Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 10 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 10 Jul – 16 Jul 2023 · 3 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

2023-07-12 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 85–50

Voted for 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 55–80

Voted against 2 Darragh O'Brien · Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

European Defence Agency Projects

2023-07-12 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–75

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 80–56

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Housing and Homelessness

2023-07-12 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 76–60

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

The motion · motion passed 76–60

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2023-07-12 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–80

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–73

Voted for 1 Duncan Smith

Voted against 1 Darragh O'Brien

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-07-11 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–61

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 9 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 9 votes · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 22 total

Health 16 questions
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies by job title in the Accident and Emergency Department of Portlaoise Regional Hospital; when will these vacancies be filled in tabular form. [33704/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at the public car-park within the Mater Hospital in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and of the money generated how was it spent. [33705/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons based at Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2022 and to -date in 2023, in tabular form. [33706/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health services that are available in each primary care centre in the area of County Roscommon covered by CHO2; and if there are plans to expand the mental health services available at these centres. [33707/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for hearing examinations in County Kerry by length of time waiting, in tabular form. [33708/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will set up a national ambition to reduce the number of neo-natal deaths. [33709/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the budget for medical aids and equipment for children is ring-fenced within CHO9; if he will provide figures on the breakdown of difference types of aids/equipment, for example wheelchairs and walkers provided in CHO9 between 1 January 2022 and 30 June 2023. [33710/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current funding that would be required to extend the opening hours until 9pm, seven days a week at the Mater Smithfield Rapid Injury Unit. [33711/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; the nature of these works; and the costs of each capital works projects in tabular form. [33712/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Monaghan General Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33713/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons services in CHO9 in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33714/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of palliative care teams and staff members in CHO2 at present. [33715/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers working in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33716/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons working in Portiuncula University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [33717/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the current number of staff vacancies across all Departments and details of each vacant at Tipperary University Hospital. [33718/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of births at Mayo University Hospital Maternity Ward in each of the past three years and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the staffing level breakdown in this Department for each of these years. [33719/23]
Housing 4 questions
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to several Parliamentary Questions of 13 June 2023, in particular where he provided additional information not actually sought in the questions viz that "Matters relating to prohibiting the feeding of wild birds; correctly disposing of rubbish on our streets to make them less attractive and to discourage them from congregating in particular areas; any warning signage or publicity campaigns in relation to same is a matter for the local authority concerned.", if he is aware of and if he accepts or rejects the expert advice on urban gull ecology as provided to his predecessor's Consultative Committee on Urban Gulls, which stated the primary reasons for which gulls are colonising towns and cities (details supplied). [33550/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a specific matter (details supplied). [33551/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is applying a decision threshold in relation to the control of urban gull species (herring gulls) whereby they must pose a threat to public health and safety in densely populated urban areas in order to be included in the Annual derogation Declarations; if he will set out the specific evidential criteria being applied by his Department or the NPWS when deciding whether or not such a threat exists; and the reason that when such a threat has been recognised by his Department or the NPWS, for example, in Balbriggan, that the only action it has taken is to declare the threat in the annual declarations, when it is in fact a duty of the State to act proactively to protect citizens and public health and safety. [33552/23]
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a series of queries (details supplied). [33553/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-07-11 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if the wheelchair-accessible vehicle scheme has been paused; if so, the reason for this; his plans for the scheme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33807/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-07-12 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether there are plans to run the community centres investment fund, launched in 2023, again in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34460/23]