Mayo — week of Mon, 14 Sept

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Sept – 20 Sept 2020 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 54 questions · 87 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-09-15 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 26–19

Voted for 1 Alan Dillon

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 34–11

Voted for 1 Alan Dillon

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 2 votes · 4 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 4 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the key recommendations and lessons contained within the publication of the Covid-19 Mayo University investigation report; the Department which will oversee implementing of solutions to the key findings; and the timeline for same [23724/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans extending the opening hours for primary health centres to elevate demand for acute accident and emergency hospital settings and address the trolley crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23850/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the timeline for reopening general practitioner clinics for routine medical assessment for patients who require a medical examination and have tested negative for Covid-19. [23851/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to deal with the key recommendations and lessons contained within the publication of the Covid-19 Mayo University investigation report; and the Department which will oversee implementing of solutions to the key findings; and the timeline for same. [23852/20]

New lobbying 3 returns

ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Ibec's "Sustaining SMEs" policy recommendations
Licensed Vintners Association Finance
- On-Trade VAT Rate on Alcohol - Campaign by LVA, VFI, Drinks Ireland

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 14 questions · 71 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Education 3 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the number of extra coaches and vehicles and the associated additional seating capacity obtained by her Department for school transport up to 11 September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24111/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education if she or her officials have met LocalLink or other community-based transport initiatives on resolving the school transport situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24112/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 23 June 2020, if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has applied for DEIS status. [24119/20]
Social 3 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason those in receipt of farm assist payments are excluded from receiving the enterprise support grant in order to assist in returning an off-farm business after Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23388/20]
- 2020-09-17 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the means test for carer’s allowance; if she considers it a fair assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24480/20]
- 2020-09-17 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the income disregard for carer’s allowance; if consideration has been given to the consequences of the measure for working families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24481/20]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investments by IDA Ireland at a property (details suppled) in County Mayo; the planning status of the site; the process to update the status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23984/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the strategy used by IDA Ireland as an alternative to site visits as a consequence of Covid-19 restrictions; the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on IDA strategy to date in 2020; and his plans to increase support to IDA Ireland to assist its operations. [23985/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health when he expects health and social care services for persons with disabilities to be fully restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23429/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if mask wearing in taxis is a mandatory requirement similar to public transport; if not, if it is treated differently; if he will engage with the NTA to clarify the position for taxi operators and passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23389/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance his views on insurance companies that are unwilling to compensate policy holders that have paid for specific business interruption cover in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease; the actions he has taken in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/20]
Media 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the financial supports available to artists who may be preparing work or composing pieces for performance in 2021 or 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23989/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider reducing third level tuition fees in view of the fact that the majority of courses will be taught through blended learning and in many cases exclusively online for the 2020-21 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23520/20]
Community 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands when a grant application (details supplied) will be adjudicated on and paid out. [23358/20]

