Cork North-Central — week of Mon, 9 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Cork North-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 9 Oct – 15 Oct 2023 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 35 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023

2023-10-12 · 2 votes · Govt (Health)

A bill to provide for the licensing of the sale by retail of tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products

full description

A bill to provide for the licensing of the sale by retail of tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of licences issued under and in accordance with the Act; to provide for certain related offences; and for those and other purposes, to provide for the amendment of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002; and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments and the revocation of certain statutory instruments; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 5–4

Voted against 1 Colm Burke

Did not vote 4 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Pádraig O'Sullivan · Thomas Gould

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–5

Voted against 1 Colm Burke

Did not vote 4 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn · Pádraig O'Sullivan · Thomas Gould

Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax

2023-10-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 78–69

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax

2023-10-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 90–47

Voted for 2 Colm Burke · Pádraig O'Sullivan

Voted against 2 Mick Barry · Thomas Gould

Did not vote 2 Eoghan Kenny · Ken O'Flynn

Colm Burke — Fine Gael 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be seen by a public ophthalmologist sooner than 2026/2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43626/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm he is aware of the report by clinicians from the National Cancer Control Programme to an Implementation Working Group (details supplied) that 25% of cancer patients do not receive standard of care due to lack of access to new medicines which are available elsewhere in Europe; if he is concerned by this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43726/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing funding in 2024 to prevent Ireland’s average timelines for patient access to new medicines from deteriorating relative to our European peers in 2024 in view of the fact Ireland now ranks 27th out of 35 European countries according to the latest IQVIA Patients WAIT Indicator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43727/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds in use in each HSE area in public nursing homes for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44010/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action his Department is taking to improve the timeline from when livestock in a herd have been tested and identified positive with tuberculosis and when these animals are collected and removed from the herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43872/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the average timeline from when an animal/animals have been tested and identified positive with tuberculosis in a herd and when they are collected and removed from the herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43873/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration would be given to amending the start date for the loss of income support for a farmer (details supplied), in view that the timeline for the identification of tuberculosis in the herd and the date of collection of the animals and removal from the herd is managed by his Department and not the farmer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43874/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position in relation to transport for people with disabilities aged 18 years and over attending day services to facilitate attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43501/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the return of essential therapists including a psychologist, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, play/behaviour therapists and a social worker to a special school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43621/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a special school (details supplied) is still without essential therapists, including a psychologist, an occupational therapist, a speech and language therapist, play/behaviour therapists and a social worker; the date they will start; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43622/23]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2023-10-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the quota of meat processor operatives under general employment permits in view that the quota has been filled and there is a shortage of operatives in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44404/23]
- 2023-10-12 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a team has been appointed to conduct a review of the occupations on the critical skills occupation list and ineligible occupations list for employment permits; when this review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44399/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-10-11 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Taoiseach the number of jobs created by year in Cork from 1 January 2018 to the most up-to-date figures available for 2023 [44405/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-10-12 Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) that completed a Stage 2B submission on 2 June 2023 to the building unit of her Department under the additional accommodation scheme will be permitted to proceed to tender for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44522/23]

Eoghan Kenny — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ken O'Flynn — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pádraig O'Sullivan — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2023-10-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice who is responsible for Garda recruitment; if it is outsourced; if intake targets have been provided and met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43953/23]
- 2023-10-11 Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in each of the Cork divisions comparing figures from 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43952/23]

Thomas Gould — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 5 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the large increase in numbers of people presenting to services identifying as being addicted to smoking crack cocaine, he will provide additional funding for residential treatment services. [43503/23]
- 2023-10-12 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the days that SouthDoc Blackpool has been closed or non-operational by day for the past two weeks, in tabular form. [44534/23]
- 2023-10-12 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs employed in Cork, by facility, by SouthDoc in 2019 and currently, respectively, in tabular form. [44535/23]
- 2023-10-12 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls made by the doctor in Blackpool on each of SouthDoc's opening days in the past three weeks. [44536/23]
- 2023-10-12 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors currently allocated to the SouthDoc Blackpool facility, the Kinsale road facility and where Southdoc vehicles are usually located. [44537/23]
Transport 3 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether the Northern Distributor Road in Cork will reduce traffic on the R635. [43881/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether he has plans to install recycling bins on trains. [44110/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport whether the food carriage on trains will reopen or whether this could be converted to a passenger carriage. [44111/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will allocate therapists to a school (details supplied). [43737/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to a facility (details supplied). [43999/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the return of therapists to a facility (details supplied). [44000/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of An Post's transformation programme; when the programme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43623/23]
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of An Post's transformation programme; the status of proposed sorting office closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43624/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-10-10 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education whether consideration has been given to the differing staffing needs of special schools, particularly regarding administrative deputy principals, resourcing for high and low-incidence needs and extra funding for additional CPD and health and safety training. [44001/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-10-11 Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022, given the ESRI report into gambling harm. [44120/23]