Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 3 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Jul – 9 Jul 2023 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 20 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages

2023-07-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–75

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–74

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022

2023-07-05 · 1 vote · Govt (Children)

A bill to provide, in recognition of the circumstances experienced by certain persons while resident in certain institutions in the State, for the establishment of a scheme to b…

full description

A bill to provide, in recognition of the circumstances experienced by certain persons while resident in certain institutions in the State, for the establishment of a scheme to be known as the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme for the purpose of the making of payments and the making available without charge of health services to such persons; to provide for the making by such persons of applications for such payments and services; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–61

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Chris Andrews

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

Nature Restoration Law

2023-07-05 · 2 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 57–75

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 121–9

Voted for 4 Chris Andrews · Eamon Ryan · Ivana Bacik · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-07-04 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 72–57

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 · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Children 5 questions
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which the Disability Capacity Review Action Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32624/23]
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a report on the establishment of a UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32626/23]
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline he is working towards for publication of the Cost of Disability Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32627/23]
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the UNCRPD; if there are any further issues that are holding up ratification of the Optional Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32628/23]
- 2023-07-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a facility (details supplied) is being investigated; and if so, if he can provide an update on the investigation. [32843/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the amount collected by road toll collectors in each month of 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount outstanding in payments yet to be collected; and the cost of recovering unpaid toll payments in 2022. [32842/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that Budget 2023 is published in a format that is clear, accessible and in plain English, in order to ensure that the document is accessible for disabled people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32629/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that actions outlined in the Implementation Plan for the Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 are implemented in a timely manner and are adequately resourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32625/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is on schedule to publish the Defamation (Amendment) Bill in Quarter 4 of 2023; if she plans to remove removal of jury trials in defamation actions from the scope of her Department’s review of the law on defamation in view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Higgins v. the Irish Aviation Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32837/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to HIQA in respect of nursing homes in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023; the number of adverse findings made in each of those years; and the counties in which there were the highest per capita incidence of complaints made. [32841/23]

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 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Enterprise 3 questions
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a report on what amendments to the national patent legislation will be required to recognise both the new unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court agreement; his views on the timelines for drafting these amendments (details supplied); whether these amendments will be prepared in advance of the UPC referendum; whether consultation with stakeholders will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32366/23]
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work on drafting the amendment of the constitution (unified patent court) Bill seeking to amend the Constitution to recognise the international agreement on a unified patent court specifically in view of the fact that the majority of the judges appointed to the court already are sitting on a part-time basis; whether it is intended to allow Irish judges to participate in the UPC on a part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32367/23]
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the qualifications required for appointment as an adjudicator in the Workplace Relations Commission for the purpose of adjudicating discrimination under the Equal Status Act and/or the Employment Equality Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32728/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the current, or planned, involvement of her Department and the Courts Service of Ireland with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the arrangements for Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court, including logistics for establishing a local division of the court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32364/23]
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the ability of prisoners in Castlerea Prison to receive visits from family members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32393/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach for an overview of the Shared Ireland Programme since its establishment in 2020; the key initiatives taken; and his assessment of their impact to date. [31854/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance whether consideration is being given to improving investments in Exchange Traded Funds and whether consideration is being given to changing the deemed disposal rules that exist for ETF investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether consideration will be given to providing respite/support services to a person (details supplied) and who is autistic, with a view to progressing to long-stay residential supported living in their catchment area in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32827/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-07-04 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds, excluding critical care beds, currently provided in each public/voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [32292/23]