New lobbying 71 returns

Alliance for Insurance Reform Banking and Financial Institutions
- Seeking policy decisions that will reduce the cost of insurance for our members and Irish society as a whole.
Veterinary Ireland · 2 returns Agriculture
- Correspondence with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary, to arrange a meeting with the Minister to discuss matters relating to the veterinary profession, including animal health and animal welfare.
- Communications with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the welfare of animals.
Glennon Brothers (Glennon Bros. Timber Ltd) Agriculture
- Forestry policy and programmes - Draft Agricultural Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2020
Licensed Vintners Association Trade
- Developing a plan to allow Dublin pubs to survive the Covid-19 crisis
Irish Wildbird Conservancy · 3 returns Environment · Agriculture
- The implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy
- Advocating for a forestry model in Ireland that can deliver psoitive outcomes for biodiversity, water quality, climate and communities.
- Reform of the Common Agriculture Policy
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health
- Implementing the Neuro-rehabilitation Strategy/Implementation Framework
Environmental Pillar Agriculture
- Members of the Environmental Pillar met with Minister for Agriculture and Department officials to discuss sustainable agriculture policies
Irish Heart Foundation Health
- IHF programme for Government priorities
Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association Health
- Interaction between DPER and DoH/HSE on funding for new medicines
Climate and Health Alliance · 2 returns Environment
- Statement to parties in government negotiation advocating measures that can simultaneously address climate change and deliver multiple public health benefits
- Email to parties in government negotiation, responding to the planned programme for government
Galway Chamber Economic Development and Industry
- Conversation regarding the NWRA.
Devenish Agriculture
- On the 10th August, Devenish CEO, Richard Kennedy, wrote to Dara Calleary congratulating him on his appointment as Minister for Agriculture and issuing an invitation to visit Devenish's Global Innovation Centre at Dowth, Co. Meath
ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann Communications
- RTÉ current and future funding.
Chambers Ireland · 3 returns Economic Development and Industry
- The Laois Offaly Kildare restrictions and the need for a strategy and supports for businesses in areas where new restrictions were introduced
- Open letter calling for a National Taskforce for Town Centres, resourced by the Department of the Taoiseach
- Supports for business impacted by COVID-19
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd · 2 returns Agriculture
- Including Farm & Forestry Contractors in programme for Government
- Including Farm & Forestry Contractors in programme for Government
Fórsa trade union Housing
- Seeking support for the campaign on the holding of a referendum on the right to housing.
Charities Institute Ireland · 2 returns Community
- Many charities operate in an environment where they are contracted to the state to deliver services on a commissioning/competitive tendering basis. As a sector, we are increasingly getting feedback from charities that this cost-driven model is unsustainable. Research indicates that price-driven services can result in poorer quality or less service for service users. Typically, many contracts exclude essential “overhead” costs such as governance and the need to engage professional employees.
- Fourteen national networks and support organisations request support from the Government for charities and community & voluntary organisations adversely impact by Covid-19.
Uplift · 2 returns Marine · Housing
- Uplift members emailed Minister Calleary asking him to stop the destruction being caused by supertrawlers on marine life and coastal community livelihoods by installing REM (Remote Electronic Monitoring) onboard supertrawlers
- Tweets sent to Fianna Fáil TDs asking them to include public housing policy in the plan for new government
Ibec · 15 returns Housing · Arts · Food · Economic Development and Industry · Trade · Agriculture
- Equity Loan Scheme for Ireland Discussion Paper
- July 2020 economic stimulus package
- Priority agrifood policy issues
- Key policy areas for the Irish meat processing industry
- Key policy areas for the Irish meat processing industry
- The impact of COVID-19 on the drinks industry
- Reopening and respect campaign
- Economic contribution of the drinks industry
- EU-US trade tensions
- Brexit
- Forestry policy
- Agriculture, food and the marine priorities - Ibec's "Reboot & Reimagine" Campaign
- Ibec's "Reboot & Reimagine" Campaign
- Ibec's July Stimulus submission
- Business continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic
RIAI Arts
- Proposal to support the Programme for Government
Construction Defects Alliance Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) · 2 returns Budgetary matters
- The Disability Action Coalition campaigne contacted some members of the Oireactas to gain support for ? Special Fund to meet Covid-19 fundraised income losses ? Eliminate deficits for Section 39 disability service providers and fund services at the actual cost of providing them. ? Adopt all of the recommendations of the IRG report* relating to Section 39 organisations. ?Pay full cost of Section 39 pay restoration Pay restoration has only been partially funded and not for all organisations.
- The Disability Action Coalition campaigne contacted some members of the Oireactas to gain support for ? Special Fund to meet Covid-19 fundraised income losses ? Eliminate deficits for Section 39 disability service providers and fund services at the actual cost of providing them. ? Adopt all of the recommendations of the IRG report* relating to Section 39 organisations. ?Pay full cost of Section 39 pay restoration Pay restoration has only been partially funded and not for all organisations.
Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Rare disease health policy in programme for government
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 18 returns EU Affairs · Heritage · Agriculture · Environment · Food · Health · Finance
- 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
- EU Veterinary Medicines Regulation
- Land Designations
- TB Eradication Programme
- Diquat Derogation
- Programme for Government -
- EU Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Transition
- EU Green Deal - including Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies
- National Food Ombudsman
- EU Commission Biodiversity Strategy
- Future of the CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) - CAP Budget
- Nitrates Regulations
- COVID-19: €50m Beef Finishers Payment (BFP) Scheme.
- Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2019
- Climate Bill
- Targeted Agricultural Measures Scheme (TAMS) Approvals
- IFA 2021 Budget Submission - Taxation Measures to Support Growth & Restructuring
- IFA 2021 Budget Submission - Expenditure Measures to Support Farm Enterprises
Coalition 2030 Environment
- Sustainable Development Goals in the programme for government
The Prevention and Early Intervention Network Children and Youth Affairs
- Lobbying activities related to both the Programme for Government 2020 and COVID-19 supports and challenges facing Tusla and partner organisations in the community and voluntary sector.
Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · 3 returns Agriculture
- Seeking meeting with new Minister for Agriculture to discuss animal welfare issues & commitments in Programme for Government
- Request meeting with Super Junior Minister Hackett and Minister for Ag Dara Calleary (now Charlie McConalogue) to discuss animal welfare commitments in Programme for Government
- Correcting statement made by then Minister Calleary about the ISPCA's membership of the International Greyhound Forum

