Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 27 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Jun – 3 Jul 2022 · 3 TDs · 8 bills voted on · 55 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages

2022-06-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–69

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 115–8

Voted for 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–75

Voted against 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–73

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 55–71

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Emergency Budget

2022-06-29 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 69–59

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 69–59

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998

2022-06-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 19–77

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 90–7

Voted for 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009

2022-06-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 89–6

Voted for 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

European Council Decision

2022-06-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 118–6

Voted for 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-06-28 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 12 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 12 votes · 55 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 55 total

Health 37 questions
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that are open and operational across the country; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34103/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of new primary care centres that are planned; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34104/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres that have been delivered since the current Government took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34105/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of staff members who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34106/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34107/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of general practitioners primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34108/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of practice nurses who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of nurses primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34110/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of community registered nurses who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34111/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of community registered nurses primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34112/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34113/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of occupational therapists primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34114/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34115/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of physiotherapists primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34116/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of home help support staff who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34117/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of home help support staff primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34118/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34119/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of speech and language therapists primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34120/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of dieticians who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34121/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of dieticians primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34122/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34123/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of psychologists primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34124/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists who are employed in primary care centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34125/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health how far short of optimum staffing levels of podiatrists primary care centres across the country are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34126/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it would cost to extend free general practitioner care to children under nine years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34127/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it would cost to extend free general practitioner care to children under 12 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34128/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it would cost to extend free general practitioner care to children under 15 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34129/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount that it would cost to extend free general practitioner care to children under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34130/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners across the country who provide abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34363/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners across the country who have registered as conscientious objectors and do not provide abortion care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34364/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners across the country who are unable to provide abortion services due to lack of resources or capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34365/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of public health facilities, excluding general practice, across the country that provide abortion services, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34366/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to introduce safe access zones as of June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34367/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide this Deputy with an update of the Irish National Antimicrobial Resistance Plan originally published in October 2017 and additional information (details supplied). [34531/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date list of the advice and guidance that has been provided in the past four years by his Department to organisations within its remit in respect of the risks to human health from the H5N1 virus and similar viruses; the wildlife species that are most associated with such risks; if there has been any increase in H5N1 detections in recent years; if so, the details of the infected species; and the up-to-date co-operative arrangements that are in place with other Departments, agencies and neighbouring jurisdictions to ensure that appropriate and timely protections of human and public health are in place. [34534/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will request his Department and pertinent organisations within its remit to provide the Deputy with an up-to-date summary of the science, including clinical evidence, regarding the importance of sleep and of the range of acknowledged negative health impacts of prolonged sleep deprivation on human health. [34536/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the recent completion by Irish Water in partnership with Dublin City Council of the major five-year long infrastructure project to cover the treated water reservoirs at Stillorgan in order to finally eliminate long-standing risks of contamination for example cryptosporidium and antimicrobial resistant pathogens proven to be dispersed into the water supply by large seagull colonies in their faecal waste, marks a welcome strengthening of the protection of public health, in particular for the 200,000 + consumers served by the reservoirs. [34537/22]
