Dublin Central — week of Mon, 17 Oct

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Oct – 23 Oct 2022 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 65 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-10-19 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 9–118

Voted against 2 Gary Gannon · Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 1 vote · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Further and Higher Education 5 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a full breakdown of the number of PhDs who are funded through State or State-funded bodies (details supplied) and an estimate of privately-funded PhDs registered at Irish universities. [51684/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has examined the possibility of extending the €500 cost-of-living payment and stipend increase announced in Budget 2023 to PhDs funded outside of the IRC and SFI; and if a mechanism similar to the pandemic-related payments to students has been considered for this cohort. [51683/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new Innovate for Ireland scheme will be open for applicants; and the criteria that potential applicants will need to meet in order to be eligible for the scheme. [51682/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update to an organisation (details supplied) on his promise to consult it in various relevant committees convened from within his Department, including fund the future committees. [51695/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of PhD researchers who have dropped out of their studies in the past three years in tabular form. [51696/22]
Education 5 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the way in which mental health professionals will be recruited to deliver much-needed mental health supports in schools. [51693/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if there will be any funding brought forward for third year trainee counselling psychologists. [51685/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if the attention of her Department has been drawn to issues relating to the recruitment and retention of school principals; and if so, the actions that it is taking to address them. [52036/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of principal vacancies in schools across the country. [52037/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of school principals who have retired from their post between since 2018 to date in 2022; and in which school they formerly worked. [52038/22]
Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [51652/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit in his Department. [51653/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [51654/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [52017/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if he will remove any roadblocks by Government Departments to the setting-up of the independent radiation therapist review; and if he will commit to implement any recommendations which could emanate from the review dealing with the crisis in recruitment and retention of radiation therapists and or service improvements including advanced practice and safe and adequate staffing levels. [51692/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which are still enforcing visiting rules which were brought into effect during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically relating to end-of-life circumstances and childbirth; and the details of these restrictions in each hospital. [52039/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the conditions which are required for hospitals to ease visiting restrictions which were brought into effect during the Covid-19 pandemic, specifically relating to end-of-life circumstances and childbirth. [52040/22]
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the reason that some persons who are diagnosed with lifelong conditions which render them eligible for a medical card often have to re-apply for a medical card. [50747/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the deadline for submissions for Metrolink beyond the deadline of 25 November 2022, in order to allow residents time to assess the lengthy application. [51342/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports that the independent experts RINA appointed by the National Transport Authority to assist resident stakeholders were not furnished with the draft application before the public, so now will not have a report ready for residents until ten days before the closing deadline, therefore not allowing residents time to fully participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51343/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if Innovate for Ireland PhD candidates will pay income tax, USC or PRSI. [51694/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the specific laws, policies or exemptions that mean that stipends are untaxed income. [51697/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notices of termination that have been submitted to the Residential Tenancies Board since the beginning of July 2022. [52035/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if she will account for the long delays faced by non-EU PhD researchers when applying for their yearly stamp; and if her Department will consider conducting a review of visa renewals for PhDs, to allow for essential work-related travel year-round for the duration of all candidates' PhDs. [51681/22]

Marie Sherlock — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mary Lou McDonald — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Health 15 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the budget 2022 allocations relating to disability services that currently remain unspent, in tabular form; if these allocations will be spent by the end of December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51279/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours delivered each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of people receiving these hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51280/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of personal assistant hours to be delivered in 2023, in tabular form; the number of people who will receive these hours; the budgetary allocation for these hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51281/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of new day support services that were delivered each month to date in 2022 to disabled persons, in tabular form; the number of people receiving these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51282/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of new day support services to be delivered in 2023 to disabled persons, in tabular form; the total number of people who will receive these service hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51283/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of people moved out of congregated settings each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the cost of this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51284/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of people who moved out of congregated settings in 2023, in tabular form; the cost of this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51285/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of people inappropriately living in nursing homes who were supported to move to appropriate living options in each month to date in 2022, in tabular form; the details of these options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51286/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 65 years to be supported to move out of inappropriate nursing home settings in 2023, in tabular form; the cost of this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51287/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €29.3 million budget 2023 disability funding for new developments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51288/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the completion of the transfer of disability functions from his Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51289/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason the transfer of disability functions from his Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has been delayed; when the matters related to this delay will be resolved; if he will provide a timeframe for the transfer of disability functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51290/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the way in which existing commitments such as publication of the Action Plan on foot of the Disability Capacity Review and the establishment of a Workforce Planning Group and Strategy for Disability will be progressed in relation to disability now that the transfer of disability functions from his Department to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51291/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the way in which his Department will interact with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to psychosocial disabilities once the transfer of disability functions is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51292/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the supports that the Government is putting in place to help support a vital service during the cost-of-living crisis (details supplied). [52276/22]
Social 6 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that refurbishment works at the INTREO centre, Navan Road, Dublin 7 have commenced; if so, when the works are due to be completed; the schedule of works; and the expected date on which the service will be reopened to the general public. [51394/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working in the INTREO centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 in October 2021, and currently, in tabular form. [51397/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the catchment area of the INTREO Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1, including the number of people that it includes, as well as the geographical area. [51398/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the comprehensive review undertaken in 2021 of all services and activities delivered by her Department’s network of local offices. [51401/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide all recommendations relating to the Intreo service from the comprehensive review undertaken in 2021 of all services and activities delivered by her Department’s network of local offices. [51402/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has entered into an agreement regarding the lease or rental of the Intreo office, Navan Road, Dublin 1 to An Garda Síochána. [51878/22]
Children 5 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the timeframe for the completion of the transfer of disability functions from the Department of Health to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51268/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the way in which his Department will interact with the Minister of State for Older People and Mental Health in relation to psychosocial disabilities once the transfer of disability functions is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51269/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions he has taken to progress the recommendation of the Different Paths, Shared Experiences: Ethnic Minority Women and Local Politics in Ireland research funded by the gender equality unit of his Department. [51927/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that he has made to date in advancing a statutory entitlement to maternity leave for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [51930/22]
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the applications to date to the Magdalen laundries redress scheme by country of residence; the number of successful applications to the scheme by country of residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52640/22]
Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [49697/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit in his Department. [48039/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [45437/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [48038/22]
Education 3 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact there remain Ukrainian children living in a hotel (details supplied) who have not been provided with a school place near their State-sponsored accommodation and who have also not been provided with the necessary transport to bring them to and from the schools in the north-east inner city where they were previously registered to attend and which can still provide them with a school place. [51436/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the reason that the DEIS status was not granted to a school (details supplied) despite approximately 80% of its student population residing in an area of extreme social and economic disadvantage; and if she will provide the school's ranking within the refined DEIS identification and its scores on the Pobal HP Deprivation index. [52281/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education when a school build project (details supplied) will move to the tender stage. [52295/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has concluded phase 1 works at the National Monument located on 14 to 17 Moore Street, Dublin 1; if the OPW expert technical team and external technical services teams have been formally appointed; the amount of funding allocated in Budget 2023 to the project; and if design preparation works have begun. [51388/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that he has taken to advance the recommendations of the National Women’s Council toolkit for local authorities on the way to encourage women into local government and support them to stay. [51925/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a copy of the business case undertaken by his Department on the establishment of a passport office in Belfast; the date on which this work was initiated; the date on which it concluded and if this work was undertaken by officials in his Department or outsourced to another agency, organisation or academic. [52305/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 221, 222 and 223 of 28 September 2022, when full replies will be issued. [52284/22]

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns