Galway West — week of Mon, 21 Oct

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Oct – 27 Oct 2019 · 6 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions

2019-10-24 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–47

Voted for 4 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Catherine Connolly

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network

2019-10-24 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–87

Voted for 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Voted against 2 Catherine Connolly · Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 27–106

Voted against 4 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne · Éamon Ó Cuív

Abstained 1 Catherine Connolly

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

The motion · motion passed 87–50

Voted for 2 Catherine Connolly · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Catherine Connolly — Independent 4 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Rural 5 questions
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 11 July 2019, when he plans to publish the findings of the review of the charitable status of Pobal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/19]
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications by county received under the second call for category one applications to the rural regeneration and development fund; when a decision will be made in respect of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/19]
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the person or body responsible for overseeing and ensuring the delivery of the recommendations of the review of local community development committees; the steps taken to date following the publication of the report in July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43830/19]
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the membership of the implementation group overseeing the delivery of the national social enterprise policy; the number of times the group has met; the terms of reference of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43827/19]
- 2019-10-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each project allocated funds under the rural regeneration and development fund; if he is satisfied that each financial allocation will be drawn down by year end 2019; if not, the status of the funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/19]
Foreign 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his Colombian counterpart on the assertion by the special jurisdiction for peace in Colombia that between 500 and 600 persons could be buried in unmarked graves in the zone of the Hidroituango construction project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43243/19]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 4 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2019-10-23 Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Health if a general practice which accepts medical card patients is allowed impose an administrative charge of €20 when administering the flu vaccine to a person over 65 years of age who is in possession of a medical card or general practitioner visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43748/19]

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Noel Grealish — Independent 4 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Taoiseach 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Taoiseach the amount sent out of Ireland in personal remittances in each of the past ten years; and the countries to which they were sent each year. [42801/19]
Communications 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland has not ratified the protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground level ozone which Ireland signed on 1 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43510/19]
Transport 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas green line; the number, length and passenger capacity of type 401 and 402 trams operating on the line; the number of type 401 and 402 trams that have been lengthened; the number of type 502 tram sets operating on the line; the passenger capacity of the type 502 tram; the number of type 502 tram sets on order but not delivered to date; the date by which it is expected that each of 502 tram sets will be delivered; the date by which they are expected to be in service; the number of 55 m tram sets expected to be in service at the end of 2020; the planned percentage increase in passenger capacity of trams operating on the Luas green line over the period 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43056/19]
Culture 1 question
- 2019-10-22 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if schools in the Gaeltacht were notified of the clár na gcluichí gaelach scheme or the way in which to apply; the way in which the schools were chosen for funding under this scheme; the reason no schools in the Gaeltacht areas on the east side of Galway city were chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43008/19]

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns