Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 15 Apr — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Apr – 21 Apr 2019 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 41 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (Office of Tax Simplification) Bill 2018

2019-04-18 · 1 vote · Fianna Fáil PMB

A bill to create an Office of Tax Simplification for a time limited period of five years to advise the Minister for Finance on such matters

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 63–48

Voted for 2 Robert Troy · Willie Penrose

Voted against 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Peter Burke

Did not vote 2 Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

Public Transport

2019-04-18 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–64

Voted for 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Peter Burke

Voted against 2 Robert Troy · Willie Penrose

Did not vote 2 Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 44–69

Voted for 1 Robert Troy

Voted against 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Peter Burke · Willie Penrose

Did not vote 2 Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

The motion · motion failed 36–77

Voted for 1 Willie Penrose

Voted against 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 2 Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2019-04-16 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 71–46

Voted for 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Willie Penrose

Did not vote 2 Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 5 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) · 2 returns Transport
- IWA Longford wrote to Boxer Moran looking for support for Clár funding for new buses
- TD's Ministers and Councillors were lobbied to support Irish Wheelchair Association local applications to Clár for funding for new busses

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 5 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [17463/19]
Employment 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the bereavement grant will be reinstated. [17332/19]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a health and safety hazard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17953/19]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 35 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 35 total

Transport 15 questions
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for sports capital grant applications; and when he will announce recipients of funding under this scheme. [18010/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent driver testers that retired to date in 2019. [18312/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent driver testers employed. [18313/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent driver testers hired to date in 2019. [18314/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicles purchased in 2018; and the number purchased to date in 2019. [18315/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plan to purchase additional train carriages; the date by which these trains will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18316/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an audit will be carried out to assess the accessibility of train stations and trains for persons with disabilities. [18317/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding disbursed under the regional airports programme in each of the past five years by recipient in tabular form. [18318/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment made by Bus Éireann towards replacing its fleet; and the future investment programme for same by county. [18319/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of applications made by county to the local and regional roads safety programme in the past three years by county and year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18320/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of successful applications made by each county to the local and regional roads safety programme in the past three years by county and year in tabular form. [18321/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible bus stops nationally by county, in tabular form. [18322/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests his Department and agencies under its aegis have received for new bus shelters in each of the past three years by county, in tabular form. [18323/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average and longest waiting times for learner drivers to receive driver tests by county. [18324/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of converting the public rail network fully to electricity in terms of the cost of the trains and the infrastructure required, respectively; the estimated cost of converting the entire State owned bus fleet, that is, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus to fully electric vehicles by the cost of the buses and the infrastructure cost, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18325/19]
Health 5 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if home help hours will be awarded for a person (details supplied). [17677/19]
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an application for a refund under the cross-border directive by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [17961/19]
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an application for a refund under the cross-border directive by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [17962/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/19]
- 2019-04-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a date for optical surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [18196/19]
Communications 5 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband service will be provided to a property (details supplied) under phase 1 of the national broadband plan. [17431/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a broadband supply will be provided to a property (details supplied) as part of phase 1 of the national broadband plan. [17453/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a broadband service will be provided to a property (details supplied) under phase 1 of the national broadband plan. [17454/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be provided to a property (details supplied) as part of phase 1 of the national broadband plann. [17461/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the residents of a road (details supplied) will be provided with a broadband supply under phase one of the national broadband plan. [17556/19]
Finance 3 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance his views on deferring the additional 1% betting duty tax until such time as he has completed a review of this tax proposal. [17320/19]
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance when measures will be introduced to ensure insurance companies cannot refuse insurance in locations in which flood defence measures have been introduced. [10612/19]
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the status of the review his Department is undertaking on the 100% increase in betting duty. [17641/19]
Business 2 questions
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of fatal accidents in workplaces caused by animals, in particular fatal accidents on farms due to livestock in each of the years 2009 to 2018. [17517/19]
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of non-fatal accidents in workplaces caused by animals, in particular non-fatal accidents on farms due to livestock in each of the years 2009 to 2018. [17518/19]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Taoiseach the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original contract. [17259/19]
Justice 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that an applicant must undergo in applying for naturalisation; and if there is provision for an applicant of UK origin who is married to an Irish citizen, has been resident in the State for over 25 years and has an Irish born child to apply for naturalisation without paying the €2,000 application fee. [17693/19]
Housing 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 2 April 2019, the details of the applications for such exemptions to each local authority in each year since the introduction of the exemptions in tabular form. [17253/19]
Culture 1 question
- 2019-04-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason when issuing the compensation under the cessation of turf compensation scheme one of the terms was that the claimant must have been cutting turf on the land in question during the previous five years of 2010 to 2015 (details supplied). [17400/19]
Rural 1 question
- 2019-04-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will award funding under the CLÁR programme for a group (details supplied). [18003/19]

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Transport
- Irish wheelchair Association Mullingar branch asked Robert Troy to support there Clár application for a new bus

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.