Meath West — week of Mon, 12 Oct

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Oct – 18 Oct 2020 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 20 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax

2020-10-13 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 91–53

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018

2020-10-13 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Trade Union Act 1941 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to confer on authorised unions the right to have their representative duties to their …

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A bill to amend the Trade Union Act 1941 and the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to confer on authorised unions the right to have their representative duties to their members for collective bargaining and disciplinary matters recognised by employers and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 62–84

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 5 questions
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 following the positive tests for the disease in counties Meath and Westmeath in September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30437/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access prostate clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30438/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to rapid access lung clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30439/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of monthly referrals to symptomatic breast disease clinics from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30440/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving chemotherapy in each month from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30441/20]
Housing 4 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct county councils containing Gaeltacht areas to prohibit the building of housing estates for English speakers in areas in which Irish is a community language, that is, areas designated A and B (details supplied) of a study pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30459/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct that each application for planning permission affecting land in the Gaeltacht be accompanied by a linguistic impact assessment prepared by an independent expert in sociolinguistics, language planning or both that must objectively prove that the proposed development will increase the use of Irish relative to English locally as provided for by regulation under section 33(3)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30460/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct that persons who establish by means of assessment under a university’s objective (details supplied) a B2 level of fluency in spoken Irish be deemed to have local housing needs for the purpose of a planning permission application and that this be the sole measure of language ability used, pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30461/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct that the percentage of holiday homes in an electoral division within a Gaeltacht area not exceed 10% of the housing stock of that electoral division and in cases in which it does exceed 10% that planning permission applications that would increase the number of holiday home there be refused, pursuant to section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30462/20]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of new investment arising from IDA sponsored enterprises in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of new investment arising from Enterprise Ireland grant aided enterprises in counties Meath and Westmeath, respectively, in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25957/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of IDA-sponsored investment in western areas of County Meath in the period 2015 to 2019, inclusive, on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30891/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance the legal age of consent for a minor to open a bank, credit union or other financial account without the written signature of a parent or legal guardian; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30436/20]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 2 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 2 questions
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of schools nationally that have had outbreaks of Covid-19 among students since the schools reopened in September 2020. [30420/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons from County Laois waiting on HSE cataract procedures and hip surgery; the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30759/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if her Department has engaged in discussions with places of education regarding the disciplining of students who breach Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions. [30421/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to a cluster of Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway in the past two weeks of September 2020; and if a rise in Covid-19 cases in NUI Galway had any bearing on the decision by his Department in September 2020 to move learning in universities online for two weeks. [30419/20]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a grant to cover the fixed costs of enterprises that have been forced to close due to the Covid-19 pandemic will be provided. [29969/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if a clear face visor will be supplied to driving test applicants at driving test centres as an alternative in cases in which cloth face masks are not suitable for applicants with conditions such as anxiety and breathing difficulties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30708/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he plans a reduction in the VAT rate to 9% for the restaurant, café and pub sectors. [29970/20]