Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 7 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Sept – 13 Sept 2020 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 54 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Report of the Committee of Standing Orders and Dáil Reform

2020-09-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 87–56

Voted for 2 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Cancer Screening

2020-09-10 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–64

Voted for 2 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

The motion · motion passed 78–65

Voted for 2 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020

2020-09-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 15–125

Voted against 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Kathleen Funchion · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Catherine Callaghan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Public 1 question
- 2020-09-08 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when Leighlinbridge Garda station, County Carlow will reopen. [21306/20]

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 36 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 36 total

Health 12 questions
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21513/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1306 of 16 October 2018, if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 5 July 2020, if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21516/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21517/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason an appointment for diagnostic investigations was cancelled; and if the matter will be expedited. [21586/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the return of community hospital services at a hospital (details supplied); the funding allocated to the hospital for the purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21639/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hearing test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) with a view to providing hearing aids; and if an appointment will be expedited. [21672/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation will be arranged at a private clinic for a person (details supplied). [21673/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the drug pembro will be provided for a person (details supplied); the process to achieve approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21993/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for a cataract operation will be provided for a person (details supplied). [22257/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the supports available for trachi-vented children; if rehabilitation care is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22464/20]
- 2020-09-10 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances. [23040/20]
Social 7 questions
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21519/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21521/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the reduction in payments to a person (details supplied). [21585/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a full State pension contributory will be approved for a person (details supplied); the contribution record of the person; and if they will qualify for contributions as a home carer. [21674/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a promised report on the qualification for the State pension; and the timeline for the completion of same and a decision by her. [21953/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reassessed in view of the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22465/20]
- 2020-09-10 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the contributory State pension; and if arrears are due. [23038/20]
Children 6 questions
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if a school place will be provided for a child (details supplied); the number of students on waiting lists in Kilkenny city and county; if he will request a report from Tusla confirming its action in relation to each child on the waiting lists and efforts to secure school places for those still waiting; and the action his Department or the Department of Education are taking to resolve the issues. [21667/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if a school place will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if there are sufficient places in the schools in Kilkenny city to meet the demands. [21668/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if a school place will be provided for a child (details supplied); the contact details of the school liaison officers that assist with the issues; his plans to assist those on the waiting lists for school places; and the contact made with the Department of Education in this regard. [21669/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if a school placement will be provided for a child (details supplied); and the reason his Department is of the view that existing schools can cope with the numbers in Kilkenny city in view of the evidence indicating that there is a long waiting list for each secondary school. [21670/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if a school place will be provided in schools for a child (details supplied); and the action his Department is taking to resolve the waiting lists in Kilkenny city for those wishing to attend secondary school in the city. [21671/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration if correspondence from Gaisce in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) has been given consideration. [21954/20]
Education 4 questions
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21518/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if an application under the assistive technology scheme by a school (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [22097/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if schools (details supplied) will be approved for teaching principals; if outstanding issues will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22167/20]
- 2020-09-10 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some schools have had to return PPE due to poor standard of the product; if the procurement section of her Department will conduct an audit of same; and if an investigation will be conducted. [23039/20]
Justice 3 questions
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 16 October 2018, if issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21514/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the number of juvenile antisocial behaviour orders issued in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 under Part 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2010. [21580/20]
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 was drafted in full by her officials; if submissions were received by her Department or those that drafted the Act from outside sources in relation to the Act; if so, the details of same; if she or the drafters met with the interested parties to discuss the content of the Act; if so, the nature and content of the meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21994/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if the cost of introducing a nationwide accident signalling system in order to alert motorists to the presence of accidents on major roadways has been examined. [21579/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21522/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied) given to his predecessor in May 2017; and if a series of matters in relation to the disclosure will be addressed. [22020/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-09-08 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if outstanding payments are due to a person (details supplied) under the tuberculosis eradication scheme. [22256/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Restaurants Association of Ireland Tourism
- Requested written Submission to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response on Reopening the Economy.

Natasha Newsome Drennan — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter 'Chap' Cleere — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.