Dublin South-Central — week of Mon, 18 Mar

What your Dublin South-Central TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Mar – 24 Mar 2024 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 56 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-20 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 70–61

Voted for 1 Patrick Costello

Voted against 3 Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Bríd Smith · Joan Collins

Did not vote 3 Catherine Ardagh · Jen Cummins · Máire Devine

Aengus Ó Snodaigh — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 5 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the growing concern of diabetics regarding the difficulties in obtaining ozempic, some persons are finding it impossible to obtain the drug. [12579/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the growing concern at the fact that there appears to be currently inordinate delays in accessing blood tests in public hospitals in some cases nine weeks. [13263/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the increasing length of time it is taking for people to get a public hospital blood test done. [13264/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to list the number of public health nurses covering the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas; the catchment population they cover; the length of time there has been a vacancy or absence of cover due to staff holidays, unfilled posts or illnesses in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13398/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health what measures are taken in the case of a vacancy in a local public health nurse's position to address a backlog which has built up when the new person is put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/24]
Transport 4 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the removal of the 18 bus service has left residents of the Cashel Avenue/Ravensdale Park area in Crumlin without not only a bus connection with Ballyfermot and Palmerstown, but also without one that services Crumlin Village, and that, as a result, many elderly residents now have difficulties attending mass and going to their local Credit Union, Post Office and supermarket; and could the reconnection of this area of Crumlin with Ballyfermot, Palmerstown and, most urgently, Crumlin village, be re-examined. [11533/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport when he will fund and encourage the Road Safety Authority roll-out a campaign on social media in particular aimed at tackling the dangers of users of escooters, motorised bicycles and bicycles (details supplied). [13272/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport is he aware of problems associated with the roll-out of the BusConnects programme which has resulted in a disconnect between the service now offered and that which bus passengers used in the past in the Crumlin area of Dublin; and if he is further aware of the need for a quicker engagement with communities affected to make logical adjustments to routes to cater for those affected. [13271/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if he funds the National Transport Authority’s installations of school zones as part of the Safer Routes to School Programme; the process and the funding stream; the progress to date; what schools have engaged in the programme; the schools that have had school zones installed; when the next round of funding/applications will be announced in order that other schools can benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13429/24]
Defence 3 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the originating airport that an aircraft (details supplied) took off from before its initial landing at Casement Aerodrome, County Dublin on 10 September 2004; and the time of this landing and any subsequent landings that day. [12645/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to list the military equipment, munitions and hardware purchased from Israeli-based or Israeli-owned defence companies in each of the past ten years; the current contracts that are awaiting delivery over the next five years; and the value of each. [13274/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the decommissioning of the LÉ Eithne is scheduled to proceed. [13273/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-03-20 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais anan bhfuil sé ag teacht salach ar chearta páistí go mbeadh an Stát ag brú orthu aistriú ó oideachas trí Ghaeilge go hoideachas trí Bhéarla agus iad ag tosú a saol scoile meánscolaíochta, le heaspa soláthar Gaelcholáistí; an beartas córais iompair scoile ag cur bac orthu in amanna freastal ar an nGaelcholáiste is giorra dóibh; easpa soláthar múinteoirí ar féidir leo ábhair an churaclaim a mhúineadh trí Ghaeilge líofa chuig leibhéal na hArdteistiméireachta; easpa áiseanna múinte agus téascleabhar trí Ghaeilge cothrom le dáta, ag an am céanna agus ar an gcaighdeán céanna is atá a macasamhail i mBéarla; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [12005/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a possible increased danger to the public was taken when extending the deer hunting season period to include August which is still the most outdoor popular holiday season (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12673/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons injured each year as a result of discharges from licensed firearms by deer hunters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12674/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the State has never officially recognised the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide; and whether he would officially recognise and remember that genocide this year on an appropriate date, such as remembrance day on 24 April. [13430/24]

Catherine Ardagh — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jen Cummins — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Máire Devine — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.