Mon, 1 Jun – 7 Jun 2020 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 32 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Charles Ward — 100% RDR
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
14 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked14 total
Agriculture4 questions
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of EU countries to which his attention has been drawn as having applied for an emergency exemption to allow for the continued use of the herbicide diquat (details supplied); if he will apply for an exemption on behalf of Ireland; if his Department has carried out an assessment of the impact that the removal of the herbicide will have on the potato sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9416/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest EU level discussions regarding fisheries in upcoming Brexit negotiations and the latest reports (details supplied) that the UK wants to replace relative stability with zonal attachment; and the position Ireland has taken on this at EU level. [9488/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the main elements of the EU Commission farm to fork and biodiversity strategies; if his Department will undertake an analysis of both strategies with respect to the impact on farm incomes, the environment and on the agrifood sector here; and the likely timeframe for the final strategies to be agreed at EU level and timetable for impact assessments to be carried out. [9489/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the opinion of four fish producer organisations (details supplied) that the Covid-19 voluntary fleet tie-up scheme announced by him is inadequate to meet the needs of the sector; and if he will engage with the producer organisations in order to amend the scheme. [9579/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines for taxis returning to work post Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8363/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the obligations on an airline to refund passengers that are unable to travel due to restrictions on undertaking unnecessary travel; the options available to a person (details supplied) having difficulties in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9028/20]
Foreign1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in addressing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9293/20]
Finance1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Finance his plans to allow persons that are registered blind to avail of tax relief under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8845/20]
Education1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase capacity at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9275/20]
Health1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has received an application for acarizax to be added to the reimbursement list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8581/20]
Communications1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an overview of the EU and national level regulation pertaining to eel fishing; and if his Department has reviewed the decision regarding the closure of eel fishing and the impact on local jobs and communities as set out in correspondence (details supplied). [9487/20]
Children1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allocating a family resource status to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8417/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will extend the school lunch programme until the end of August 2020; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9125/20]
Housing1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the guidelines required to facilitate the mica redress scheme to open for applications will be published by his Department; the reason for the delay in publishing the guidelines; the date on which he expects the scheme to open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9335/20]
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
7 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked7 total
Health6 questions
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment date in the ENT clinic in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8583/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of residents of nursing homes disaggregated by the number or percentage of residents in private and voluntary nursing homes and in public nursing homes. [9353/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of residents of nursing homes who died from Covid-19 related illnesses disaggregated by the number or percentage of those residents in private and voluntary nursing homes and in public nursing homes. [9354/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of residents as a proportion of all nursing home residents living in nursing homes reported by HIQA to the HSE as those centres with poor compliance with key regulations, as those services were at increased risk of Covid-19 outbreaks as per HIQA evidence at the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020; and the proportion of this cohort of residents living in private and voluntary settings compared to public settings. [9355/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of residents living in nursing homes reported by HIQA to the HSE as those centres with poor compliance with key regulations, as those services were at increased risk of Covid-19 outbreaks as per HIQA evidence before the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 who died from Covid-19 related illnesses as a proportion of all those nursing home residents who died from Covid-19 related illnesses. [9356/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 10 October 2019, the progress made with the review; when the review will conclude; if the findings of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9490/20]
Finance1 question
2020-06-03Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when vehicle registration tax offices will reopen. [8375/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current and long-standing issue of the recruitment and retention crisis within the fire and rescue services nationally and that the last meaningful engagement with significant improvement for retained firefighters was the composite agreement which took place in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mass exodus of fully trained and experienced firefighters from the fire and rescue service over the past number of years well before retirement age due to their inability to have a work-life balance and the 50% drop in calls nationally that in turn makes it not financially viable to stay in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8437/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fire calls are being vetted by fire service management (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that fire service call charges differ from county to county not only in amounts charged to the public and that some counties have call charges and others do not; and the reason persons have to pay for availing of this front-line service but no other front-line service such as An Garda Síochána or the ambulance services. [8438/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the fire and rescue service is the best geographically placed organisation to deliver on the co-responder project which would help in reducing the death toll in cardiac arrest and respiratory emergencies in rural areas; and if he will work with the Minister for Health to complete the memorandum of understanding commenced by his predecessors and enable the fire and rescue service to be deployed to respond to these emergency situations. [8439/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that stated that the retained fire service was not fit for purpose; and his plans to ensure that the proposals will now be implemented. [8440/20]
Health2 questions
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if mental health workers in the public, private and community sectors returning to work are being prioritised for Covid-19 testing; and if not, the reason therefor. [8575/20]
2020-06-03Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign by families of persons with amyloidosis here to be provided with the drug patisiran as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/20]