Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 12 Jun

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Jun – 18 Jun 2023 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Retained Fire Services

2023-06-14 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 71–62

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 70–62

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022

2023-06-14 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to remove the lower minimum wage rates imposed on those employed between the ages of 16 and 20

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–59

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 · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the Council of Europe summit. [25766/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [25767/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island dialogue all-island women’s forum civic initiative. [25768/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government’s response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [25769/23]
Environment 4 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the failure by the communications regulator to act in respect of contract changes by telephone providers (details supplied) which will allow for yearly fee increases in line with the consumer price index. [28513/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the new actions that are being put in place in advance of the UN SDG High Level Political Forum in New York in July, to ensure Ireland reaches the furthest behind in Irish society first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28700/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has read a report (details supplied); and if he will meet with the report's author to discuss its findings and recommendations. [28699/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts he has made to ensure a reduction in carbon emissions in the residential sector by 40% as outlined in the Climate Action Plan 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28833/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is on target to complete action 2.10 of Housing for All to examine a system of holding rental deposits by the end of Q2 2023; and if he will make a statement on the anticipated process following its completion.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27196/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Minister and officials responsible for negotiating a deal (details supplied). [27493/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if she plans to grant extra time on examinations to candidates with dyslexia to complete State exams, both Junior and Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28507/23]

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 3 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Education 7 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education whether the review of policy on specific learning difficulty/reading classes and schools has been completed; if so, whether the review can be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27519/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education whether the NCSE policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools has been completed; if so, whether it can be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27520/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education whether increased funding will be provided to all three reading schools in Dublin which provide extra educational attention to children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27521/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education why students with severe dyslexia who cannot access a place in a reading class/school are being consistently discriminated against by the NCSE and her Department which are refusing to sanction further SLD classes where there is a clear need due to significant oversubscription in reading classes and schools currently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27522/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when reading schools will be consulted in respect of the current review of specific learning difficulty provision which is being carried out by her Department; when the review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27523/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education why a school (details supplied) was excluded from submitting data and outcomes from the school's self-evaluation process as part of the review of specific learning difficulty provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27524/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when children with severe dyslexia and their parents will be consulted in respect of the current review of specific learning difficulty provision which is being carried out by her Department; when the review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27525/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a report on the implementation of his Department's Climate Action Roadmap. [27772/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department’s view on Jammu and Kashmir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28071/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the offers of bursaries made to new incoming psychology students who will work in counselling that can be made retrospectively to current second and third year psychology students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27564/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the on-street outreach work that is being conducted in Dublin 1,3,7 and 9 to engage with people who are abusing substances in public places; the level of resources available for this type of work; what has been conducted in the past 12 months; the plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27569/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what assessments are taking place within his Department regarding the impact of the EU pharmaceutical strategy review on the Irish pharmaceutical sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28488/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that the Revenue Commissioners automatically rescinds a landlord's tax clearance certificate once the amount paid to the landlord through HAP exceeds €10,000; if consideration can be given to amending this policy by increasing the threshold at which tax clearance certificates are rescinded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27603/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the length of time it currently takes for a citizenship application to be processed; the reason a person (details supplied) has still not had their application determined after 21 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27693/23]