Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 29 May

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 29 May – 4 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 80 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023

2023-05-31 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability

full description

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–74

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 67–64

Voted for 2 Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Abstained 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Home Ownership

2023-05-31 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–65

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 3 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Justice 6 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the number of seizures of cannabinoids (cannabis edibles) products by An Garda Síochána for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the estimated street value or worth of those seizures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25750/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice the number of arrests related to seizures of cannabinoids (cannabis edibles) products by An Garda Síochána for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25752/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions related to seizures of cannabinoids (cannabis edibles) products by An Garda Síochána for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25753/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to bring forward legislation to control the sale and supply of illegal drugs or substances through social media channels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25754/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the number of complaints of assault made by taxi drivers while on duty for each of the years 2018 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26131/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the number of prosecutions for assault against taxi drivers while on duty for each of the years 2018 to 2023. [26132/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport his views on proposals from industry bodies on enabling bus lanes on the north and south quays of the River Liffey in Dublin to operate as taxi ranks when buses stop running at midnight on weekdays and weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26129/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of seizures of cannabinoids (cannabis edibles) products by the Revenue Commissioners for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the estimated street value or worth of those seizures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25751/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of hospitalisations related to the use of a substance such as hallucinogens, cannabinoids, cannabis, cocaine, lysergic acid diethylamide and heroin in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25755/23]

