Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 13 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Feb – 19 Feb 2023 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 16 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 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 73–57

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Emergency Housing Measures

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Cost-of-Living Supports

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 7 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 11 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to introduce a national lung cancer screening service; if he has received any proposals for such a service; the projected annual cost for such a programme; the annual cost for each individual cancer screening service currently in place; the projected number of people each will screen in 2022 and 2023, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6779/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on new medicines in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6780/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug cariban cannot beprescribed by a GP on the drug payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions which have been processed through the drug payment scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7493/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the roll-out of the pandemic recognition payment to front-line workers not directly employed by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7762/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of bereavement counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7764/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the uptake of the third Covid-19 booster vaccine. [7765/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of HSE elective hospitals as per the recommendations of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update, as of February 2023, on the recruitment of additional nursing staff; the number of new nurses that have been employed by the HSE; the number of nurses that have left the service in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7766/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the way people can access the drug cariban used to relieve extreme nausea and vomiting experienced during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7763/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if his Department has agreed an increased cost with voluntary and private homecare providers to ensure all operators who provide homecare procured by the HSE can pay mileage and travel costs to carers as recommended by the Cross Departmental Strategic Workforce Advisory Group; the estimated increased cost to his Department; if the additional funding will be provided to allow these payments be made under the HSE's procurement of home care from voluntary and private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the waiting lists and waiting times for receipt of the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8025/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the uptake of the housing adaptation grant in 2022; the number of applications for the grant; the number of applicants that were approved for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason a university (details supplied) is the only university that is recognised to qualify to become a special needs teacher without holding a masters level degree in primary education; if she is taking any actions to resolve this given the teacher shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7397/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the status of a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied); if he will expedite the processing of the application given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7063/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the extreme rise in costs for motorcycle sport insurance and its effect on motorcycle racing this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7804/23]