Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 23 Sept

What your Dublin Bay South TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Sept – 29 Sept 2024 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 18 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Childcare

2024-09-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 66–58

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

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

The motion · motion passed 69–57

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-09-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–54

Voted for 1 Jim O'Callaghan

Voted against 1 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 1 vote · 6 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 6 total

Children 6 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 May 2024, for data underpinning the figures provided in Table 1 (details supplied). [37579/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the annual early years sector profile survey was completed by Pobal for the programme year 2023-2024; and when the results of this survey will be added to the Early Learning and Childcare Data website. [37580/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 15 May 2024, if any exercise to determine average weekly figures for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023 or 2023-2024 programme years has been carried out by any State agency in order to compare to the figures for 2020-2021 as provided in the reply; if so, the data underpinning these averages; and if this data will be made publicly available. [37581/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parent statements provided by each partner service for the programme years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 will be made publicly available; and the reason these documents have not been made publicly available heretofore given that section 7.4 of the Core Funding Partner Service Agreement Year 1 provides that each partner service agrees to allow the Minister or scheme administrator to publish their parent statement. [37582/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that parents are made aware of how they can request a fee review of the fees policy of their partner service creche; and his views on his Department’s plans to direct all 30 childcare committees to provide a dedicated section on their websites advertising their role in this process and nominating a contact person within the childcare committee. [37583/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the way parents can compare fees being charged by their partner service creche to those frozen from the 2021-2022 programme year, noting that these frozen fee levels are not available from the National Childcare Scheme or from local childcare committees. [37584/24]

New lobbying 1 return

National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators

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 3 votes · 12 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 12 total

Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the student intake number of non-EEA students in both UCC and TCD dental schools for the years 2006 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [38274/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-EEA graduates in both UCC and TCD dental schools for the years 2006 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [38275/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to upgrade the dental school in University College Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38276/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the capacity of Irish dental schools to increase dental graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider closing the International Protection Office on Mount Street and establishing smaller application centres throughout the country, in order that all applicants are not required to congregate on Mount Street, Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37492/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the review of the enforcement of child maintenance orders. [38098/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD classrooms available to children with special needs attending national schools in the Dublin 4 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37853/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units that have received planning permission with conditions restricting the bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser and ring-fencing them for owner occupiers since May 2021, by each local authority, in tabular form. [37480/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to establishing a mechanism to validate the registration status of the owner’s address for those who have microchipped their pet dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37519/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons at present being provided with accommodation by IPAS that have been granted or refused international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37493/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list for each local health area as of 1 September 2024, or latest date available; the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12, and the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-4, 5-17, 18-64 years and aged 65 plus, in tabular form. [37798/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of reducing employers’ PRSI by 1.5%. [38428/24]

New lobbying 1 return

National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators