Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 23 Jan — Watch Them Work

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jan – 29 Jan 2023 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 30 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2023-01-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–72

Voted for 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

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

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Capacity in the Health Services

2023-01-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 68–58

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

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

The motion · motion passed 68–59

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

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Forestry Sector

2023-01-25 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 55–5

Voted for 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Abstained 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-01-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–38

Voted for 4 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth · Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 6 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 6 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a review of the income tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3082/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons impacted by income tax changes brought in on 1 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3081/23]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of artists in Dún Laoghaire that are in receipt of the basic income for the arts scheme. [3557/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an update on the joint Ireland and UK bid to host the UEFA EURO 2028 competition. [3558/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has for further reform in the rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3714/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for the introduction of proposed planning reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Dignity Ireland Transport
- Additional funding for transport buses etc

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Dignity Ireland Transport
- Additional funding for transport buses etc

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 5 votes · 24 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 24 total

Housing 7 questions
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2022; the other measures he will put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; if those measures will include an increase in the number of Part V property bought, allowing councils and approved housing bodies, AHBs, to buy homes where people have a notice to quit and would be eligible for cost rental, and accelerating the programme to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3875/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his plans to accelerate the servicing of housing land in order that councils can include plans for social and affordable homes on these lands in their targets to 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3651/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is planning to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2023; what other measures will he put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way he will ensure that all the people now eligible for social housing due to change in income limits will be put back on the list urgently so they will be eligible for allocations as a matter of urgency as many of these people have missed out on allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide all details of the way he will address the huge shortfall in the delivery of social housing under Housing for All; his plans to address, particularly, the lack of three and four bedroomed family homes in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3652/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role that his Department has in ensuring that funding is in place to meet the pay demands of the members of an organisation (details supplied) in the retained Fire Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the National Development Plan commitments on social housing are currently being fulfilled by Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2366/23]
Tourism 6 questions
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the recent hearings at the budget scrutiny committee about section 481 film credit and the concerns raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in respect of intellectual property and EU directives; the concerns raised by representatives of film crew about the failure of producer companies to vindicate their rights in terms of employment legislation, in particular the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003, and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3876/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to issues raised by film crew at the recent Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight hearings on section 481 tax relief in terms of their vulnerability to blacklisting and failure to vindicate their rights as employees under EU and national law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3722/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline plans for the funding of the necessary and planned works for a theatre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3724/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she intends to respond to requests made by an organisation (details supplied) for greater Government support for musicians and others working in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3725/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to concerns being raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in relation to intellectual property and EU directives and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3721/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a report on the pilot basic income for artists scheme; if she intends to implement it for all artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3723/23]
Finance 4 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of any role or involvement he has in the proposed Coillte-Gresham House deal in relation to the future of Irish forestry; if he will outline the tax treatment of such an investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3143/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) on wealth inequality in Ireland that found the number of Irish people with individual wealth of over €46.6 million has more than doubled between 2012 and 2022, rising from 655 to 1,435 people, and that the two richest people in Ireland have more wealth than the poorest 50% of the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3110/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that leading global tax researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen (details supplied) have identified Ireland as a major tax haven and estimate that Ireland artificially attracts €130 billion in profits from other countries and gains €7.2 billion in tax revenue from this profit shifting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3109/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent call by an organisation (details supplied) for a wealth tax of graduated rates of 2%, 3% and 5% on wealth above €4.7m, in which the organisation stated that such a wealth tax would raise €8.2 billion annually, with the potential to transform Irish public services in health, housing and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3107/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2722/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the way persons who need continuous supplies of insulin are expected to maintain their health while the supply is difficult to access other than by very minimal amounts dispensed on an emergency basis from overwhelmed hospitals, given that there is a shortage of insulin supplies in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3223/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health what options are open to ensure the allocation of a social worker for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3826/23]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [61331/22]
- 2023-01-25 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the committee that deals with education will next meet. [3407/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will advise on how a tenant who is on an electricity sub meter with pre-pay power, where the landlord has a commercial account, can access the electricity grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2989/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of applications for exceptional needs payments due to financial hardship, by social welfare areas, month by month for 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2998/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Dignity Ireland Transport
- Additional funding for transport buses etc