Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 4 Dec — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Dec – 10 Dec 2023 · 5 TDs · 6 bills voted on · 30 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

General Scheme of the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Waiver of Pre-legislative Scrutiny

2023-12-06 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 8–4

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 4 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Renters

2023-12-06 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 67–60

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 67–59

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Immigration

2023-12-06 · 1 vote

A sub-amendment · motion failed 16–107

Voted against 2 Emer Higgins · Eoin Ó Broin

Abstained 1 Gino Kenny

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

General Scheme of the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Waiver of Pre-legislative Scrutiny

2023-12-06 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 8–4

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Did not vote 4 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-12-05 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 2 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Confidence in the Minister for Justice

2023-12-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–63

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 7 votes · 10 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 10 total

Health 2 questions
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the actions being taken to address the staff shortages impacting paediatric neurology services at Crumlin Hospital, particularly regarding the reduced access to the neurology nurses' phone line, essential for epilepsy care in children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54023/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023. [54072/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54078/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54079/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main policy achievements of his Department in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54074/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the main policy achievements of her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54073/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the main policy achievements of her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54076/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice the main policy achievements of her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54080/23]

New lobbying 1 return

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

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 14 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 14 total

Housing 11 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that applicants to the first defective concrete block remediation scheme on transfer to the revised defective concrete block remediation scheme will be eligible for grant levels based on the most up-to-date SCSI square meter rates. [53449/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when he intends to publish a summary commentary on the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning irregularities in County Donegal. [53450/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if funding for interim fire safety works will be provided to homeowners or OMCs impacted by building defects before 31 January 2023. [53451/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all correspondence, including dates, to and from the franchise section in his Department and the European Commission on Part 4 and Part 5 of the Electoral Reform Act from 2022 to the present; and to make a statement on the contents of this correspondence and to publish this correspondence on the Department’s website. [53452/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the details of the financial support package for a trust (details supplied) agreed at Cabinet last week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54356/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes delivered via the affordable housing fund, the cost rental equity loan and Project Tosaigh by the end of quarter 3 of this year; and to estimate the number of homes that will be delivered via these schemes by the end of the year. [54357/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish his Department's AEV and REV for 2023, including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead, to publish the AEV for 2024 including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead; and to give a commitment to publish the REV for 2024 when it is complete including all of the individual spending programmes under each subhead. [54147/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form a list of all completed cost-rental housing schemes delivered to date by the Land Development Agency and Approved Housing Bodies including the name of each development; the local authority in which each scheme is located; the number of units in each scheme including a unit bedroom number breakdown; and the monthly rent charged for each unit by size in each scheme. [54151/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when emergency funding for interim fire safety and other measures for homeowners and OMCs with Celtic tiger era building defects will be made available. [54149/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to bring forward legislation to give effect to the planning recommendations of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation published in 2019 [54148/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide in tabular form a list of all completed housing schemes funded via the Affordable Housing Fund including the name of each scheme; the local authority area in which the scheme is located; the number of units in each scheme including a unit bedroom number breakdown; the purchase price of each unit by size in each scheme; and the cost of the State's equity share for each unit by size in each scheme. [54150/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the options available for renewal of motor tax to people who do not have access to or who cannot use online services. [53207/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when therapists will be reinstated at a special school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53511/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the average wait for a first appointment with the ENT department in Tallaght University Hospital; the number of people waiting for a first appointment, broken down by people waiting over one year, over two years and over three years, in tabular form; and what efforts are being made to reduce waiting times for the service. [53184/23]

New lobbying 1 return

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

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 3 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 3 total

Education 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education at what stage is the planned construction of a school (details supplied); when she expects this development to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53632/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants turned down for the care allowance, the number awarded on appeal and the number awarded on second application in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53631/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the rationale of the proposed educational level requirement for registration of psychotherapy and counselling through CORU; for an update on the registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54333/23]

New lobbying 1 return

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

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.