28833/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the leasing of services through service-level agreements; and if he will hold a preference for State-provision of services. [29652/22]