Dublin Fingal East — week of Mon, 6 May

What your Dublin Fingal East TDs did this week

Mon, 6 May – 12 May 2024 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 11 questions · 14 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-05-08 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 1 Darragh O'Brien

Voted against 1 Duncan Smith

Did not vote 1 Ann Graves

Ann Graves — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Howth/Sutton Community Council Community
- Proposal to twin Howth with Cap D'Ail, France

Darragh O'Brien — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 9 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 9 returns

Property Owners Association of Ireland Limited (IPOA) Housing
- Policy around the Private Rental Sector
Crosscare Housing
- On the 18 April 2024 Ciara McGrath of Crosscare co-signed a letter sent by post and by email to Darragh O'Brien T.D. Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. The letter was about the General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and raised concern at the proposals to introduce “right to reside” and “habitual residence” conditions for access to social housing supports as set out in Part 2 of the General Scheme.
Trinity College Dublin Students' Union Social Protection
- Engaged by email with many politicians from independent and political parties. See full list below.
Irish Congress of Trade Unions EU Affairs
- Requesting sign up to ICTU Pledge and Manifesto for EU Elections 2024
Irish Institutional Property · 4 returns Housing · Environment
- IIP observations on Planning Bill
- IIP research on the ESG timeline for Real Estate
- Observations on housing delivery trends
- Communication on issues related to protection of existing pipeline of permissions in the new Draft Planning Bill 2023
Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health
- Highlighting the need for further resources to support the implementation of key strategies for neurological conditions. Highlighting the need for Consultant Neurology services in 5 regional hospitals across Ireland

Duncan Smith — Labour Party 1 vote · 11 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 7 questions
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health in tabular form the number of social worker posts that are authorised and the number that are filled in each hospital and clinic in Dublin, and larger hospitals broken down by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20384/24]
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, how the needs of the National Gender Service’s patients are increasingly complex; what statistics can be shared around the change in the proportion of clinical time spent on follow-up compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/24]
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 31 January 2024, if psychiatrists are a bottleneck for assessments, as indicated in the National Gender Service's July 2023 clinical governance committee minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20790/24]
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will provide a recent example of the sort of situation where it was necessary to meet with non-clinical groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/24]
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 31 January 2024, how meeting no such organisations in 2023 is in line with the National Gender Service model of care's commitment that "patient support and advocacy organisations will be involved in governance and service development”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20792/24]
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service considers the care it provides to be gender affirming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/24]
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 31 January 2024, if the National Gender Service will clarify which definition of gender affirming it meant with "promoting a gender affirming model of care" in a newspaper article in September 2023 (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20794/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the amount he has allocated to a project to proceed to planning in full (details supplied); whether any requests for further funding have been received by his Department; if he intends to fulfil those funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20262/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of the widespread destruction of ash trees right across the country, due to the ash dieback disease, he will consider positively the provision of grant incentives to householders, landowners and other tenants to replace trees on their holdings that have died due to the specific disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20387/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-05-08 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase and expand respite services in Waterford and west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-05-09 Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of an issue whereby documentation is being returned to passport offices despite not being correctly completed by gardaí, thereby delaying passport applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21069/24]

New lobbying 4 returns

Irish Green Building Council Housing
- Healthy Homes Ireland Campaign
Trinity College Dublin Students' Union Social Protection
- Engaged by email with many politicians from independent and political parties. See full list below.
The Medical Protection Society Limited Justice and Equality
- Highlighting our campaign on the human and financial cost of clinical negligence, and asking representatives to write to the relevant Ministers
Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health
- Highlighting the need for further resources to support the implementation of key strategies for neurological conditions. Highlighting the need for Consultant Neurology services in 5 regional hospitals across Ireland