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul Lawless — Aontú 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 25 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Further and Higher Education 11 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to take action to assist students and their families that are trying to receive refunds for rent paid for student accommodation that was not used from mid-March 2020 due to the lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23986/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will share the legal advice he has received that has led to him deciding not to ring-fence places for CAO applicants who sat the leaving certificate before 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23498/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports and-or increased funding that has been made available to the further and higher education sectors to deal with the knock-on impact of Covid-19; the increased places in third level to help prospective students excluding planned investments that were already in place to improve or expand further and higher education to deal with demographic changes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23592/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address a matter regarding accusations of serious misconduct alleged against students and staff at Maynooth University (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprenticeships that have been furloughed; the number that have been made redundant as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23717/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of third level students who receive each level of SUSI support such as full maintenance grants, full fees, 50% fees and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23842/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are special allocations or preferences given to persons with specific or special needs such as autism in the application for on-campus student accommodation in University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23921/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the public health advice and justification for students living on campus to not be allowed visitors in their residence for the duration of the 2020-21 academic year; his views on whether it is fair to expect students to pay the full amount for accommodation in view of the fact they are being asked to live under such restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24013/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that students from Northern Ireland will not be requested to pay non-EU fees to study here regardless of ongoing Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24117/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department predicts a decline in the number of students travelling to abroad to study at third-level; the estimated increase in students accepting CAO offers as a result of a predicted decline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/20]
- 2020-09-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new university places made available as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24388/20]
Health 8 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the protocols being put in place in order that patients may be admitted directly to Belmullet community hospital having full regard for Covid-19 screening prior to admission in view of the fact they have to be sent to the accident and emergency department of Mayo University Hospital before they can be transferred to Belmullet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23698/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE to ensure flexibility for the procurement of catheters from a company (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23699/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to releasing suicide figures on a county basis in order for NGOs and charities working in this field to target support and respond to geographic trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23334/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the motorised transport grant; when it will be reopened to applicants; if there is an alternative scheme being prepared; when it can be expected to be open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the mobility allowance; if and when it will be reopened to applicants; if there is an alternative scheme being prepared; when it can be expect to be open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when each of the primary care services, such as X-ray, chiropody services and physiotherapy services, at Belmullet Community Hospital that were ceased in response to the Covid-19 outbreak will be restarted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23823/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the protocols being put in place in order that patients may be admitted directly to Belmullet Community Hospital having full regard for Covid-19 screening prior to admission in view of the fact that they have to be sent to the emergency department of Mayo University Hospital before they can be transferred to Belmullet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23824/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health his plans to assess the current restrictions on partners being present during the entirety of childbirth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23886/20]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the food ombudsman will be set up; when farmers will feel the effects in terms of prices for produce; and if he has a strategy for the interim period. [24156/20]
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to regularise the seaweed harvesting industry in a manner that protects traditional techniques of harvesting and supports the individual that harvests seaweed in this manner. [24157/20]
Public 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to publish the review conducted in 2019 of the European regional development funding in Ireland known as the Crowe review; his position on the management of the funds as to whether he plans centralising European regional development funds in a Department or agency and removing the management authority role from the regional assemblies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23338/20]
Media 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if she views certain conditions of the stabilisation package for Gaeltacht Irish colleges as contradicting the stated initiative, specifically plans to deduct from the per capita payment students who transferred to 2021 and students who transferred onto online courses in addition to boarding accommodation only receiving 50% of the payment boarding houses will receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23904/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Residential Tenancies Board has a role to play in helping students and their families attempting to receive refunds from student accommodation providers for the unused months of lockdown; the avenues available to students and parents in such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23987/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-09-15 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the way in which secondary school transport for special needs schools will be delivered specifically in terms of face coverings, social distancing, mixing of different isolation groups and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23924/20]

New lobbying 5 returns

Epilepsy Ireland Health
- Meeting on Zoom with Rose Conway Walsh TD regarding the upcoming publication of the UK IMMDS report and actions needed in Ireland, including risk management measures and the need for an inquiry on valproate in Ireland.
Galway Chamber Local Government
- Conversation regarding Galway Chamber Member Interests and the policies advocated in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
ActionAid Ireland Health
- We contacted every TD and Senator in the Oireachtas via email to ask them if they would support our call the end FGM in Ireland by 2030. This would involve supporting the establishment of a National Action Plan on FGM in Ireland. We asked them to either respond to us directly via email or to tweet about their support on Twitter.
Fórsa trade union Education and Training
- Discussion on the issue of higher education funding
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Ibec's "Sustaining SMEs" policy recommendations