Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 13 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Jun – 19 Jun 2022 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 58 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 65–51

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Special Educational Needs School Places

2022-06-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 64–51

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 64–51

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Energy Security

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 64–50

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)

2022-06-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 64–50

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-06-14 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 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 6 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the Prime Minister of Ukraine. [24218/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [25826/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [25828/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Reform Programme. [25829/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Well-Being Framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [25830/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of investigations that are ongoing in his Department into leaks of documents to the media. [25831/22]
Environment 5 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland free home energy upgrade for persons in receipt of the blind pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30608/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rationale for excluding persons in receipt of disability allowance that do not have a child under the age of seven years from the free home energy upgrade scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30609/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to produce the annual Climate Action Plan; when the public consultation on same will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29578/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to produce Ireland’s Long-Term Strategy (LTS); if there are plans to submit the LTS in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29579/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria which were considered when deciding which social welfare payment recipients would qualify for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland free home energy upgrades. [30610/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for persons who have applied for a new wheelchair. [30611/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he has considered amending the Health Act 1970 and other relevant legislation to make application for a wheelchair more accessible to persons who do not possess a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30612/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that the HSE has granted in cases where the applicant exceeds the income guidelines in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [30613/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the estimated timeline for the publication of the revised national cycling manual. [30607/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the regulations or policies which require ATMs to be accessible; and the body that enforces these regulations.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29599/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-06-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of opening the Student Access Fund to non-domestic students. [31156/22]

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 6 votes · 28 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 28 total

Foreign 9 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29980/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of the international organisations of which Ireland is a member of where Russia and or Belarus is also a member; if Ireland is taking steps to have Russia and or Belarus suspended and or expelled in each case; and if so, the nature of the steps and the current position. [29982/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he has taken or intends to take in response to resolution 2436(2022) of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe that was adopted on 28 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29983/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if during the limited time window that remains available until September 2022 Ireland will consider bringing inter-state actions in the European Court of Human Rights against Russia bearing in mind Resolution 2436 (2022) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe either by joining Ukraine's existing actions or by bringing fresh actions in respect of Russia's breach of human rights in Ukraine and also in respect of Russia's repression in its own territory.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29984/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland supports the creation of an International Criminal Tribunal in relation to the crime of aggression against Ukraine; and if so, the steps Ireland is taking in that regard.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29985/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if consideration will be given to introducing further sanctions legislation going beyond the sanctions currently mandated by the EU against Russia and or Belarus and or relevant actors in relation to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, for example permitting confiscation as opposed to seizure of sanctioned assets. [29986/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if in imposing economic sanctions on Russia due to its illegal invasion of Ukraine Ireland is legally permitted to go beyond those sanctions imposed by the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29987/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will avail of the opportunity under Article 33 of the European Convention on Human Rights to refer to the European Court of Human Rights breaches of the convention and its protocols by the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29991/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to take steps to ensure that the assets of Russian citizens subject to targeted sanctions can be confiscated definitively in order to compensate Ukraine and its citizens for damage caused by the Russian Federation’s war of aggression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29993/22]
Transport 6 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who were laid-off in 2021 by the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29461/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who were employed for security at Dublin Airport by the Dublin Airport Authority on 1 January 2020, 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29462/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if the operation period of taxis will be extended by one year in order to facilitate taxi drivers and their families to overcome the financial setbacks caused by Covid and rising inflation and in order to enable them to have more time to invest in the purchase of electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29543/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29981/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if the docking of Russian registered ships in Irish ports will be tightened further or prohibited entirely in view of the fact that the existing levels of sanctions have not achieved an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. [30680/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if international legal action will be taken by the State in respect of the unlawful seizure or unlawful re-registration of Irish registered aircraft in Russia. [30681/22]
Justice 5 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if she will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of her Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29975/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if the war crime of aggression is a crime in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29990/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if consideration will be given to extending section 7 of the International Criminal Court Act 2006 or otherwise legislating to criminalise the crime of aggression contrary to international law using universal jurisdiction.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29994/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if legislation will be introduced to give explicit effect to the Kampala Amendments to the Statute of the International Criminal Court on the crime of aggression. [29995/22]
- 2022-06-16 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in the Milford Garda district as of 31 May 2022 or the latest date available; the number of vehicles assigned to each Garda station in the Milford district as of 31 May 2022 or the latest date available; and the figures for both gardaí and vehicles assigned to each Garda station in the Milford district on the equivalent dates for 2019, 2020 and 2021. [31693/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the consultation on private wires direct line renewables will be released; his Department’s plans for the consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29927/22]
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if direct line renewables have value in addressing the challenges caused by the projected rise in electricity demand by large energy users such as data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29928/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29974/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29978/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the five proposals made by an organisation (details supplied) to protect households that are in receipt of housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29573/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if her Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if she will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of her Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29977/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29976/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-06-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications for people fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; if he will set out a list of the professional qualifications or professions recognised under the aegis of his Department; if Ukrainian qualifications are now recognised in each case; if electronic applications can be made for such recognition; the web address or email address to which such applications should be sent, or if physical application is necessary; and the exact procedures and address for such applications. [29979/22]

New lobbying 1 return

National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals Education and Training
- Senior Cycle Reform