Mon, 8 Jun – 14 Jun 2020 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 51 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 ·
13 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked13 total
Agriculture4 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the work of a cross-Departmental group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9911/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application for a felling licence by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9937/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a scheme (details supplied) to deal with the surplus of potatoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10127/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the latest EU Commission MFF budget and CAP funding proposals; if he will provide a breakdown of total EU funding proposed under Pillars 1 and 2 at EU and member state level. [10433/20]
Education2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of private school bus operators (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10100/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance is available for a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10129/20]
Communications2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if high speed broadband will be made available to persons working from home due to Covid-19 restrictions at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9720/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when deep sea angling can commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9933/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to help safeguard jobs at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9736/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place for hotels that have more than 50 employees; if there will be a restart grant introduced for hotels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if points raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; if a response will issue in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9660/20]
Housing1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a Land Registry application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9955/20]
Culture1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports in place to support the bean an tí in the Donegal Gaeltacht in 2020 in view of the fact that all summer courses are cancelled as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10177/20]
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
6 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked6 total
Finance2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered legislation, as has been implemented in other EU jurisdictions, that would prohibit the accrual of debt for the period of moratorium for those availing of a mortgage moratorium or payment break; the way in which it would interact with European Banking Authority guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the insurance industry in relation to business interruption caused by Covid-19 and in the event of further outbreaks of Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021; the impact the UK High Court test case on business interruption by the UK Financial Conduct Authority will have on businesses here but with insurance policies provided or underwritten by UK companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/20]
Business2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications, loans or grants approved under the Covid-19 working capital scheme, the credit guarantee scheme, the Covid-19 loan through Microfinance Ireland and the €250 million restart grant for small businesses since 23 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10257/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the value of applications, loans or grants approved under the Covid-19 working capital scheme, the credit guarantee scheme, the Covid-19 loan through Microfinance Ireland and the €250 million restart grant for small businesses since 23 March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10258/20]
Education1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decision to downgrade the LYIT school of tourism to a department within the school of business; the plans in relation to the future of the LYIT Killybegs campus; if there are plans to facilitate other courses from other departments in LYIT within the campus; his plans to ensure that the Killybegs campus will have a representative at the governing board of LYIT in the future that will represent the interests of the Killybegs campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10265/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual leave entitlements childcare professionals and workers are entitled to during the current Covid-19 pandemic period in which they are not working; if employers can insist such workers take annual leave during the period in which they are not working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10087/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on advancing to the construction phase of the new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [9782/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional income provided to students that were working part-time and are now in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will be factored into their income eligibility for student grants under SUSI in 2021. [9783/20]
Business2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the necessary health and safety inspections by the HSA of workplaces will commence; and if the HSA has been resourced with the requisite number of staff to meet these responsibilities. [9786/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will encourage the employment agencies of the State to proactively engage with the private and community enterprises across County Donegal in textile and other sectors to develop their potential to continue to manufacture personal protective equipment, hospital scrubs and other health service garments and to sustain this supply chain into the future. [9784/20]
Transport2 questions
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to facilitate the return to work of driving instructors; the timeframe for same; and if he will work with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure the return to work for the sector is at the same time across the island of Ireland in order to not disenfranchise driving instructors based in Border counties. [9791/20]
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the recommencement of the driver test system nationwide. [9792/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the proposed draft legislation to replace sworn affidavits with statements of truth; and the difference between the proposed statement of truth and a sworn affidavit in practical and operational terms and in terms of legal consequence and validity. [10092/20]
Agriculture1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assurances will be provided to the organisers of pigeon racing that birds from Northern Ireland can be transported here for the purposes of racing; and the point of contact in his Department for queries on this matter. [9966/20]
Culture1 question
2020-06-09Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make contact with the Spanish Government to offer assistance to Valladolid City Council and the team undertaking works to locate the resting place of Red Hugh O’Donnell (details supplied); and if she will pursue the objective of returning the remains back to County Donegal. [9787/20]