Donegal — week of Mon, 5 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 5 Oct – 11 Oct 2020 · 5 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 39 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Election of Vice Chairman

2020-10-08 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 8–6

Voted against 1 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 4 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Sittings and Business of Dáil

2020-10-08 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–19

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 4 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Dying with Dignity Bill 2020

2020-10-07 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to make provision for assistance in achieving a dignified and peaceful end of life to qualifying persons and related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 65–86

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 81–71

Voted for 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Voted against 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Disability Services

2020-10-07 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–67

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Pandemic Unemployment Payment

2020-10-07 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–62

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd Agriculture
- Programme for Government

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2020-10-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of amending the employment wage subsidy scheme to the end of December 2020, 1 January to 31 March 2021 and 1 April to end of December 2021 (details supplied). [29211/20]
- 2020-10-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the subsidies payable under the employment wage subsidy scheme can be made payable two weeks or one week in arrears, as opposed to one month in arrears as is the case at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/20]
- 2020-10-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the additional weekly or monthly staffing costs at the Office of the Revenue Commissioner that would result from making subsidies payable under the employment wage subsidy scheme two weeks or one week in arrears, as opposed to one month in arrears as is the case at present. [29218/20]
- 2020-10-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if payments made through pandemic unemployment payment can be taxable by law in view of the fact that it was introduced under section 202 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which as an urgent needs payment is not liable for tax as clarified by section 13 of Finance Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/20]
Public 1 question
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide statistical information and costings (details supplied) in tabular form. [28667/20]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details on any fish and shell fish quota swaps that the State has made with other EU States in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will provide the basis for these swaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28761/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and value of the full annual catch of fish that has been registered as taken from Irish waters under the Common Fisheries Policy for each of the years 2000 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 including the nationality of the boats landing the catch. [28762/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that none of his predecessors signed off on the equivalent of SI 318 of 2020 this year, before An Taoiseach did so on 26 August 2020. [28763/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria on mileage and usage for vehicles that were used by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and then auctioned by Irish Machinery Auctions; the estimated amount that was raised by the sale of the vehicles and where the funds were allocated. [28783/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the organisational review of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority that was carried out and his plans to implement the recommendations. [29274/20]
Health 3 questions
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if a vaccine or medical procedure can be administered on a mature minor, that is, over 16 years of age with an intellectual disability without the consent of the parents following the enactment of recent laws. [28666/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the Saolta group undertakes the urgent implementation of all necessary improvements laid bare by the recent HIQA Your Experience survey (details supplied). [29375/20]
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the speedy implementation of the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 at Letterkenny University Hospital, including the supported care pathway which specifies provision for home birth. [29376/20]
Transport 2 questions
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the City of Derry Airport is included in the forthcoming regional airports programme to reflect that 40% of the passengers, that is, 200,000 per year, are from County Donegal; if he will restore the PSO for the Derry-Dublin air route to reflect the reality that there is no rail or motorway connecting the north west region of 500,000 persons to the capital city. [28755/20]
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his vision for the way in which the communities from the south west, the west and on to counties Sligo, Donegal and Derry can be connected by rail and his plans to advance this vision. [28756/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding required to deliver an integrated constructed wetland as a treatment system for the village of Glen, County Donegal as applied for under the rural water programme in 2019. [28776/20]
Social 1 question
- 2020-10-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of applications (details supplied) for PPSNs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28775/20]
Public 1 question
- 2020-10-07 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW has paid a private firm to maintain the gate at Grianan of Aileach Fort, County Donegal. [29222/20]
Defence 1 question
- 2020-10-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the requirement for members of the Defence Forces from around County Donegal, who are based at Finner Camp, County Donegal, to assist with Covid-19 testing in Dublin and other locations that are long distances from their base; and the number of those members that have tested positive for Covid-19 while carrying out those duties. [29382/20]