Waterford — week of Mon, 2 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Waterford TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Nov – 8 Nov 2020 · 4 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 62 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020

2020-11-04 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 63–82

Voted for 1 David Cullinane

Voted against 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

The motion · motion passed 95–50

Voted for 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018

2020-11-04 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the provisions of the Forestry Act 2014 to provide for planning permission for all forestry developments over 5 hectares

full description

A bill to amend the provisions of the Forestry Act 2014 to provide for planning permission for all forestry developments over 5 hectares; to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 55–88

Voted for 1 David Cullinane

Voted against 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020

2020-11-04 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to create a single competent authority to co-ordinate flood risk and management along the River Shannon and to provide for matters connected therewith

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–57

Voted for 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

Flood Prevention Policies

2020-11-04 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–59

Voted for 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Did not vote 3 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane · John Cummins

The motion · motion passed 82–57

Voted for 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Voted against 1 David Cullinane

Did not vote 2 Conor D McGuinness · John Cummins

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-11-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 26–18

Voted for 2 Marc Ó Cathasaigh · Mary Butler

Did not vote 3 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane · John Cummins

Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Cullinane — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 34 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 34 total

Health 31 questions
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he will address outstanding concerns regarding the availability of the flu vaccine; his plans to ensure there is a right to any Covid-19 vaccine the State intends to procure free of charge at the point of use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33737/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for enhancing the testing and tracing system to make it more robust and proactive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the pay and working conditions concerns of student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33739/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the progress in respect of the development of the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33615/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for increasing acute and critical care bed capacity in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33611/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps that will be taken during this lockdown to ensure Ireland is prepared in the event of a third wave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33614/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to advance an inquiry into mesh implants and sodium valproate; the progress to date on implementing previous recommendations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33613/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans for delivering elective only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33612/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of the process of a typical new capital project from end to end, that is, from design to planning to procurement to build; the different stages involved; if differences apply to a capital project undertaken by the Department of Health or the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32822/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken during the current lockdown to ensure Ireland is prepared in the event of a third wave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33740/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his views on adding products of a company (details supplied) to the medical cannabis access programme; if there are plans for expanding the products to be available through the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32295/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the delivery of products licensed under the ministerial licence for cannabis-based treatments that happened during the pandemic will be continued; if his attention has been drawn to the comfort this has given families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32296/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE workers who have been seconded or volunteered to work with the HSA or in contact testing or tracing by occupation in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the training that has been put in place for those seconded, volunteered or otherwise to work in Covid-19 contact tracing; the level of support and training that has been given or continues to be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32399/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the placements within the health service that student nurses are paid for and those they are not; the estimated cost of payments and number of recipients for any paid placement; if he will provide details of other classifications of students that undertake paid and or unpaid placements within the health service; the number of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32484/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of paying student nurses for any unpaid placements within the health service at a weekly rate equivalent to 1 and 0.5 WTE of appropriate scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32485/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to achieve pay parity and address the two tier pay issue for hospital consultants both on type A, B and C contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32612/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he has entered into negotiations with the health unions and representative groups on achieving pay equality for hospital consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32613/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the bursary for student nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32614/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff available on the first day of each month for the months of May to October 2020, by testers, tracers and other categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32738/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when the next HSE capital plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32824/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital projects under way and planned, by county, undertaken by his Department or the HSE, in tabular form; the cost at this point and the budget; the timeline for delivery; the current stage of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32826/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the way in which priority testing for essential workers and healthcare workers operates in practice; the turnaround time for same; the way in which derogations to return to work early operate; the frequency with which this has been used; the steps taken to streamline the overall process of testing in healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33336/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if all Covid-19-related services relating to general practice and general practitioners are free-of-charge; if this applies in the case of out-of-hours GP services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33337/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a contract; when additional homecare hours announced in the winter plan will come on stream; if additional staff will be brought on; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33338/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant obstetrician for University Hospital Galway. [33675/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant neonatologist for University Maternity Hospital, Limerick. [33676/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant nursing posts in St. Vincent's University Hospital. [33677/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an additional full-time consultant cardiologist for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown. [33678/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at Wexford General Hospital in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [33679/20]
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts on the first day of each month of 2020 to date; the latest available date for October 2020; the number of consultant posts filled to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/20]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections at bookmakers each month since February 2020; the number found non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32373/20]
Social 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review into community employment schemes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32431/20]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2020-11-03 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing undergraduate placements for nursing by 250 places in a given year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32611/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.

John Cummins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.

Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Habitat for Humanity Ireland Housing
- Focus on the sustainable development goals, and how these need to be incorporated into the programme for government.