Dublin Central — week of Mon, 7 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Central TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Nov – 13 Nov 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 35 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-11-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–74

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

2022-11-09 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for re…

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A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 60–75

Voted for 1 Gary Gannon

Voted against 1 Paschal Donohoe

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Home Care

2022-11-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–58

Voted for 1 Paschal Donohoe

Voted against 1 Gary Gannon

Did not vote 2 Marie Sherlock · Mary Lou McDonald

Gary Gannon — Social Democrats 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Education 5 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the roles that SENO and NEPS have regarding the new guidelines for assessments of needs. [54526/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reasoning behind NCSE being able to pass legal responsibility on to schools. [54527/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if schools will be appropriately resourced to enable school principals or their nominated teacher, likely SETs, to complete the report of education needs form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54528/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if all nominated teachers, including SETs, are experienced enough to complete the report of education needs form. [54529/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason that the NCSE is qualified to "nominate a person with the appropriate expertise to carry out an assessment of education needs"; if she will provide a clear definition of “appropriate expertise”; and if school principals and staff were consulted on this decision. [54530/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to many people seeking asylum having been left out of the recent regularisation scheme for undocumented people, due to their not having the full residence requirement on the day that the scheme opened and could not apply, despite meeting the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54729/22]

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 · 8 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 8 total

Social 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review group report which was submitted to her on 22 April 2022. [55441/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 18 October 2022, the total number of staff currently working in the INTREO Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1 to include the staff who relocated from the Navan Road INTREO centre. [55528/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question 510 of 18 October 2022, the total number of current customer claim load and catchment areas to include people living in the Dublin 7 area following the closure of the Navan Road INTREO centre. [55529/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if the social inclusion unit of her Department will provide a school (details supplied) with its ranking within the Pobal deprivation index used for the DEIS identification model. [55473/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the specific budgetary measures which she has put in place to provide for the increased energy costs for recognised schools in the free education scheme for the autumn and winter 2022/2023 school term; if she accepts that the additional capitation funding in 2022 is not sufficient to cover increased energy costs and all other running costs which have also increased due to increased inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. [55495/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to initiate a review into the planning process regarding the Moore Street site. [54165/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 19 October 2022, if he will provide the analysis of estimated costs to establish and run an additional Passport Office in Northern Ireland. [54595/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to develop a national child poverty plan as required under the EU child guarantee to tackle child poverty. [55443/22]

New lobbying 1 return

RWE Renewables Ireland (formerly Innogy Renewables Ireland Limited) Energy and Natural Resources
- The future development of renewable energy in Ireland

Paschal Donohoe — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

National College of Ireland Education and Training
- HEA designation