Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 1 Jul

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Jul – 7 Jul 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 22 questions · 12 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defence Forces

2024-07-03 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Gino Kenny · Mark Ward

Did not vote 2 Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-07-02 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–57

Voted for 1 Emer Higgins

Voted against 1 Eoin Ó Broin

Did not vote 3 Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Shane Moynihan

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 3 votes · 4 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Education 3 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school students enrolled in Lucan schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28379/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the number of post primary school students enrolled in Lucan schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28380/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education for an update on forward planning for additional schools in Lucan to meet extra demand driven by growth and projected growths in population through the development of Lucan and the Clonburris and Adamstown strategic zones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28381/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Social Protection the schools in DubIin mid-west that avail of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28382/24]

New lobbying 4 returns

Coeliac Society Of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- Launching a National Screening Programme for Coeliac Disease for 1-17yr olds
- Launching a National Screening Programme for Coeliac Disease for 1-17yr olds
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 9 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Housing 5 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the provision of funding to local authorities and approved housing bodies to fund remediation of defective concrete blocks in their housing stock. [28166/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the progress of Actions 7.1 to 7.6 of Housing for All, to date, and other actions his Department is taking to increase the supply of housing for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28167/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing allocations for people with disabilities in the years 2023-2024, broken down by physical, sensory, mental, intellectual or other classification of disability, in tabular form. [28168/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if child benefit is disregarded in the income assessment for social housing eligibility. [28170/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason staged payments via SHIP and SALF are possible for local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) to make staged payments for social housing delivery, while such staged payments are not available to local authorities and AHBs/cooperatives under the affordable housing fund for the delivery of affordable purchase homes. [28285/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection what protections or controls are in place to ensure that private landlords in counties where rent levels are lower are not incentivised to displace sitting tenants in order to secure the accommodation recognition payment where such a payment provides a greater return than existing market rent. [28219/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to state the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown of these payments by county; and to provide a breakdown of those payments by accommodation where the recipient is living in the property and where the property is exclusively occupied by recipients of temporary protection. [28218/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of a family reunification visa application (details supplied); and the current processing target times for applications of this nature, given the six-month target time advised in her Department’s FAQ has passed. [28612/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Finance the total revenue raised by the Exchequer in 2023 from VAT on new build residential homes; and if VAT reductions can be applied to new-build homes for sale to owner-occupiers only rather to all new build homes including those intended for the private rental market. [28911/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 4 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 30 April 2024, to report the item and amount per item, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28217/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the discussions his Department and or the HSE in taking over the running of a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28993/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions in place for community and voluntary organisations to support them financially when the auto-enrolment into pensions comes into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27871/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the long-term plans for the progression unit in Mountjoy Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27872/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.