Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 12 Oct

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Oct – 18 Oct 2020 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 34 questions · 0 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 against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

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 Claire Kerrane · Michael Fitzmaurice

Voted against 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Social 7 questions
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for persons applying for a PPS number. [29760/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for a PPS number to date in 2020; the number approved and processed; the number being examined; and the number refused. [29761/20]
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of PPS number applications to be decided upon. [29762/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if lone parents will retain their income supports (details supplied) and claim the pandemic unemployment payment; if same will continue for the length of time that the pandemic unemployment payment is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30396/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish operational guidelines for employers ensuring that flexibility is shown to parents with childcare difficulties to ensure that they can continue to receive the pandemic unemployment payment despite being unable to meet the conditions to be available and seeking work, especially for lone parents who are raising children without the support of another parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30397/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents have lost their working family payment due to their hours being cut due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the impact this is having on families, in particular lone parents with children over the age of 14 and who cannot access jobseeker's transition payment or one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30398/20]
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has received the report carried out by external consultants to review all current contracted public employment services; when the report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30801/20]
Tourism 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding is available to a local authority in the case of a facility that it owns that is at risk of closure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30140/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-10-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider paying the compensation under the turf cutting compensation scheme in a one-off bulk payment as opposed to an annual payment; his plans to cover the remainder of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30126/20]
Rural 1 question
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department plans to address the gap that will emerge when the current LEADER programme ends on 31 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30405/20]
Finance 1 question
- 2020-10-15 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a request made by an association (details supplied) that employers would provide the €3.20 per day to cover the additional costs of working from home such as heat, light and electricity, which is the same level of payment as the tax-free allowance the Revenue Commissioners provide; if he will consider same in view of the huge number of persons working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30802/20]

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 2 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Agriculture 4 questions
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs and sheep killed in meat factories here with tags with a chip number of either 08261 region UK1-Northern Ireland or 08260 region UK0-United Kingdom in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the plants that the animals were slaughtered in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the food business operators, FBOs, in which lambs and sheep were processed in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30495/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of slaughter tags for lambs sold in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30496/20]
- 2020-10-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs sold to factories by farmers in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 that killed out at over 22 kg carcase weight; the factory locations in which the lambs were killed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30497/20]