Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 4 Mar

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Mar – 10 Mar 2024 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

2024-03-06 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

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 failed 52–77

Voted for 1 Chris Andrews

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 45–65

Voted for 1 Chris Andrews

Voted against 2 Eamon Ryan · Jim O'Callaghan

Did not vote 3 Eoin Hayes · Ivana Bacik · James Geoghegan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–51

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 2 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Housing 9 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and surrounds, including by way of Part V housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has made representations to the EU Commission in respect of the need for regulation of online short-term tourist letting companies; and if he will report on the preparations his Department is making for when legislation to regulate such companies is passed and implemented. [10426/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on the need to support older persons to downsize. [10427/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private houses that local authorities are renting and subletting as social housing by local authority; the annual cost of renting these houses in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10429/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on the adequacy of enforcement powers within the Residential Tenancies Board; and his plans to establish an enforcement bureau within the organisation to ensure that those who subvert legal protections for tenants are addressed. [10430/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional funding to deal with issues surrounding maintenance of social housing, particularly flat complexes. [10431/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current staffing levels in each local authority, compared with 2018. [10433/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current staffing levels in An Bord Pleanála, compared with 2020 and 2018; and the staffing levels in the same period in each division of the organisation, in tabular form. [10434/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available to councillors with disabilities when they are elected; if local authorities are required to provide supports; what provisions are in place; if statutory requirements are in place; the additional measures he intends to introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10630/24]
Health 3 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the timeline for lifting the HSE recruitment freeze; his plans to reinstate recruitment for nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10372/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on progress to convert into use vacant properties under the ownership of his Department and the HSE; and if he will list the units in respect of which such work has commenced, in tabular form. [10432/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to remove prescription fees for medical card holders; and his views on the affordability of prescription medications for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10683/24]
Social 2 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on recent legislation which passed in Westminster to create an optional bereavement certificate for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation; and her plans to introduce such a similar initiative here. [10428/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection how income (details supplied) is assessed when an individual is elected to a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10631/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that housing in barracks around the country is used. [10214/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the implementation of the next phase of the Dublin Network Redesign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10637/24]

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 4 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on extending environmental impact assessments to projects currently falling outside them because of type or scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9937/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on amending the strategic environmental assessment to link it to relevant Council of Europe Conventions. [9938/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is taking action to discourage private ownership of archaeological objects; for example, through the development of up-to-date standards on heritage protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9939/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how Ireland is delivering on commitments on metal detecting made under the Valletta Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9940/24]
Environment 3 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide the number of applications received in 2023 to the SEAI one-stop shop for home retrofits; and the number of these projects which have commenced. [10709/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how many contractors are registered with the SEAI to undertake work as part of the one-stop shop retrofitting scheme. [10710/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what the current wait time is for retrofitting under the one-stop shop. [10711/24]
Health 3 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out or discussed any studies about the health impact of excessive use of mobile phones at a young age; if he is concerned about this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10154/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will detail for each individual public/voluntary hospital the number employed in wholetime equivalent terms in each category (details supplied) in each hospital in February 2023, in tabular form. [10204/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the details of any side agreements or commitments to enter into processes with trade unions or representative bodies in relation to various issues in the health service that were agreed during or on the margins of the recent public service pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10347/24]
Education 2 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm a date when a school (details supplied) will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when construction work on the four new classrooms for an ASD unit at schools (details supplied) which was sanctioned in June 2020, will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10896/24]
Children 2 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be put in place for CHO5; if funding has been allocated in 2024 to provide this service; when recruitment for this team will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9969/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide, in tabular form, the number of children waiting on an assessment of needs in CHO9; the estimated wait time before they receive an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10147/24]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a report on his Department's meeting with the Russian Ambassador following the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the discussions with Yulia Navalnaya at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10818/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will set out any policy or guidance that applies in the civil or public service in relation to the duration of the terms of office for the chief executives of agencies established under Government departments; whether chief executives are confined to a single five-year term or if multiple successive such contracts be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10348/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures in place in respect of user rights of images, objects, historical records and sites that are owned by public collections, archives and museums. [9941/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10099/24]