Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 12 Feb

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Feb – 18 Feb 2024 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 31 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model

2024-02-14 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–57

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

The motion · motion passed 78–56

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2024-02-14 · 1 vote

Amendment again put: · motion passed 73–64

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-02-13 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 67–56

Voted for 3 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Ossian Smyth

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

Barry Ward — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Cormac Devlin — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Enterprise 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cost-of-doing-business grants processed by his Department by 6 February 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6245/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the pro-enterprise measures taken by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6246/24]
Social 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the means review process; the number of people selected, by gender and county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6249/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of an issue in relation to a payment to a person (details supplied); if she will ask her officials to review the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6252/24]
Children 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the escalating costs crisis facing crèches and childcare operators in the country; what measures will be taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6250/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the status of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6681/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new houses completed in each of south County Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown in 2023; the number commenced; his expectations for 2024 with regard to construction activity in the residential sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6674/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social homes returned to active use in each of south County Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown from 2020 to 2023; his expectations for same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6675/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications is he aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is experiencing a delay with their better energy warmer homes energy assessment with the Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6247/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to arrange to remove the graffiti on an underpass (details supplied) and to improve the public lighting along the pedestrian side; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6254/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if State aid approval has been given for the Budget 2024 announcement of an increase to the cap on section 481 film tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6253/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the funding supports available for educational psychologists, in particular matching HSE funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6248/24]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Free Legal Advice Centres (FLAC) Justice and Equality
- January 2024 Emails issued about the proposed referendums on ‘family’ and ‘care’, enclosing FLAC’s recommendations for strengthening and clarifying the proposals for constitutional reform

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 4 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the child poverty and well-being unit. [4031/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [4019/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [2807/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2797/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the President of China. [6660/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the western Balkans. [2796/24]
Housing 5 questions
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he now accepts the need for an outright ban on vulture funds purchasing large numbers of new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7011/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he intends to put in place to ensure availability of affordable homes in south Dublin, in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7012/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take in relation to the cohort of people who earn more than the limit for social housing but are not eligible for cost rental on affordability grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7010/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately raise the HAP and homeless HAP limits, considering the ever increasing numbers entering homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7013/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned about the increase in family homelessness and the lack of three bed homes coming on stream via the Part V programme; what changes he intends to make to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7014/24]
Tourism 4 questions
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media following the recent film industry section 481 stakeholder forum, her views on the widespread and legitimate concern of actors, writers, directors and film crew in relation to sustainable and secure employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7003/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to address the significant shortfall of sports pitches and other sports facilities, that is growing particularly acute in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, considering the huge growth in people participating in sport, in particular women and girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7001/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her assessment of the recent film industry section 481 stakeholder forum; her plans are to address the concerns, issues and proposals raised at the forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7002/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to give an update on the Government’s latest thinking on the central funding of RTÉ and public service broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7004/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports a Palestinian-Canadian journalist (details supplied) has been abducted by Israeli authorities in Gaza; if he is aware of reports that journalists are being targeted by Israeli authorities in Gaza; if he has raised the issue with the Government of Israel; if he has raised the issue with the Government of Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a person who is not currently in Ireland and is in need of international protection would apply for asylum in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6521/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there has been an increase in the amount of ammunition for automatic rifles expended at the Curragh and the Glen of Imaal army ranges since the beginning of 2021; and whether any of this ammunition was used for training soldiers from NATO countries. [6786/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that Ireland has amongst the worst drowning rates in Europe; whether she intends to remedy this by increasing the number of lifeguards employed, ensuring proper training of all lifeguards, extending the months of the year that lifeguards are employed to cover the whole year, and by providing all lifeguards with the necessary equipment, such as radios, all-terrain vehicles and defibrillators, in line with European best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7110/24]