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 33 total

Environment 19 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the parliamentary oversight processes for the collection and allocation of revenue from dividends from commercial State bodies such as NewERA designated bodies. [25569/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the EPA’s emissions data will provide a breakdown of emissions by income decile to highlight the relationship between emissions and wealth. [25568/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of revenue that was raised by the carbon-revenue levy from the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Act 2010 for the duration set out in the Act and any subsequent extensions of the Act. [25845/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of climate action coordinators, community climate officers, and climate action officers hired by each local authority to date, in tabular form. [25846/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a breakdown of the indicative costs associated with hiring a climate action coordinator, a community climate officer, and a climate action officer, in tabular form. [25847/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on plans to strengthen climate action teams in local authorities; the gaps and challenges which exist to reaching their potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25848/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the target number of retrofits under each scheme for 2022 and for 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26299/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of retrofits that were completed to B2 standard in 2022 and to date in 2023 under each scheme; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26300/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a B2 standard that did not have new heating systems installed under each scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26301/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a B2 standard that had new heating systems installed under each scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26302/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a B2 standard that had fossil fuel boilers installed under each scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26303/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a B2 standard that had heat pumps installed under each scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26304/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of retrofits that were completed to a lower-than-B2 standard in 2022 and to date in 2023 under each scheme; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26305/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a lower-than-B2 standard that did not have any new heating systems installed under each scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26306/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a lower-than-B2 standard that had new heating systems installed under each scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26307/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a lower-than-B2 standard that had fossil fuel boilers installed under each scheme in each of the years 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26308/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses retrofitted to a lower-than-B2 standard that had heat pumps installed under each scheme in each of the years 2022 and to date in 2023; and the average costs, in tabular form. [26309/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the better energy homes scheme in each of the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [26310/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme for each of the subheads will be provided, beyond what was provided in the estimates process. [26311/23]
Housing 9 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline his response to the Health Service Board report into deaths among people who were homeless at time of death in Ireland in 2019; and if he will set out what his Department’s response will be to the findings of the report. [25556/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail what funding heads A14 and A18 within his Department's annual voted expenditure related to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25558/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the construction costs and the all-in development costs per square meter, for social housing projects delivered via SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, Part V, CAS construction and CAS turnkey, in tabular form; and if he will provide a further breakdown of this information for each local authority. [25559/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the staffing levels for the National Building Control Office since 2020; if he will detail all requests for additional staff from the NBCO since 2020; the additional staffing that has been sanctioned and recruited since 2020; his views on the very significant concerns expressed by the NBCO to his Department officials regarding their ability to fulfil their functions in light of the ongoing understaffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25685/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm from when Irish quarries and concrete producers had to comply with I.S. EN 12620 (details supplied). [25890/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the proposed policy to help protect and provide more allotments and community gardens in Ireland; if he will provide a timeline for when the policy is expected to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25926/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will set out his response to the recommendations contained in the RTB report on illegal eviction requested by him in August 2020 under section 151(2) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and the additional recommendations set out by the RTB in its cover letter to him of 23 November 2022 accompanying the report; if he will publish the RTB report; and if he will set out a timeline for any legislation that he intends to publish on foot of the report. [26112/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the extension of the €14,000 rent-a-room tax relief to social housing tenants; how it will interact with their differential rent both in terms of how the income of the licensee will be treated and how the additional income to the social housing tenant will be treated for the purposes of determining their differential rent; and the timeline for bringing the formalised scheme to Cabinet. [26137/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether changes have been made to guidance for dealing with HAP tenants in arrears in their differential rent; and if so, if he will outline the changes. [26187/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the parliamentary oversight processes for the collection and allocation of revenue from dividends from commercial State bodies such as NewERA designated bodies. [25569/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of a consequence of delays in NCT testing whereby people who have had to wait a number of months to access an NCT test are then due for their annual NCT again a short number of months later; if it is correct that this results in two tests within the same 12-month period; and if there are plans to address this issue given the delays currently faced within the booking system. [26482/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 11 May 2023, if the HSE has initiated a recruitment process to staff the primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin. [25956/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list to access a first appointment with gynaecology services in Tallaght University Hospital; the number waiting over one year for a first appointment; and the number waiting over five years for a first appointment. [26211/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned with lifetime loan products being provided to older people by companies (details supplied) where such loans end up in default, resulting in the potential loss of a person's home; if he will undertake a review of such products, noting the levels of risk involved for the borrower; and if the advertising of such loans and the communication of terms and conditions should be regulated in a manner as to ensure the highest possible protection for borrowers. [25557/23]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Health 17 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on workforce planning for the mental health care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26034/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of new funding in 2023 for each of the HSE national clinical programmes (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25701/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting on primary care psychology services, by age and amount of time waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for Jigsaw services, by area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25721/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding given to the voluntary and community mental health sector in the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26010/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers in the HSE; the target number of authorised officers by quarter 4 of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26011/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health how many deficits in authorised officer numbers will be addressed by quarter 4 of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on all the independent advocacy services available in mental health, for both inpatient and outpatient services, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form, indicating those that are for children and young people only, and those that are for adults only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26013/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the projected costs of implementing the proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26014/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the costings of restructuring the HSE to regional health areas from 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26015/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will report on workforce planning for the mental healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26016/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of additional funding allocated to the expansion of the national clinical programmes in mental health in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26017/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the start date for the new child and youth mental health lead at assistant national director level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26018/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new primary care centre on Boot Road in Clondalkin; the breakdown of the staff to be recruited, by WTE; if they will be in place for the opening of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26103/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if he plans to reduce the number of child and adolescent mental health service, CAMHS, teams from more than 70 to 50, as suggested by the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on the 24 May 2023; if he can guarantee this will lead to better outcomes for young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26974/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to eating disorder services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26405/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase access to early intervention psychosis services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26406/23]
Justice 6 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice how many people took part in restorative justice delivered by the Probation Service in 2022; the outcomes of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26838/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice how many people availed of the drugs treatment court, per location in 2022; the outcomes of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26839/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the average percentage of bed capacity used in Irish prisons, by male and female in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26840/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice how many people are on waiting lists for mental health treatment in Irish prisons in 2022; the average waiting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26841/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice how many people are on waiting lists for addiction treatment in Irish prisons in 2022; the average waiting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26842/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if consideration has been given to the introduction of domestic violence courts similar to the British model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26843/23]
Social 3 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review of the reasonable accommodation fund will be completed; if she will provide a breakdown of how the €1 million expansion of the reasonable accommodation fund allocated in budget 2023 will be utilised; the provisions for mental health in the revised reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25998/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of advocates, per county, in the national advocacy services for persons with disabilities in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25999/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans being put in place to address the findings of the cost of a disability research report published in December 2021; the way in which it is proposed to reduce day-to-day costs for persons with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26000/23]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of people receiving education and training to work in the mental healthcare sector in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26033/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to increase the number of places in third level education for mental health that would escalate the number of professionals entering mental health care. [26484/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the conversations he and his Department have had with the Department of Health in relation to increasing clinical spaces in mental health care to allow and develop the amount of mental health spaces at third level. [26485/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of ratifying the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; when this ratification will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26019/23]

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.