Mon, 2 Mar – 8 Mar 2020 · 3 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 66 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin
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19 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked19 total
Housing6 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for the drop in funding for County Galway despite its size compared with counties of a similar size, for example, County Cork, which receive more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3282/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the frequency with which HAP limits for local authorities outside Dublin are reviewed; the criteria that must be met in order for HAP limits to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3294/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps persons seeking private rented accommodation can take in cases in which they are discriminated against by landlords in view of the fact they are HAP tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3295/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new builds in County Roscommon in each of the past five years; the number of new builds in Ballinasloe, County Galway; the number of residential properties taken under the control of the local authorities in both locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the fact that a fire station (details supplied) has been closed for over three years; if he will communicate with the relevant local authority in view of the concern for public safety in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is a mileage allowance for chief fire officers and assistant chief fire officers in local authorities for the use of their own private car in the fire service; if these personnel can use official fire service vehicles for their own private use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/20]
Health5 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health his plans for a former HSE property (details supplied); the services that will be provided there; the number of staff that will be employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3309/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Roscommon and Galway that have been awarded home care but are still waiting for same due to funding not being made available. [3310/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reopen the accident and emergency unit at Roscommon Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3311/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if additional nursing staff will be hired to staff the new 50-bed unit planned for Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; the current stage the plans are at for the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3312/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to move services currently available at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3313/20]
Public3 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the establishment of a single authority to manage and take responsibility for the River Shannon which would include key stakeholders, including a number of community representatives that have first-hand experience of flooding on the river; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3303/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grants or schemes available to communities affected by flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3304/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on flood relief in County Roscommon in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3305/20]
Education3 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be given the allocation for SNAs for September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3314/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the new process for the allocation of SNAs; if schools will be informed of the criteria used by his Department in such allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3315/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to ensure that insurance costs for special schools will be affordable and avoid the insurance crisis experienced by those schools in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3316/20]
Transport1 question
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be allocated to local authorities for the maintenance of roads affected by the recent flooding; if not, the other grants or schemes for roads that can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3306/20]
Culture1 question
2020-03-05Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the hedge cutting season will be extended by two weeks in recognition of the level of rainfall and the impact on hedgerow management. [3281/20]
Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland
0 votes ·
33 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked33 total
Health19 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the status in respect of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 of the consultation process by the director of the decision support service on the recommendations of the multidisciplinary working group, which were submitted to it on 21 December 2018; the timeline for the completion of the consultation process and the publication of the final code of practice as prescribed by the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2842/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 363 of 18 June 2019 and 117 of 25 September 2019, when approval will be given to fill the position in the area medical office of the primary care centre in Roscommon town to enable medical assessments for the primary medical certificate to be carried out on patients who have applied for the primary medical certificate, and whose assessments have now been on hold for more than ten months as a result of staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2843/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the official legal contract commencement date for a contract (details supplied) was 1 February 2018. [3824/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding spent on incontinence products under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019. [3825/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of cases or cartons of incontinence products supplied under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019. [3826/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the official legal contract starting date for a contract (details supplied) was 1 February 2018. [3827/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid or incurred for the distribution of incontinence products under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019. [3828/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of cases or cartons of incontinence products distributed under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019. [3829/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid for incontinence products under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019. [3830/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of cases or cartons of incontinence products supplied under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019. [3831/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid or incurred for the distribution of incontinence products under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019. [3832/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of incontinence products distributed under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019. [3833/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received about incontinence products supplied under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019; and if he will provide a copy of each complaint. [3834/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received about the distribution of incontinence products supplied under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019; and if he will provide a copy of each complaint. [3835/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received about incontinence products supplied under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019; and if he will provide a copy of each complaint. [3836/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints received about incontinence products supplied under a contract (details supplied) from 1 February 2019 to 31 July 2019; and if he will provide a copy of each complaint. [3837/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if direct payments of public money were made by the HSE to the supplier or contractor of a contract (details supplied) between 1 February 2018 and 31 January 2019; and if so, the amounts and frequency of the payments. [3838/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if direct payments of public money were made by the HSE to the supplier or contractor of a contract (detail supplied) between 1 February 2019 and 31 July 2019; and if so, the amounts and frequency of the payments. [3839/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3840/20]
Business12 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of supplier invoices and the value of each which were processed for payment by each Department and State body in each of the years 2013 to 2019. [3841/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of supplier invoices which were processed by each Department and State body in each of the years 2013 to 2019 which received interest payments under the prompt payment of accounts legislation. [3842/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the value of interest payments for supplier invoices which received interest payments under the prompt payment of accounts legislation and which were processed by each Department and State body in each of the years 2013 to 2019. [3843/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of supplier invoices which received both interest payments and compensation payments under the prompt payment of accounts legislation and which were processed by each Department and State body in each of the years 2013 to 2019. [3844/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the value of interest payments and compensation payments for supplier invoices which received interest payments under the prompt payment of accounts legislation and which were processed by each Department and State body in each of the years 2013 to 2019. [3845/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the standard processes in place between 2013 and 2019 across each Department and State body to ensure suppliers' invoices were processed in compliance with the prompt payment of accounts legislation. [3846/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the auditing and oversight mechanisms in place in her Department to ensure that standard processes are in place across each Department and State body to ensure that suppliers' invoices are processed in full compliance with the prompt payment of accounts legislation. [3847/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the international auditing standards, such as ISO 9001, in place to ensure that standard processes are in place across each Department and State body to ensure that all suppliers' invoices are processed in compliance with the prompt payment of accounts legislation. [3848/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been accurate and traceable systems in place between 2013 and 2019 across each Department and State body to ensure that the receipt date of all suppliers' invoices are accurately and systematically recorded to ensure that supplier invoices can be processed in strict compliance with the prompt payment of accounts legislation. [3849/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Departments and State bodies that did not have an accurate and traceable system between 2013 and 2019 to ensure that the receipt date of all suppliers' invoices are accurately and systematically recorded in order that supplier invoices can be processed in strict compliance with the prompt payment of accounts legislation. [3850/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the compliance levels here and the possible level of exposure facing Ireland in respect of a recent court case (details supplied). [3853/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the quantity of invoices which were paid 90 or more days after receipt by Departments or State bodies in each of the years from 2013 to 2019; and her views on whether the remedies for suppliers in the current prompt payment of accounts legislation in respect of payments after 90 days are appropriate. [3854/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a registered hackney carrying passengers as a public service vehicle cannot use bus lanes particularly in the case of hospital appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2844/20]
2020-03-05Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend legislation to allow hackneys as a public service vehicle for hire use bus lanes in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2845/20]