Mon, 29 Jun – 5 Jul 2020 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Peter Burke — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
4 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked4 total
Education3 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a recently submitted application for emergency works by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13106/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 16 June 2020, when a decision will issue in relation to a school (details supplied) in view of the fact all information has been returned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13300/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing the July provision to take place in mainstream schools that do not have an ASD unit but have students with special needs due to the importance for these students to get back into a school routine and have some social interaction ahead of returning to school in September 2020; if her Department has considered this already; if so, the outcome of such considerations; if her Department will consider engaging teachers and SNAs, many of which are willing to provide this service in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13336/20]
Health1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health his plans to prevent the banned substance MMS from entering the market here and being sold illegally to parents of autistic children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12756/20]
Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
17 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked17 total
Health3 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a decision on an application for respite by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [12903/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the status of efforts to licence the drug patiserin in the treatment of hereditary amyloidosis. [13006/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the local centres that cater to adults with disabilities are reopening. [13182/20]
Transport3 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on appeals to the large-scale capital programmes; and if he will review an appeal by Westmeath County Council for a regional sports centre. [12845/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the backlog of driver tests; and when instructors will resume lessons. [13027/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the N4 upgrade; the justification for this spend; his views on whether it would be a better use of public finances to widen the current N4 and reroute the at grade access points; the stage to which the scheme is funded and contracted, respectively; and if there is a cost-benefit analysis report showing the need for the N4 upgrade. [13072/20]
Finance2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the case of a person (details supplied). [12758/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be taxed on the emergency Covid-19 payment they received for a number of weeks whilst unable to work due to Covid-19 restrictions. [12769/20]
Communications2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of fibre broadband to a property (details supplied). [13022/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider accelerating the roll out of broadband to ten areas most adversely effected by the closure of Bord na Móna. [13288/20]
Employment2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly by which persons in receipt of a widow's pension can receive the emergency Covid-19 payment if they lose work due to restrictions but persons in receipt of a widow’s pension cannot qualify for illness benefit. [12743/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons that are unable to work due to being high risk and are on an illness benefit payment cannot qualify for the higher rate of illness benefit of €350; and my attention has been drawn to the fact that an applicant can qualify for the higher rate of €350 for only two weeks before the payment reverts to the lower payment. [12788/20]
Public1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the clerical officer positions advertised by the Public Appointments Service with an application closing date of 24 March 2020 will be filled. [12905/20]
Education1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding returning to full-time education in September 2020. [12744/20]
Agriculture1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remuneration available to owners of callow land along the Shannon catchment area. [13316/20]
Children1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address an issue with regard to the second ECCE year for the coming term (details supplied). [13308/20]
Housing1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a list of new build social houses will be published for each of the years 2016 to 2019, by local authority; and the target for each year in tabular form. [13296/20]
Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
15 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked15 total
Health4 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the developing situation with nursing and midwifery staff of Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar that are due to return from maternity leave having utilised all of their other leave entitlements and are now being forced to consider leaving their careers due to the lack of available childcare. [13588/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford that have had cancer screening appointments cancelled due to Covid-19; and the additional resources which will be made available to ensure these vital and potentially lifesaving programmes can adequately deal with the additional numbers on their waiting lists. [13590/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Westmeath that have had cancer screening appointments cancelled due to Covid-19; and the additional resources which will be made available to ensure these vital and potentially lifesaving programmes can adequately deal with the additional numbers on their waiting lists. [13591/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait for an appointment. [13598/20]
Transport3 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting list figures for counties Longford and Westmeath by testing centre and number of persons awaiting driver tests in tabular form. [13584/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources which will be put in place in counties Longford and Westmeath to reduce the backlog of persons waiting for their driver tests [13585/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional campaigns and resources that will be made available to Fáilte Ireland to encourage tourism and staycations in Ireland’s Ancient East and Hidden Heartlands regions for the remainder of 2020. [13599/20]
Education2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the situation of children with additional learning needs that attend a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13596/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and the action she will take to ensure the ongoing issue is resolved for the opening in September 2020. [13597/20]
Housing2 questions
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the additional resources which will be provided to Westmeath County Council to reimburse it for the direct and extraordinary costs incurred relating to Covid-19 emergency measures such as purchasing of information and communications technology equipment to facilitate staff working from home, costs associated with testing centres, loss of rates income, loss of paid parking revenue and loss of working hours due to staff now undertaking risk assessment work. [13586/20]
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the additional resources which will be provided to Longford County Council to reimburse it for the direct and extraordinary costs incurred relating to Covid-19 emergency measures such as purchasing of information and communications technology equipment to facilitate staff working from home, costs associated with testing centres, loss of rates income, loss of paid parking revenue and loss of working hours due to staff now undertaking risk assessment work. [13587/20]
Foreign1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a meeting was planned for early 2020 with those proposing a Hong Kong style, independent, municipality here; if the meeting was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if so, if it has been rescheduled for a later date. [13595/20]
Justice1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources provided to the services working with those experiencing domestic abuse in counties Longford and Westmeath during Covid-19. [13593/20]
Communications1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of operators that are licensed waste tyre disposal entities but are not registered with an organisation (details supplied) in counties Longford and Westmeath [13594/20]
Employment1 question
2020-06-30Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a group (details supplied) had its community employment scheme workers removed. [13592/20]