Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 6 Mar

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Mar – 12 Mar 2023 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages

2023-03-08 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–78

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 1 Eamon Ryan

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

High Energy Costs

2023-03-08 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 69–59

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 69–59

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 3 votes · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [11006/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [9675/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative. [11010/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government’s response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [11007/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [11008/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress report on the Climate Action Plan. [11012/23]
Transport 5 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding committed to each local authority under the safety improvement scheme in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023. [11839/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if his Department maintains data as to the proportion of active travel funding spent by local authorities on new infrastructure, compared with the restoration of existing infrastructure; and, if so, for a breakdown of the proportion of active travel funding spent by each local authority in 2022 on new infrastructure, compared with existing infrastructure such as repair of footpaths (in tabular form). [11841/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if his Department maintains data on the funding provided to local authorities in 2022 for footpath repair; and, if so, the amount of funding drawn down by each local authority in 2022 for repair of pavements.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11843/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers in each county, in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, and if he has plans to recruit additional driving test staff. [12005/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the number of people waiting for a driving test in each county in each month since February 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on any change in the waiting times for driving tests. [12006/23]
Housing 4 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria used to determine the duration of the eviction moratorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11835/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to amend the data sharing arrangements in place with the Residential Tenancies Board to impose more comprehensive reporting obligations in relation to disputes between landlords and tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11836/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount paid in compensation by each local authority in 2022 due to defective roads and pavements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11840/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to restrict no-fault evictions here; the number of units purchased by each local authority as part of the tenant in situ scheme in each county throughout the eviction moratorium; and if he is satisfied that data sharing arrangements with the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, are adequate for prioritising tenants facing no-fault eviction who are particularly vulnerable to homelessness, in the context of the scheme. [12189/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints received by Pobal in respect of reported breaches of core funding for both the underpayment of wages under the agreement, and the failure to implement a fee freeze for clients, in tabular form; the number of disputes which have been resolved for both the underpayment of wages under the agreement and failures to implement a fee freeze for clients; and the number of adverse findings made in respect of the underpayment of wages under the agreement, and failures to implement a fee freeze for clients. [11875/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints received by Tusla in respect of reported breaches of required child to staff ratios in early childhood education and care facilities in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of adverse findings made by Tusla in respect of same in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023. [11876/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of complaints received by Tusla in respect of unqualified staff caring and educating children in early childhood education and care facilities in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of adverse findings made by Tusla in respect of same in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023. [11877/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the adequacy of the rent a room scheme in the context of supply of housing; and his views on the accessibility of the scheme for persons seeking to offer accommodation under the scheme. [11837/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the adequacy of the rent a room scheme. [11838/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special educational needs who are waiting for primary and secondary school places in each county, in tabular form; and the number of school places that will be made available in each county for children with special educational needs for the academic year 2023-2024. [11878/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the number of notices she has served to schools for additional provision for children with special educational needs under section 37A of the Education Act 1998 in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [11879/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when a review will be completed on the temporary release of certain offences, as required by section 29 of the Judicial Council Act 2019. [11873/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when the Private Security Services (Amendment) Act 2021 will be fully commenced; when the insertion of definitions of "court messenger" and "enforcement guard" will be inserted into the Principal Act (S.I. No. 379 of 2021); if she will report on the delay of the commencement of the Act; and whether the lifting of the eviction moratorium has affected the timetable for its commencement. [11964/23]

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 2 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 2 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number of those filled on a wholetime equivalent basis; the number of those vacant as of 28 February 2023 or the latest date available; and the number of those filled on locum or non-specialist basis in tabular form. [11598/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the population that each CHO area covers, reflecting the new census 2022 figures, in tabular form. [11834/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance whether the terms of the settlement entered into by the special liquidators of IBRC with a company (details supplied) can be disclosed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [11556/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the Government intends to introduce the working time directive for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11833/23]