Waterford — week of Mon, 27 May

What your Waterford TDs did this week

Mon, 27 May – 2 Jun 2019 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Vulture Funds

2019-05-30 · 1 vote

Amendment again put: · motion failed 31–64

Voted for 2 John Deasy · John Halligan

Voted against 1 Mary Butler

Did not vote 3 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane · John Cummins

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018

2019-05-30 · 1 vote · Fianna Fáil PMB

A bill to make provision for ease of access to a housing adaptation grant for people with a disability for those applicants qualifying for same and to provide for related matters

Amendment again put: · motion failed 32–65

Voted for 2 John Deasy · John Halligan

Voted against 1 Mary Butler

Did not vote 3 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane · John Cummins

Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Cullinane — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Business 2 questions
- 2019-05-28 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the number of vacant positions in each of the years 2001 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22609/19]
- 2019-05-28 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2001 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22614/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-05-28 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of paying 80% of the entry level rate to student teachers on placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/19]
Health 1 question
- 2019-05-28 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the 15 additional posts in disability services for children in the south east community healthcare area that have been secured to improve access and assessments by county (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/19]

John Cummins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 5 questions
- 2019-05-28 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 75 years of age and over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours in the first quarter of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22608/19]
- 2019-05-29 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need carried out by the ASD team located in Waterford city and county in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by age groups of zero to six, seven to 12 and 13 to 18 years of age in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22901/19]
- 2019-05-29 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the average length of time a child may be waiting for an assessment of need for an ASD diagnosis in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/19]
- 2019-05-29 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health the reason some HSE disability services in various CHOs are reluctant to accept privately sourced assessment of needs diagnosis for ASD which parents have privately undertaken from qualified medical personnel due to the length of the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22903/19]
- 2019-05-29 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Health when and the way in which the 15 additional posts promised under the 2019 National Service Plan of the HSE to improve access and assessments for children in County Waterford and the south-east will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/19]
Business 2 questions
- 2019-05-28 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific measures being put in place to attract foreign direct investment from companies engaged in the commercialisation of all forms of intellectual property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22523/19]
- 2019-05-28 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether uncertainty over the treatment of intellectual property assets in the tax system is hampering efforts to attract foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22524/19]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2019-05-28 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Taoiseach the value which the development of intellectual property contributed to the economy in 2018. [22525/19]
Education 1 question
- 2019-05-28 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for funding by a school (details supplied) will be determined; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22639/19]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2019-05-29 Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures in place to detect disease on imported bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22924/19]