Dún Laoghaire — week of Mon, 27 May

What your Dún Laoghaire TDs did this week

Mon, 27 May – 2 Jun 2024 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 17 questions · 7 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Neutrality and the Triple Lock

2024-05-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 68–45

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Voted against 1 Richard Boyd Barrett

Did not vote 1 Barry Ward

The motion · motion passed 68–44

Voted for 2 Cormac Devlin · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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 2 votes · 3 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the delivery of affordable housing in 2023 compared to 2022; his expectations for same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24311/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the provision of specialist staff to boost delivery of more affordable homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24310/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24577/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

Comhlámh · 2 returns Foreign Affairs
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asked representatives to vote in support for South African case at the ICJ
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill — Fine Gael 2 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Comhlámh Foreign Affairs
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ

Richard Boyd Barrett — People Before Profit-Solidarity 2 votes · 14 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what grants or supports are available to a person with intellectual disabilities owing to an injury (details supplied), where the individual received a substantial compensation award on foot of this injury and whose assessed income therefore disqualifies them for social housing; whether this award can be excluded for the purposes of income assessment; what non-means tested housing supports are available to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23561/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his plans to further strengthen the capacity of local authorities to increase delivery of social housing, as stated in the strategic investment priorities of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering additional funding to the Land Development Agency for a specific purpose of funding acquisition of long-term vacant and derelict buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19524/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is planning any further spending on capacity and resources for local authorities to tackle vacancy and dereliction of properties and to increase the stock of social and affordable housing as indicated in the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16221/24]
Education 3 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the plan for a new-build school in Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23890/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will revise the new way of calculating special education resources to ensure that no school has a reduction in resources next year compared to this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23889/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education in relation to an urban DEIS band 1 primary school in circumstances (details supplied), what recourse is available to the school; how the school might be allocated an additional teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24477/24]
Social 2 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the recourse a person (details supplied) has in circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23534/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 701 of 2 February 2024, by what criteria schools that are expressing interest in the hot school meals programme are appraised in order to be granted provision of meals under the scheme; if she will provide the appropriate guidelines for schools expressing interest; when her Department projects achieving universal school cover by this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23675/24]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [21327/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23880/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of reports that planes associated with the flight school, charter flights and flight clubs at Weston Airport are operating outside of designated flight paths; if there are records monitoring the adherence of pilots to their designated flights; to supply any available records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23940/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether the National Development Plan has sufficiently taken into account and is adequately resourced to meet the growing demand for sports facilities, particularly with the very considerable and welcome growth of women’s sports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17859/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if she is considering or working on introducing any similar approach for dependant spouses of PhDs as has been introduced for stamp 1 general work permit employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24501/24]

New lobbying 3 returns

Comhlámh · 2 returns Foreign Affairs · Justice and Equality
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ
- Comhlámh together with their member group 'Ireland Says Welcome' ask the government to provide adequate housing and protection for IPAs
Lahiffe & Associates Finance
- Pre-Budget 2025 Submission