Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 4 Dec — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Dec – 10 Dec 2023 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 29 questions · 7 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Renters

2023-12-06 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 67–60

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

The motion · motion passed 67–59

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Immigration

2023-12-06 · 1 vote

A sub-amendment · motion failed 16–107

Voted for 1 Ivana Bacik

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-12-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 79–59

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 2 Chris Andrews · Ivana Bacik

Did not vote 2 Eoin Hayes · James Geoghegan

Confidence in the Minister for Justice

2023-12-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–63

Voted for 1 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 · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Housing 5 questions
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to legislate to end the practice of developers securing planning permission for housing leaving sites undeveloped for prolonged periods. [54122/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the revenue raised in 2022 by derelict sites levy payments for publicly owned land. [54123/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on progress to deliver affordable homes in Poolbeg west SDZ; and if he will report on his engagement with the developer and Dublin City Council in respect of same. [54124/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan application, approvals and drawdowns in each year from 2019 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [54126/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his engagement with the Departments of Further and Higher Education, Innovation, Research and Science and Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of workforce planning in the construction industry to ensure the delivery of housing and other critical infrastructure. [54127/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if her Department has communicated directly with schools in relation to newly announced plans on solar panels, of 23 November 2023; and if not, if such communications, with information about the plans, are planned. [53297/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that recipients of the disablement pension and unemployability supplement do not receive the cost of living bonus or fuel allowance; her views on the need to provide additional supports to such persons in view of the cost of living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53581/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on progress to secure large sites for the housing of refugees, as was issued in respect of pledges of accommodation in individual residential homes; and if he will report on his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of same. [54125/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new International Education Strategy for Ireland is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the need to have an International Education Strategy in place. [54351/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Environment
- Habitat ReStore event as part of "European Week for Waste Reduction" - 'ESG Reuse and You'

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Environment
- Habitat ReStore event as part of "European Week for Waste Reduction" - 'ESG Reuse and You'

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 15 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 15 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on each of the proposed elective hospitals for Dublin, Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53333/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health what plans are in place to implement a national action plan for Traveller mental health; the details of work carried out to date in the area of Traveller mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53378/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to give an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community (details supplied); to give an update on the implementation of the mental health recommendations within the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53379/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health whether the detention facilities in the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, will be used for any other detention purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54091/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the Land Development Agency tenders for services, and which services it tenders for; the timeline for the next round of tenders for services such as quantity surveying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals for improved consistency and alignment throughout all tiers of planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53916/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the restructuring and resourcing of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53917/23]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail in tabular form the number of students from each county that have benefitted from the €1,000 reimbursement in the contribution fee for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54044/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail, in tabular form, the number of students from each county that will benefit from the Student Assistance Fund for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54045/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the number of families in each county receiving the double child benefit payment; and the number of children in each county in respect of whom a payment was made, in tabular form. [54379/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients in each receiving the Christmas bonus double payment, by county, in tabular from. [54380/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions taken to boost jobs and businesses since 27 June 2020. [54389/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will detail, in tabular form, on a county-by-county basis, as of 30 November 2023, the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54297/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the key initiatives taken to fight crime and anti-social behaviour in both urban and rural areas since 27 June 2020. [54398/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 21 November 2023, answered by the Minister for Social Protection, given the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has policy and legal responsibility for maternity leave, if he will consider broadening the eligibility for the State maternity benefit in order to ensure that PhD candidates can receive the benefit. [54444/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Environment
- Habitat ReStore event as part of "European Week for Waste Reduction" - 'ESG Reuse and You'