Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 13 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Feb – 19 Feb 2023 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019

2023-02-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–76

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 73–57

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Emergency Housing Measures

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Cost-of-Living Supports

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 7 votes · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 22 total

Taoiseach 8 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [5719/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north east inner city initiative. [5720/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 4 2022 will be published. [5721/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [6927/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [6926/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [6924/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [6930/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [6931/23]
Housing 7 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm a matter (details supplied) following the adoption of the Moorhead report recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6643/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the expansion of data-sharing arrangements between the Residential Tenancies Board and the Revenue Commissioners under target 2.6 of Housing For All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7330/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Housing First tenancies that have materialised as targeted under 3.4 of Housing For All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7331/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains figures on the number of households in receipt of the housing assistance payment that are making additional contributions to their landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7332/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social leases undertaken by the State since Housing for All was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7824/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to revise the income thresholds for local authority home loans; and his views on offering flexibility to couples who earn 5-10% more than the income threshold for couples who are applying for same. [7826/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of TDs per head of population in 1922 and for every ten years to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7835/23]
Justice 3 questions
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of people held on solitary confinement 22+ hour lock-up for more than 3, 6 months 1 year and 18 months during 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7828/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he has plans to review the legislative provisions that prohibit access to all forms of temporary release for people serving a presumptive minimum prison sentence for certain drugs and firearm offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when legislative proposals arising from the review of the Equality Acts will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if measures to prevent the overuse of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes will be included in those proposals. [7830/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the introduction of public provision of childcare, as recommended by the expert group report, Partnership for the Public Good; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he plans to extend the three-year deadline under section 26(5) of the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015, for use of anonymous gametes in existence prior to the commencement of the Act to five years in line with the conventional period of storage of gametes and embryos within fertility clinics in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7362/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the OECD Civic Space Scans which have been carried out in Finland and Portugal (details supplied); if he will undertake to request a similar scan be carried out in Ireland by the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7825/23]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Justice 5 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the average processing time for citizenship applications in Ireland at present; if they can be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6716/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the new Garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom will be put out to tender; if these projects are being delayed in order to await tendering for a new family law court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7200/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice his plans to introduce regulations to allow for persons serving determinate sentences to become eligible for parole review by the Parole Board as per section 24(3) of the Parole Act 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7420/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps he intends to take to respond to the recruitment crisis in An Garda Síochána. [7507/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps he intends to take to expand the penalties available to the Courts in sentencing children convicted of serious offences. [7508/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when funding will be provided by Government for the upgrading and refurbishment of the RDS arena that is used widely for different sports. [6487/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the process by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea can obtain the drug Cariban which is available on the drugs payment scheme; the reason the drug cannot be prescribed by a GP on the drugs payment scheme; the number of Cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6558/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [6888/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) it is expected that will open an ASD classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7485/23]