Galway West — week of Mon, 18 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Nov – 24 Nov 2019 · 6 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 38 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Hospital Overcrowding

2019-11-21 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 39–66

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Seán Kyne

Voted against 3 Catherine Connolly · Noel Grealish · Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 20–88

Voted for 1 Catherine Connolly

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

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Finance Bill 2019: Order for Fifth Stage

2019-11-20 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 45–19

Voted for 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Voted against 1 Catherine Connolly

Abstained 1 Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Finance Bill 2019: Fifth Stage

2019-11-20 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 45–19

Voted for 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Voted against 1 Catherine Connolly

Abstained 1 Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Catherine Connolly — Independent 4 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes purchased in 2018 and to date in 2019; if funding has been secured in 2020 for the purchase of extra mountain bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47305/19]
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda national cybercrime unit in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the budget allocation for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/19]
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda national economic crime bureau in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the budget allocation for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/19]
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision in relation to an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47352/19]
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been made wards of court since the passing of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47764/19]
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the investigation and prosecution of sexual offences due in December 2018 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47763/19]
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the tender process for a direct provision centre in the western region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47765/19]
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 8 October 2019, the number of applications received, granted and refused, respectively, for labour market access permission; the number in employment; of those; the number residing in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47762/19]
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the commitment to admit 4,000 persons under the relocation and resettlement programmes will be met; the number of persons admitted to date; the number being accommodated in emergency accommodation and in emergency reception and orientation centres by length of stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47761/19]
Education 2 questions
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition and development process in relation to a school (details supplied); the status of the expansion of the existing site; the current capacity and waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47505/19]
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 22 January 2019, if a school (details supplied) will be included in the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, scheme; the reason the school was not included in DEIS plan 2017; the reason the school remains excluded from the programme; the status of the further analysis on other variables known to be strong predictors of educational disadvantage in the context of resource allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/19]
Culture 2 questions
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocation to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the projected funding for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47310/19]
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the dates in 2018 and to date in 2019 she has visited each of the national culture institutions in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47311/19]
Defence 1 question
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on USA manufactured equipment and services in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47309/19]
Foreign 1 question
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met the Irish Consul to Sydney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47304/19]
Transport 1 question
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vacancies by job title in the air accident investigation unit; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47308/19]
Rural 1 question
- 2019-11-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget for the community facilities scheme in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in tabular form; the budget allocation for same in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47303/19]
Finance 1 question
- 2019-11-21 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the number of pre-budget submissions received by his Department in relation to budget 2020; the number of these he read in full; the organisations to which they refer; the number summarised by officials for his information; the organisations to which they refer; the number of organisations his Department met following their submission; the procedure followed by his Department in relation to engaging with organisations when a submission is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48394/19]
Health 1 question
- 2019-11-21 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 16 April 2019, the additional funding his Department will provide towards the delayed digitalised registration system in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in addition to the contribution already made of €44,480; if the NMBI will be funding the remainder of the total project cost of €2,089,500 from nurses and midwives annual retention fees; the status of the expected new go-live date of the registration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48409/19]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 4 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Restaurants Association of Ireland Education and Training
- Requested to contribute / give evidence to the Joint Committee on Education and skills regarding apprenticeships

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 · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Education 2 questions
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the upper age limits for school bus drivers beyond 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48111/19]
- 2019-11-21 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will calculate a split in the figures to show the school transport net surplus profit for each year separately from the combined commercial and school net surplus deficit as reported in the Bus Éireann statutory accounts in the annual reports from 1997 to 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48405/19]
Finance 1 question
- 2019-11-20 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if the interdepartmental report on pensions simplification has been referred to him for sign-off; the date of proposed publication of the report; if there will be a consultation period subsequent to the publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48110/19]

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