Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 22 May

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 22 May – 28 May 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 49 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 53–66

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–67

Voted for 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Voted against 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Hospital Waiting Lists

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 4 votes · 6 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to noise pollution being generated by flights landing and departing from Dublin Airport from 5 a.m. onwards, in contravention of the DAA commitment to ensuring there are no departures before 9 a.m.; and if he will intervene to resolve the noise pollution which is impacting residents along the airport’s flight path. [25096/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the forecasted opening date for Kishogue railway station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25102/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the development of the Hazelhatch greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25103/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to review carer's allowance in the context of budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24388/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the financial supports that are available to patients who are required to carry Epinephrine Injections (EpiPens) on their person in case they experience severe anaphylaxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24784/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the latest recipients of the community support fund will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25101/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Dublin Bus Transport
- Presentation at Broadstone Depot

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 19 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Environment 6 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the protections, if any, that are currently in place to ensure vulnerable, elderly people who live alone are not disconnected from their utilities due to increased energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24110/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action, if any, the Government intends to take to decrease energy prices for struggling consumers, given that similar action taken by governments across Europe has resulted in savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24111/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a breakdown of how the dividend arising from the ESB in 2009 was allocated, in tabular form. [24202/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of staff from his Department who are working on electricity demand reduction; and the number of staff working on demand side management, in tabular form. [24845/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the special interim dividend mentioned in Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); if he will detail the mechanism through which the payments were made to large energy users; what the total value was for the dividend paid to the LEUs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25444/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the special interim dividend mentioned in Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); if the payments were subject to the revised estimate process; if not, what parliamentary scrutiny and oversight there was of these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25445/23]
Housing 6 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether a Senior Counsel was appointed to pursue accountability from suppliers of defective concrete blocks; and if he will provide an update on the work of this appointed SC. [24056/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to publish the report into planning matters in County Donegal; and if his intention is not to publish, to set out the actions that he intends to take to address the issues raised in the report. [24323/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the sale of private properties with structural defects at a location (details supplied); if he is concerned with such sales; and if he will outline the powers, if any, he has to ensure that where properties with structural defects are being sold, there is a duty on the seller to fully declare such defects. [25198/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Government is waiting for the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to start requiring measurement of embodied carbon emissions (i.e. 2027), while other European Union member states, such as Denmark, are already addressing this issue, given that embodied carbon emissions from the construction industry account for 14% of Ireland’s national emissions and are likely to increase until 2030 if unaddressed. [25352/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to give councils and the Housing Agency any flexibility with the income limits for cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme to ensure that applicants whose income is just over the upper income limit for cost rental are not excluded from the tenant-in-situ scheme and thus rendered homeless. [25457/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of general Government capital expenditure on social and affordable housing by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency in 2022 by funding via voted-Government capital expenditure, Approved Housing Body-borrowing for capital developments and LDA capital expenditure in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25472/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the tender for the home care sector; and if there is a timeframe available as to when the process will be completed. [24020/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the current timeframe for turnaround of reimbursement applications under the Cross Border Directive; if there is a reason for the delays experienced by some applicants; if action is being taken to ensure reimbursement is provided to applicants at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/23]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the progress of the short-term tourist letting Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25135/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has directed any relevant body under her aegis to prepare a report under section 15(2) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, as amended. [25461/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason pensioners in receipt of the qualified adult increase receive the Christmas bonus but were not paid the recent cost-of-living increase that was paid to pensioners on the State pension (contributory) and (non-contributory). [24360/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the number of individuals currently awaiting driving licence test appointments; the average length of time between booking a test and the test taking place; the reason for these exceptionally long delays; and the plan he is putting in place to shorten this waiting time. [25197/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe can be provided as to the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25363/23]

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Institutional Property Housing
- Exchange of views and update on respective policy positions and priorities in relation to housing delivery
Cairn Homes plc Housing
- General conversations with various DPOs (listed below) on the Irish residential construction industry and the broader housing market in addition to Kildare's County Development Plan 2022 - 2028

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Health 17 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [24311/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the counselling services available for individuals with inherited predispositions to cancer; the counselling services there are for individuals who test positive for cancer associated BRCA variants; the counselling services available for individuals who test negative for cancer associated BRCA variants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of adult and adolescent eating disorder services at 1D Griffith Avenue, as outlined in an article (details supplied); the cause of delay for these services; the expected date for when these services will be operational; if the temporary services at Maryfield Cottage in Swords will continue until services at Griffith Avenue are operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25356/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for one year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of having fully staffed mental health teams in each CHO across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25430/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing and operating all 73 child and adult mental health services teams, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25431/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for Early Intervention Psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25432/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully funding the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders and delivering the remaining eating disorder teams by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25433/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the current and capital cost of establishing and operating a 24-7 multi-agency mental health crisis de-escalating team, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25434/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated current and capital cost of implementing the Government’s plan for inpatient and outpatient perinatal mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25435/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost to fully implement the National Clinical Programme for ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25436/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of running the Galway Community Café, the free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25437/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to increase funding for recovery education by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25438/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of employing a mental health liaison respectively, inclusive of salary and PRSI costs, as provided for in the HSE winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25439/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal counselling within primary care; the cost of providing counselling in primary care for 0-18 years, 0-25 years and over-25s, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25440/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the national model of care for dual diagnosis over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25441/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of establishing a ten-bed inpatient unit for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25442/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice his plans to extend youth diversion projects to under-25s; when such an extension could be made; the estimated number of young people who could be diverted from the judicial system as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24770/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice when the pilot project for a mental health crisis de-escalation team will be in operation in Limerick; and the reason for any delays. [24753/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he will explain the exemptions for individuals with a driving licence from a different jurisdiction; the countries Ireland has a licence exchange agreement with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24094/23]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.