Housing 13 questions
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been in communications since 2021 with the Minister for Health in relation to the unprecedented and very high-density urban seagull colonies identified in the National Urban Gull Survey published in September 2021 as occupying several large towns and urban areas and the interests of public health and safety in these regards; and if so, if will he provide this Deputy with the details of same. [34535/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the old HSE house on the New Road, Donabate which is adjacent to a hotel (details supplied) and is unused and boarded up; if he will give consideration to the upgrading of the property to facilitate housing Ukrainians who fled the war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33684/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions that have taken place with the HSE and Fingal County Council regarding the old St. Ita’s Hospital site buildings and grounds; if he will provide details of the plans for this site and buildings including cost, and the timeline for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34500/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the scope of the enquiry by a person (details supplied) into the operation of An Bord Pleanála has been widened; the reason for same; the reason for the five-week extension into the publishing of this enquiry which was announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34501/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 27 July 2021, the reason that his Department has failed for almost a year despite an undertaking by his Department to provide a comprehensive response to the question (details supplied); and the date by which his Department will provide a comprehensive response to this Deputy. [34523/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the evidence that was considered, accepted and rejected including the reason for rejection by his Department in respect of each wild bird species that was listed for control in the extended declarations for protection of public health or safety and air safety; and the origin and age of all such evidence with regard to his decision on 30 April 2022 to extend, unaltered the State-wide 2021-2022 derogation declarations. [34524/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide with a copy of the briefing notes and recommendations given to him by his Department in respect of the three-month extension of the general State wide 2021-2022 derogation declarations announced on 30 April 2022; and if he will provide the full details of the reason for his decision to merely extend them unaltered, despite the extremely concerning results of the National Urban Gull Survey published in September 2021, by his Department. [34525/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and his Department took full account of the extremely concerning results of its National Urban Gull Survey as published in September 2021 with regard to his decision on 30 April 2022 to extend, unaltered the general State-wide 2021-2022 derogation declaration for the protection of public health or safety for three months; and if so, the reason it is still necessary in several towns and areas other than Balbriggan for families that have been shown and known to be severely impacted by high-density urban gull colonies to request the State for a licence to protect persons (details supplied) from highly aggressive large seagulls. [34526/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for extension of the general State-wide 2021-2022 derogation declarations for wild bird species control in the interests of public health and safety. [34527/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether there is an important, serious material difference between the legally impugned per expert legal advice as sourced by and provided to his Department (details supplied) with serious implications for communities severely impacted by high-density urban seagull colonies; if not, the reason the primary legislation and or other legal advice that he is relying on to support his reasoning and his continued signing into law of derogation declarations using the 1986 regulations. [34528/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether that by merely extending the general 2021-2022 derogation declarations for three months to 31 July 2022, that he and his Department have once again, for a sixth urban gull breeding season since the partial 2017 Balbriggan public safety only pilot derogation, continued to deny protection of the legitimate interests of public health and safety to the many communities being severely impacted by high-density urban gull colonies that are out of control (details supplied); the reason for his decision to continue to deny protection of the legitimate interests of public health and safety to such communities, in the face a rapidly escalating, out of control, serious problem. [34529/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency for the second year running, has condemned the water quality of the front strand of Balbriggan beach as unfit for swimming, citing faecal contamination from birds (details supplied); and the timeline and a list of prioritised actions that he and his Department intend to take to eliminate the risks form high-density urban gull colonies and reinstate an assured and consistently high water quality standard for Balbriggan beach, commensurate with beaches throughout the country. [34530/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the recent completion by Irish Water in partnership with Dublin City Council of the major five-year long infrastructure project to cover the treated water reservoirs at Stillorgan in order to finally eliminate long-standing risks of contamination for example cryptosporidium and antimicrobial resistant pathogens proven to be dispersed into the water supply by large seagull colonies in their faecal waste, marks a welcome strengthening of the protection of public health, in particular for the 200,000 + consumers served by the reservoirs [34539/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the pass rate for driving tests across the country broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34005/22]
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the first-time pass rate for driving tests across the country broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34006/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department's policy with regard to a passport application for a child (details supplied) in which one signatory is a biological parent and the other is a legal guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33867/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that all outstanding works at a school (details supplied) will be completed by early September 2022 in order to provide adequate facilities for the pupils of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34311/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-06-28 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department’s policies, plans and any ongoing actions, including advice, guidance and regulations to all organisations with in his remit, that it undertakes with regard to the risks to human health posed by the dispersal of antimicrobial resistant pathogens in the environment on land and water, including the risks of transmission of such pathogens from and between wildlife that is, animals and birds during their interfaces and contacts with farmed livestock and poultry especially free range stocks, with farmed fish and with the feed and water supplies of farmed livestock, poultry and fish. [34532/22]