Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 20 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Mar – 26 Mar 2023 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 60 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022

2023-03-22 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educa…

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A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educational plans for children with special educational needs on an annual basis; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 78–73

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Eviction Ban

2023-03-22 · 4 votes

A sub-amendment · motion passed 93–56

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

A sub-amendment · motion failed 72–78

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 83–68

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 83–68

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 5 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Taoiseach 8 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [9677/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [13427/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [13430/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the International Division of his Department. [13429/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the most recent meeting of the Cabinet Sub-Committee for Accommodation and Supports for Ukrainian Refugees took place. [13433/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [11009/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the events in his Department to mark International Women's Day; and the measures he has taken to improve gender equality in his Department. [11058/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [13428/23]
Housing 7 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on delays in response times by the Residential Tenancies Board; his further views on how current delays compare with wait times in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13100/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to allocate additional staff to the Residential Tenancies Board. [13101/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the proposed referendum on housing will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13102/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to collate and publish data on LGBTQ+ homelessness in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13103/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if proposals to give first refusal to tenants, where their landlord seeks to sell their property, will include measures to offer second refusal to local authorities. [13104/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend the tenant in situ scheme to introduce mandatory local authority purchase for certain tenants who are supported through the housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme. [13105/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the average wait-time for a response from the Residential Tenancies Board to landlords seeking to register a tenancy in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [13749/23]
Justice 6 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by the Courts Service. [13491/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by the Prison Service. [13492/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by An Garda Síochána. [13493/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by the Legal Aid Board. [13494/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff employed by the Irish Immigration Service; and his plans to appoint additional staffing. [13829/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice his plans to institute a guaranteed timeframe for the completion of naturalisation applications; and his plans to clear the backlog in applications. [13830/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her views on the pause placed on 58 new school buildings; if current delays are expected to affect the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 academic school years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13021/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she will report on her representations to the Minister for Public Expenditure in respect of capital funding pressures preventing the construction of 58 schools; and if she drew his attention to the shortfall for construction of schools in advance of Budget 2023, in particular. [13022/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the number of persons waiting for a laptop, tablet or other specialist software under the assistive technology grant; how this figure compares with previous waiting lists in 2020, 2021 and 2022; if priority will be given to students sitting State examinations in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13099/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to prescribe dedicated training for HSE-funded personnel administering sexually transmitted infection tests, and providing support to persons living with HIV to ensure that patients do not experience stigma in individual clinics. [13097/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure holistic supports for persons with a HIV+ diagnosis. [13098/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on the allocation of capital funding for construction of schools in Budget 2023; his plans to commit additional funding to ensure construction can resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13023/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the steps involved in making a complaint to Pobal in respect of an alleged breach of Core Funding; and if it is possible for complainants to remain anonymous. [13748/23]

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 5 votes · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 28 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14219/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases of robbery of an institution or establishment that were reported to gardaí in the B district within DMR in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14220/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if any gardaí went overseas for specialist training course for which that training is not available within the State in 2022 and to-date in 2023; if so, the name of the specialist course; the duration of that course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14221/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of penal warrants that are currently outstanding in the Garda J district within DMR as of 13 March 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14222/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of each category of car, van including motorcycle driving courses that were held in either the Garda Training College or in Garda Headquarters in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the number of gardaí per course; the duration of each course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14223/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of attempted murder incidents reported to gardaí in the R district within DMR in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14224/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been secured for the issuing of new mobile fingerprint devices to frontline gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14225/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 28 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer this question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14226/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 28 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer this question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14227/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify the ten projects in Lot 6 of her Department's Design and Build Programme, whereby construction works which were due to commence in 2023 have been delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13187/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the position regarding financial support offered to registered post-primary school teachers to upskill to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish; the reason no financial support is provided for those who are upgrading to teach home economics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13550/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) can have his or her appeal pursuant to the secondary, community and comprehensive school teachers pension scheme 2009, as provided for in SI 435/2009, considered in accordance with article 70 of the regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13843/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the status of the safe staffing framework and safe staffing levels in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13145/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the reason MRI scans are performed in St. Vincent’s Hospital only between 9am and 5pm on Monday to Friday; if steps will be taken to ensure that MRI scans are available seven days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13812/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the average time it takes for an ambulance to arrive at the location of a 999 call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13849/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the averaging system used for the calculation of State pensions is to be retained; if not, the proposals the Government has for its replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12337/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the recent one-off payment increases to the living alone allowance has made some people ineligible for receipt of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12508/23]
Defence 2 questions
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will set out the full range of allowances for the pre-deployment training period, stand-by period and if required deployed periods payable to members of the Defence forces for the upcoming German-led EU Battle group 2025. [14273/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will set out the full range of allowances payable to members of the Defence Forces deploying even for short periods to the Special Training Command in Strasbourg, Germany in support to the EUs Military Assistance Mission in Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine). [14274/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to hold the referendum on the Unified Patent Court Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13184/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he intends to take steps to introduce legislation to provide greater powers to the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to give greater protections to customers of energy companies and to ensure that price gouging by energy companies is not permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland is taking to seek the release of a person (details supplied) from prison in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13188/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Equal Status and Employment Acts will be updated to include socio-economic discrimination as a protected ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13813/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he proposes to introduce any legislation to regulate and or prohibit the use of crypto currency in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14469/23]