Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 28 Nov

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Nov – 4 Dec 2022 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 31 questions · 6 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-11-30 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–72

Voted against 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Richard Boyd Barrett

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022

2022-11-30 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 40–86

Voted against 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Richard Boyd Barrett

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 39–88

Voted against 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Richard Boyd Barrett

The motion · motion passed 82–44

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 2 Barry Ward · Richard Boyd Barrett

Barry Ward — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs
- Requests to meet with Shawan Jabarin, Director of Al Haq human rights organisation
Independent Broadcasters of Ireland Communications
- Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill - the radio broadcasting elements of the bill

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 1 question · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 1 total

Social 1 question
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has any plans to review the operation of Intreo offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59126/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Independent Broadcasters of Ireland Communications
- Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill - the radio broadcasting elements of the bill

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 4 votes · 7 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 7 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement that his Department has had with local county councils to ensure that local authority housing departments are properly staffed and resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56907/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the possibility of an adapted first-homes scheme for areas such as Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56906/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details in relation to the National Access Plan and the way that his Department plans to monitor participation and successful inclusion; if there will be specific targets for individual groups, people with disabilities, students who are socio-economically disadvantaged and students who are members of Irish Traveller and Roma communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59483/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the online learning hub on sexual consent, launched in January 2022; if there will be stakeholder engagement and follow up with further and higher education institutions on the way that the hub could, if necessary, be further improved and continually updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59482/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the back-to-work enterprise allowance in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of these applications that were granted; if consideration has been given to extending the back-to-work enterprise allowance which is currently a two-year plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53107/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that the financial supports for HubController, which had been financially supported by the SSEI, have been removed, given that the service can improve energy efficiency and reduce usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58928/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-11-30 Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to reduce a 52-week wait for an endometriosis excision surgery, considering that further delay to this type of surgery may impact severely on women's reproductive health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59597/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Independent Broadcasters of Ireland Communications
- Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill - the radio broadcasting elements of the bill

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 23 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 23 total

Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the COP27 climate change conference. [57447/22]
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Ukraine will next meet. [57889/22]
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [57888/22]
- 2022-11-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment. [59243/22]
- 2022-11-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [59244/22]
- 2022-11-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the US congressional delegation. [59254/22]
Further and Higher Education 6 questions
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update and the date on which all Science Foundation Ireland and the Irish Research Council PhDs will receive the promised Q4 €500 payment as specified in Budget 2023 (details supplied); if this date is not in Q4 of 2022 as promised; the reason that led to it being delayed; the reason that this information was not communicated sooner; the accountability mechanisms that exist within these organisations to ensure that these payments are provided; if the request for clarification from an organisation was received; when it will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59463/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with the PhD researcher unions (details supplied) to ensure that all PhD research students receive a living wage income or above via their stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60122/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure students have access to affordable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59753/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that clinical, educational and counselling psychologists are all able to become fully qualified with funded MAs, PhDs and necessary placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59754/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that every undergraduate and post-graduate student, including those that are not on SFI and IRC funding, will receive the two €500 cost-of-living measures before the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59752/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the exorbitant costs of graduate entry medicine courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59755/22]
Housing 5 questions
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a report on the funding streams from his Department to local authorities; if the local authorities will be fully reimbursed for the increase in the pay and pension bill by the recent public sector agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56464/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions that he has had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the review that is being carried out by his Department concerning income limits for social housing, given the potential impact on the public finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56462/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the light of the new policy approach which recommends that Councils seek to buy homes with tenants in situ when there are social housing support tenants with notices to quit, he has reviewed the capital funding that will be available to local authorities for these purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56756/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a full report on any submissions or discussions that he has had with the Department Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to expanding its capital programme for the acquisition of homes for social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56465/22]
- 2022-12-01 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that he decided the capital allocation for housing given that Housing for All targets are being missed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48392/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the regulations around the back-to-school allowance to ensure that the allowance is available to a parent even when their dependent is in receipt of their own disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59284/22]
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance to ensure that it is available to all recipients of social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59283/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the State-owned forestry company Coillte is partnering in a joint venture with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59064/22]
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte is headhunting foresters from the private sector to service new initiatives in conjunction with UK-based institutional investment funds for the purchase of land for afforestation in Ireland; if this is in line with Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59065/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the protections that are in place for district heating customers who pre-pay for gas in order to prevent any disconnection of service if they cannot pay their bills this winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59100/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-11-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the recent increase of 1% effective from 1 October 2022 under the Building Momentum agreement due to retired civil servants who are on an off-point scale may not be paid until the end of Q1 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59058/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Independent Broadcasters of Ireland Communications
- Online Safety & Media Regulation Bill - the radio broadcasting elements of the bill