Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 27 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Nov – 3 Dec 2023 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 28 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)

2023-11-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–69

Voted for 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Voted against 1 Eamon Ryan

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan · Jim O'Callaghan

Neutrality

2023-11-29 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 46–74

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 72–51

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 73–52

Voted for 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023

2023-11-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 110–17

Voted for 3 Chris Andrews · Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-11-28 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 75–54

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 6 votes · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 13 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Government-owned properties, which would be considered derelict under the conditions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, are subject to the derelict sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52464/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what statutory powers vacant homes officers in local authorities have; to provide a list of local authorities with vacant homes officers in place; if each of those is a full-time dedicated vacant homes officer; if not, if they have other duties; if there are any local authorities without such roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52516/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what guidance has been provided to local authorities for the role of a vacant homes officer; if he will provide a copy of any memos, circulars or guidance provided since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52517/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what powers local authorities have to ensure that units in apartments controlled or owned by investment funds are not kept deliberately vacant; if vacant homes officers are allowed to investigate the level of vacancy in apartment complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52518/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of IVF-related patients accessing care in a HSE-associated healthcare setting in each of the years 2018 to 2023. [51892/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a GP-led model of care for transgender people, based on informed consent; his views on the current practice by the National Gender Service which advises GPs not to administer blood tests to transgender patients who are self-medicating; his plans to reduce the waiting list for assessment at the National Gender Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52010/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his views on a job evaluation for support workers in Section 38 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52532/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to provide aid to support Belarusians in exile. [52236/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his representations to the European Union in respect of the need to assist Belarusians in exile whose passports have expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52237/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on his representations to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Dublin City and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Councils in respect of the €2.97 million committed by his Department for the CARO in respect of coastal and marine sustainability and environmental health concerns pertaining to activity in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52234/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the delivery date for the proposed BusConnects ‘O’ orbital routes serving the South Circular Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52389/23]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make a statement on the need for increased veterinary supports in rural areas. [52235/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 21 November 2023, if he has made representations to his counterparts in Britain and Northern Ireland in respect of ensuring that legislation to prohibit the practice of conversion therapy is sufficient to prevent persons from being sent to Northern Ireland to access such prohibited therapies. [52351/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Holocaust Education Ireland CLG Justice and Equality
- Letters of invitation sent to public officials to attend the national Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration in January 2024

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 5 votes · 7 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 7 total

Social 3 questions
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers in each county receiving a lump sum payment of €400 the week of 27 November 2023, in tabular form. [53175/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number people in receipt of the living alone allowance in each county receiving a €200 lump sum payment the week of 27 November 2023, in tabular form. [53176/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children in each county that will qualify for the lump sum of €100 to be during the week of 27 November 2023, in tabular form. [53177/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the number of returns with respect to the vacant homes tax that have been received to date; the total number of properties recorded as occupied, those recorded as vacant; the total number of exemptions from the tax that have been claimed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52376/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider affording property owners who are registering for the vacant property tax more than two options with respect to choosing the status of the property, given that at present the only available options are principal private residence or rented; if he has considered providing an option as licensee or caretaker or other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52445/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what action is being taken to ensure that Russia and its leadership will be held fully accountable for waging a war of aggression against Ukraine and for other serious crimes under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50066/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what discussions he has had with EU partners in relation to the establishment of a tribunal for the prosecution of the crime of aggression against Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50067/23]

New lobbying 1 return

nicholas webb Housing
- DCP presented a new home ownership proposal