Galway West — week of Mon, 6 Jul

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Jul – 12 Jul 2020 · 6 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Affordable Housing

2020-07-09 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–60

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 3 John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

The motion · motion passed 82–61

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 3 John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Rent and Mortgage Arrears

2020-07-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–61

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 3 John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-07-07 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 30–14

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 5 Catherine Connolly · Hildegarde Naughton · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Catherine Connolly — Independent 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Employment 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of revocations of gender recognition certificates made by her pursuant to section 14 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14454/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of inquiries initiated under section 14 of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; the number of such investigations which are ongoing; the number of such investigations which have now concluded; the investigations which have concluded; the number concluded with a decision to revoke; the number concluded with a decision not to revoke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14455/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 549 to 561, inclusive, and 674 to 677, inclusive, of 11 June 2019, the reason the persons involved that acted in contravention of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 were not called to account under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies 2016, the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Midwives 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14225/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 national guidelines will be published to enable the reopening of day services including Alzheimer’s day services in HSE community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14252/20]
Business 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for transposition of the representative action directive; the body to be named as qualified entity for the purposes of launching actions for injunction and redress under the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14208/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 23 June 2020, the number of occasions on which each operator undertook the activity specified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14207/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if bus transport will be provided for the students participating in the July provision programme in a school (details supplied) in circumstances in which all steps have been taken to ensure maximum participation in the programme, including safe bus transport plans which have been agreed with bus escorts, drivers and bus contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14253/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the decision support service will be established and operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14220/20]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 outlined a central funding model for water services and removed the power of local authorities to make charges for supply of water for domestic purposes; the funding per year estimated by his Department to be made available for the provision of water services through this new funding model; the funding made available to date for the provision of water services as a direct result of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13854/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning applications relating to proposed developments on State-owned land that are submitted to a local authority by State bodies, such as the National Parks and Wildlife Service under the auspices of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, are required to be published publicly in regional newspapers and viewable free of charge in public buildings such as those at local authority headquarters, county libraries and or post offices; the penalties that exist for non-compliance with such planning requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13855/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing statutory non-compliance across the ETB sector in respect of the issuing of annual pension statements to employees (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to ensure the matter is rectified; and if adequate additional resources will be provided to ETBs to remedy the situation and give comfort and assurance to ETB staff members that they will not be adversely affected by unforeseen errors which have been allowed to prevail by their employers not adhering to their statutory requirements. [13790/20]

Noel Grealish — Independent 0 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Finance 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of taxpayers in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme who will have an additional tax, USC and or PRSA liability as a result of the tax at the end of 2020; the average amount liable; the number of taxpayers on the pandemic unemployment payment who are projected to have an additional tax, USC and or PRSA liability at the end of 2020 as a result of receiving same; the average amount liable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13820/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated following an appeal under the summer works scheme for urgent playground resurfacing for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14251/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant in CHO2; the number of vacant posts in the Saolta Hospital Group; the breakdown of the vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/20]

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.