Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 6 Jul

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Jul – 12 Jul 2020 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 43 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 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

The motion · motion passed 82–61

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Rent and Mortgage Arrears

2020-07-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–61

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

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 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 4 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the standard treatment plan and drug use for those suffering with stage III melanoma; if he will authorise the use of nivolumab and pembrolizumab for this condition in the public system in view of the fact it is currently the authorised treatment for this condition in the private health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14146/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if his Department will review the fact that the counselling doctorate offered by Trinity College Dublin and fully recognised and accredited by an organisation (details supplied) does not provide payment to students unlike the doctorate in clinical psychology which is offered by the five main Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14257/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of the licensing of patisiran for the effective treatment of nerve damage in view of the circumstances of a person (details supplied) and in further view of fact the drug is licensed in the UK and Northern Ireland. [14314/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he has considered issuing guidelines to nursing homes to ease visitor restrictions when there are no active cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14511/20]
Education 3 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a further appeal by a school (details supplied); if her Department will use discretion in view of the circumstances and projections to hand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14011/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14236/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the fact that the counselling doctorate offered by Trinity College Dublin, and fully recognised and accredited by an organisation (details supplied), does not provide payment to students unlike the doctorate in clinical psychology which is offered by the five main Irish universities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14258/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if face masks and face coverings will be mandatory in taxis and private operator vehicles such as limousines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14312/20]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 18 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Health 9 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [13856/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [13919/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be subscribed the treatment patisiran or gene silencer on compassionate grounds. [13938/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14122/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the income limits for over-70s medical cards will be reviewed in accordance with the decision in budget 2020. [14134/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the guidance for those aged 70 years of age or over, in particular when those within this age category can return to work. [14154/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if an urgent investigation will be conducted into the alleged neglect of nursing home residents during the Covid-19 restrictions; if specific direction was given to nursing homes on the way in which the additional funding allocated to nursing homes was to be spent; and if such funding was for additional PPE. [14227/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if direction will be given to nursing homes on when residents are allowed to leave the nursing home for day visits. [14228/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations regarding public health consultant contracts. [14326/20]
Education 3 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be prioritised. [13804/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works submitted by a school (details supplied) will be granted. [13830/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for SNAs to transfer to classroom assistants; when this will occur; and the processes that will be involved. [14231/20]
Communications 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a proposal raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the streamlining of trading online vouchers will be given consideration. [14185/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of fibre broadband supply on a road (details supplied). [14348/20]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure basic payment scheme, BPS, beef environmental efficiency pilot, BEEP, and beef data and genomics programme, BGDP for 2019 are awarded to a person (details supplied) following appeal. [13752/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 2020 basic payment scheme entitlements of a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [14229/20]
Culture 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when those engaged in the live music industry will be able to return to work. [14150/20]
Employment 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person can acquire a public services card at present. [14169/20]

New lobbying 2 returns

County Kildare Chamber · 2 returns Trade
- Letter to Minister Robert Troy responding to a request from Cllr Naoise O Cearuil
- Letter to Minister Robert Troy responding to a request from Cllr Naoise O Cearuil

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Transport 6 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the spend allocated and envisaged for the upgrading of the N4 from Mullingar to Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14489/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage the upgrading of the N4 from Mullingar to Longford is funded to; the date it is contracted to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14490/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there was a cost-benefit analysis undertaken on the upgrading of the N4 from Mullingar to Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14491/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be no additional tolls placed along the proposed upgrade of the N4 from Mullingar to Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14492/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the support package which will be put in place for bus and coach operators in rural and regional economies. [14493/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if immediate and clear messaging will be provided regarding the call for clarity by an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact current guidelines have caused confusion for both travel agents and their customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14494/20]
Justice 4 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revisit the issue of extending maternity leave for new mothers that are due to return to work but have lost out on precious time with their babies due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [14479/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of nurses and general practitioners to prisoners in each prison in February 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14486/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and addiction counsellors per prisoner per prison in February 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14487/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on waiting lists to access prison psychology services and addiction services in February 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14488/20]
Housing 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social homes in counties Longford and Westmeath that have had works completed under the energy efficiency and retrofitting programme; the average cost per unit for a two, three and four bed and OPD, respectively; the remaining number of homes; and the estimated costs. [14484/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on an amendment to the legislation that results in a child with a profound physical disability not being eligible in one parent's home for the provision of level access shower for personal hygiene and toileting needs in view of the fact it is not considered their principal private residence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14485/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when Lisadell day services, Mullingar, County Westmeath will reopen for day care services for those that, due to profound disability, urgently require this reopening; the activities which may not return; if a reduced amount of attending hours is envisaged upon reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14480/20]
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when day care services will reopen; when each day care service in counties Longford and Westmeath will reopen; when restrictions will be implemented to ensure adherence to health; the activities which may not return; if a reduced amount of attending hours is envisaged upon reopening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14483/20]
Business 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review the business restart grant to remove the barrier to small business in circumstances in which the qualification is linked to rateable premises in view of the number of businesses that operate, provide services and maintain and generate employment in the smaller towns and villages. [14481/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the centres of cultural significance in counties Longford and Westmeath that have low-level internet access, thereby affecting their ability to create an online footprint to advertise events and attract tourists. [14478/20]
Employment 1 question
- 2020-07-07 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason and criteria under which a person was refused an oral appeal regarding the decision to refuse a carer’s allowance. [14482/20]