Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 13 Jul

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Jul – 19 Jul 2020 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 41 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension

2020-07-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–64

Voted against 2 Claire Kerrane · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

The motion · motion passed 79–64

Voted against 2 Claire Kerrane · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Employment Rights

2020-07-16 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–58

Voted for 1 Denis Naughten

Voted against 2 Claire Kerrane · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Employment 10 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when oral hearings as part of social welfare appeals will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15235/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provision will be made for those in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit to retain some of their PRSI stamps in view of the fact that their ability to seek work was restrained due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15236/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those aged 65 years of age in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit at the end of each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16038/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the self-employed can apply for the enterprise support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16418/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact self-employed persons have had their pandemic unemployment payments reduced to €203 on the basis of 2018 tax returns; if she will allow 2019 tax returns to be examined and the higher rate of the two be paid in view the unique difficulties faced by the self-employed at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16419/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the self-employed are having their 2018 tax returns examined in order to determine their rates under the pandemic unemployment payment rather than 2019 tax returns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16420/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the poverty impact assessment of reduced jobseeker rates for 18 to 24 year olds as committed to in the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019; and when the assessment will be published. [16422/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the report on the cost of hearing aids and the adequacy of financial supports as committed to in the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019; and when the report will be published. [16423/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the criteria to qualify for the treatment benefit scheme as committed to in the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019; and when the review will be published. [16424/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed that have had their pandemic unemployment payments reduced to €203. [16425/20]
Business 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant will be extended to sole traders who do not pay local authority rates in view of the fact that they could not and did not trade due to the effect of the Covid-19 crisis on their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14736/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a waiver for student accommodation for those beginning third level in September 2020 in view of the fact that some colleges may be delayed in resuming on campus in order to assist parents and students with accommodation costs for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15145/20]
Justice 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if maternity leave for new mothers whose maternity leave is due to cease during Covid-19 will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14746/20]
Rural 1 question
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available for the reopening of not-for-profit community groups following closure due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16421/20]

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 3 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Agriculture 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to visit the Drumkeeran area in County Leitrim to witness the damage the recent landslide has caused to farmland; if the affected farmers will be given a waiver to their basic payment scheme applications for three to five years in order to reinstate the farmland in view of the fact it was an act of God; if a fund will be put in place to support the farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15901/20]
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason, when a farmer carries out an annual TB herd test, the results do not make the animals tested eligible for live export for a period of 12 months; the reason the current period is capped at 31 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16378/20]
Public 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will liaise with Leitrim County Council to put a fund in place to help stabilise the situation in Drumkeerin in the wake of the recent landslide; if additional funding will be allocated to the council to reinstate the roads affected by the landslide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-07-16 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the funds that can be borrowed from Europe from the Covid-19 fund to bridge the deficit due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16467/20]