Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 6 Jul

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Jul – 12 Jul 2020 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 26 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Affordable Housing

2020-07-09 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–60

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 82–61

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Rent and Mortgage Arrears

2020-07-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–61

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-07-07 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 30–14

Voted for 1 Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 4 Brendan Smith · Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the parents of a child with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and severe intellectual disability are entitled to a disabled parking permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14496/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when details of the sports capital programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14506/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific programmes of support will be put in place as a matter of urgency to assist the tourism and hospitality sector through present challenges in view of the severe impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/20]
Housing 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the funding available for local authorities for the voids programme will be increased for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14545/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the funding available to Cavan County Council for the Voids Programme will be increased in view of the need to bring vacant social houses back to habitable condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14547/20]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when a unit within his Department will be established to work towards a consensus on a shared island; and the overall remit of the unit. [14497/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the criteria for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14534/20]
Rural 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in reviewing the CLÁR programme; if there are plans to extend the areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14516/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if a project (details supplied) will be advanced to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide much needed additional accommodation at this healthcare facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14495/20]

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Agriculture 3 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason determined by his Department for the large discrepancy in prices secured by beef farmers from processors in this State compared to those in British markets; if he will conduct research into this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14542/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to encourage younger entrants into the farming sector considering that the latest Teagasc figures suggest that one in three farmers is over sixty years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14543/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a financial support scheme to those poultry farmers who were affected by Avian influenza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14544/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if advice was provided to healthcare workers and-or patients that they should not use commercial launderettes or dry cleaners during any stage of the Covid-19 pandemic; the scientific basis of such advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14473/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 specific advice, guidance or standards were provided to commercial launderettes or dry cleaners; if so, if he will provide copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14474/20]
Business 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if specific supports have been provided to the commercial launderette and dry-cleaning sectors; his plans to provide bespoke assistance to these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14569/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if local communities along the route of the proposed north-south interconnector which are of the view that the project should be undergrounded will be supported; if the project will be reviewed in view of the delays that have ensued to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/20]
Culture 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are proposals in place to reduce the prevalence of the invasive grey squirrel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14475/20]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 4 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13877/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if patients diagnosed with melanoma in the public health system here are only offered immunotherapy when in stage IV of the illness; the reason such treatment is not offered at stage III in view of the fact that half of patients at this stage advance to the next; his views on whether more lives would be saved if persons were offered such treatment earlier; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that adjuvant immunotherapy nivolumab, pembrolizumab and targeted therapy are available to some with private health insurance here but the public health service is not funding the medications; his further views on whether this is consistent with the goals of the National Cancer Strategy; and his plans to improve stage III melanoma treatments. [14210/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14218/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when an operation will take place for a person (details supplied). [14239/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in funding being made available to private bus operators during the Covid-19 pandemic that employ significant numbers of persons locally; if he will include private operators in the supports being provided to companies such as CIÉ; if his attention has been drawn to the need for supports to private operators in the interest of regional jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14286/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will meet with banks on behalf of mortgage holders whose mortgage contracts are being delayed due to the fact that they are in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; the steps he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14221/20]