Wicklow — week of Mon, 7 Oct

What your Wicklow TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Oct – 13 Oct 2019 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 36 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oil Tax

2019-10-08 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 97–36

Voted for 3 Andrew Doyle · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Jennifer Whitmore

Financial Resolution No. 3: Stamp Duties - Section 126AA Bank Levy

2019-10-08 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 93–35

Voted for 3 Andrew Doyle · Pat Casey · Simon Harris

Voted against 1 John Brady

Did not vote 2 Edward Timmins · Jennifer Whitmore

Edward Timmins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Whitmore — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

John Brady — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Agriculture 1 question
- 2019-10-09 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen that have signed up to the clean oceans initiative; the amount of waste that has been recovered; the costs to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41292/19]
Employment 1 question
- 2019-10-10 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 519 of 24 September 2019 and 616 of 1 October 2019, if the winter fuel payment will continue to be paid to persons living here in the case of a deal being reached between Britain and the EU27 and in a no-deal Brexit scenario. [41375/19]
Housing 1 question
- 2019-10-10 Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding allocated and drawn down by Wicklow County Council for Traveller accommodation in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [41475/19]

Pat Casey — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the number of persons living in direct provision centres nationally; his further plans to cease using hotels as emergency centres; the procedures for residents of these centres to make complaints against operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40908/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve and expand the existing community text alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/19]
- 2019-10-10 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda national protective service and its roll out and operations in Wicklow Garda Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/19]
Health 3 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health the progress being made in introducing a thorough newborn screening programme to provide lifesaving essential early diagnoses of conditions such as MLD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wicklow on waiting lists for home support hours. [40988/19]
- 2019-10-09 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 30 September 2019 waiting for homecare support by county in tabular form; the number of applications for homecare support up to 30 September by CHO areas 6 and 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41295/19]
Housing 3 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the fire station capital plan and the need to upgrade many fire stations such as Baltinglass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40907/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40946/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the roll out of the affordable housing scheme and serviced sites fund; the number of housing schemes approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40947/19]
Finance 2 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of the VAT rate to 9% to improve competitiveness in view of the fact this is the highest rate of VAT on tourist accommodation in the EU; the Brexit effects on British visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40910/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Finance the rank of Ireland in the EU in terms of the level of motor insurance and business insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/19]
Business 2 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses by county that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of such businesses that have been sanctioned financing to date; and the total value. [40986/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses by county that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme which opened in March 2018 up until the end of the third quarter of 2019; the number of such businesses that have been sanctioned financing to date; and the value of same. [41038/19]
Communications 2 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to quell health concerns regarding 5G roll out; the actions he will take to ensure that information is provided on the health impact of 5G roll out here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40933/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is planning to confirm plans with the European Commission this week to build gas import terminals here as a project of common interest that would allow the importing of fracked gas from the United States of America. [41035/19]
Employment 2 questions
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; when the issue will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40940/19]
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; when the review is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40945/19]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent proposals put forward at the EU Agriculture Council on the need to ensure there is no reduction in funding for CAP post 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40915/19]
Transport 1 question
- 2019-10-08 Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents of Blessington, County Wicklow, that BusConnects by itself will not provide adequate public transport capacity for the area; his plans to improve public transport in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40936/19]

Simon Harris — Fine Gael 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns