Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 27 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 39 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022

2023-03-01 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

2023-03-01 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background

full description

A bill to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background; for those purposes to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 69–55

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

National Ambulance Service

2023-03-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–58

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 71–59

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 4 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Taoiseach 10 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special European Council on 9 and 10 February. [8209/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9672/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [8210/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [8212/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [9674/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the national security committee chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [9673/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [9676/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [9678/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [9679/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest shared island dialogue initiatives. [9680/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early learning and care and school age childcare services that have changed registered provider in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [10148/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of accommodation centres that were not subject to inspection by officials from the International Protection Accommodation Service or a company (details supplied). [10658/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of accommodation centres that were subject to inspection by officials from the International Protection Accommodation Service or a company (details supplied) and that failed the inspection process in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023, expressed as a figure and also as an overall proportion of registered centres at the time of inspection. [10659/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement on her department's oversight role in relation to the Citizens Information Service. [10660/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if the independent review of volunteering in the Citizens Information Service has been completed; and when the report will be published. [10661/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the eligibility of international students studying and paying rent in Ireland for the rental tax credit; his further views on the eligibility of those on Stamp 2 visas, in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10192/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education when the review of her Department’s overall requirements for 2023 and associated work programme will be completed; and when work will recommence on a project (details supplied). [9562/23]

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 4 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of times armed gardaí discharged a firearm during the course of their duty in each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9754/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to a district community response team within the DMR as of 20 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9755/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of gardaí adequately trained to engage in high-speed pursuit of vehicles in each Garda district within the DMR, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9756/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of registrations that An Garda Síochána is processing each week outside of the Dublin region; the average waiting times for appointments in each office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9757/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí seconded outside of the State, by location; the number of police officers from other jurisdictions seconded here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number and percentage of roads policing vehicles that are currently fitted with automatic number plate recognition systems; the amount of funding that has been allocated in 2023 to include additional Garda vehicles with automatic number plate recognition systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held in 2022 and to date in 2023 for Garda members to join community policing units throughout the Dublin metropolitan region.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls received regarding public order issues to Pearse Street Station, Dublin 2 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff within his Department working within the Immigration and Naturalisation Service; if recruitment of further staff would expedite applications for visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10398/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on CORU registration; the number of this figure who are professionals who have trained abroad; the average wait time for registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10227/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the status of a class case (details supplied) taken in relation to a medical card holder who was admitted to a private nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9557/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health whether his Department is exploring the option of introducing legislation to facilitate increased biosimilar use and or introducing pharmacy-level substitution for biosimilars. [9999/23]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [10049/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [10050/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the national security committee chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [10051/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene to request an organisation (details supplied) to publish the report completed on child abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9548/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a hotel (details supplied) will be paid for providing accommodation during the past eight months and which is only being paid for one of those months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/23]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the timeframe for the completion of the design and planning of the family law court at Hammond Lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10399/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason the construction of new Garda stations at Clonmel and Macroom have not commenced, notwithstanding that they have planning permission; if he can provide an indication when they will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10400/23]