Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 4 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Jul – 10 Jul 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 46 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022

2022-07-06 · 4 votes

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 72–67

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–73

Voted for 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Voted against 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Amendment again put: · motion failed 69–74

Voted for 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Voted against 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

The motion · motion passed 74–69

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects

2022-07-06 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 78–61

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-07-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 66–61

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 6 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received in respect of the new community safety innovation fund; when it is anticipated that funding allocations will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35735/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received for the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to date; the number of successful applications to date; the number of unsuccessful applications to date; the number of appeals that have been lodged to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35736/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the work her Department has carried out to date in establishing a gambling regulator; if funding has been directed to cover preparatory costs for the establishment of a gambling regulator in order that the regulator can commence work as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35796/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the average processing times for regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme applications from the date of submission to the decision date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36018/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of shipments of grain and feed ration that have been imported into Ireland from Russia in recent weeks, whereby these shipments were granted special permission to land in Ireland; if Ireland will be accepting further shipments from Russia in view of a ban on Russian-flagged ships docking in European Union ports under European Union sanctions as a result of the illegal invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35690/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any further shipments of grain and feed ration imported from Russia will be granted special permission to land in Ireland, despite a ban on Russian-flagged ships docking in European Union ports under European Union sanctions over the illegal invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35691/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action that his Department is taking to reduce Ireland's reliance on imported feed ration and grains, in view of the European Union sanctions banning the docking of Russian-flagged ships in European Union ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35692/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the lowering of the student contribution charge will lessen the cost of living for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35584/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is successfully making apprenticeships available to marginalised groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35585/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s current working projects to tackle harassment perpetrated on the LGBTQ+ community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35704/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that he expects parents to financially save under the proposals to tackle the cost of childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35705/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to introducing a vacant property tax to reduce the number of vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36132/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given by her Department to instituting a similar support mechanism to the live performance restart grant scheme for those whose turnover was below €100,000 and thus were unable to qualify for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35698/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to including an additional school (details supplied) under the pilot grant book scheme introduced in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35988/22]

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 · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Children 3 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the progress regarding the development of the autism innovation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36713/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the real concerns regarding the viability under core funding within parts of the early childhood care and education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36712/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of inspections undertaken by the Health Information and Quality Authority on direct provision centres to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35739/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Ukrainian refugees and students that have fled the war in Ukraine and enrolled in third level courses or due to begin studies here this autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36291/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of health care courses or programmes available to persons wishing to enter or remain in therapy disciplines including speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social workers and psychology; the number of course places available in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36284/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a mid-term review of the Garda reform process to establish effectiveness and organisational buy-in; if there are upward communication channels in place to allow information and concerns to reach the decision makers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35742/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the powers the Environmental Protection Agency and other agencies have to remove waste and pollution from a site in cases in which the site is an unregistered land and title (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35667/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to increase the income threshold to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35938/22]

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the first home scheme will only be available for new builds. [35569/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person may avail of the first home scheme to purchase a house sold under a local authority-led affordable housing scheme. [35570/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person’s deposit must be 10% before or after the equity share in the first home scheme. [35571/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sale limit for homes under the first home scheme, by county. [35572/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protection that is in place under the first home scheme to ensure it is aimed at those who need assistance most, given the reports that the help-to-buy scheme has assisted a large number of people to purchase a home who did not need assistance. [35573/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 515 social houses to be built by Cork City Council in 2022 that will be built directly by the local authority. [35800/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35510/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last meeting he held on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35511/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the last request he made for information on the investigation of the incineration of babies' organs at Cork University Maternity Hospital. [35512/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the funding provided respectively to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin and Cork in each of the past five years in tabular form. [36224/22]
Justice 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the appointment of a CEO to the gambling regulatory authority. [35950/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider funding a pilot scheme to address antisocial behaviour in hotspots in Cork city. [35951/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the garda.ie web page for drug-related intimidation provides only one telephone number for assistance and that this number is for the National Family Support Network, a group which no longer exists. [35446/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority considers cycling lanes a form of transport; and if he will ensure connectivity in awarding funding. [35948/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether cycling infrastructure in Cork city is on a par with that in other local authority areas. [35949/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role his Department has in ensuring the HSE are delivering services for children with disabilities. [36770/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount paid to a company (details supplied) in 2022 for catering in direct provision. [36769/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with banks regarding the reduction of quarterly fees, given the current climate, and encouraged them to notify people of quarterly fee charge withdrawals prior to withdrawal [36225/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the services and supports available to a person with an intellectual disability in Cork city seeking employment. [36152/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has considered an increase to the apprentice pay rates given the rising cost of living. [36772/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that transport has not been sanctioned for July Provision for a school (details supplied). [36778/22]