Mon, 7 Dec – 13 Dec 2020 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 75 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
8 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked8 total
Justice4 questions
2020-12-09Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if additional resources will be provided in 2021 for An Garda Síochána in the Border region in view of the unique policing demands in Garda divisions in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42519/20]
2020-12-09Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if adequate resources will be provided for Garda divisions in the Border region in view of the unique policing demands in Border areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42520/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the scale of drug offences committed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42508/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in implementing legislation to meet the commitments made under the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42507/20]
Health4 questions
2020-12-09Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if medication (details supplied) will be made available for patients through the HSE as this treatment has been available for some years in Northern Ireland through the NHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42221/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to the potential of expanding the remit of Co-operation and Working Together Partnership regarding the delivery of health services and additional cross-Border projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the outcome of the most recent discussions that have been held with the Departments of Health in Northern Ireland and in the UK concerning the EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42215/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when additional services will be provided at a healthcare facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42784/20]
Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin
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0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
David Maxwell — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
37 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked37 total
Agriculture29 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency measures he will put in place, including financial support, to support farmers and the agri-food sector to deal with the outworkings of Brexit from 1 January 2021. [41596/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has completed an assessment on the potential impact on the Irish agrifood sector of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. [41597/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply for a derogation to allow those other than veterinarians to continue proscribe veterinary medicinal products. [41602/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements under the basic payment scheme, leased out in 2019 and 2020; the percentage each year that these represent of the number of entitlements; the value of the leased entitlements in each year; and the number of farmers that lease out at least a portion of their entitlements. [41599/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will employ to ensure that further lockdown periods if required will not have the same impact in view of reports that mart throughout was down approximately 30,000 head on corresponding 2019 figures during the recent restrictions. [41601/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that either an insurance scheme or a standard compensation package is in place for poultry farmers that have to cull flocks as a result of avian influenza outbreaks. [41600/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken to prevent the importation of blackgrass yellow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41312/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the grants to marts for IT investment will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41313/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a scheme allowing farmers to offset the cost of machinery modifications for those who have suffered injury will open to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41315/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration to raising the investment ceiling for TAMS to cover the transitionary period of the CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41316/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the full financial allocation to Horse Racing Ireland and Greyhound Racing Ireland will be expended in 2020; the monitoring of this funding expenditure carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41689/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the countries other than the UK to which Irish agriculture products have been exported to in 2020, in tabular form; the value of those exports in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports his Department has provided to the flock owners affected by avian influenza subtype H5N8; the counties in which outbreaks have been detected; the number of farms concerns; the number of birds culled at each farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41691/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address potential feed price hikes following confirmation that animal feed ingredients destined for Ireland have been diverted to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41692/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if legislation will be introduced that will require mandatory CCTV recording in meat factories such as that introduced by the Scottish Government to protect public and animal health and food safety and transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41693/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the requirements of an applicant's internal IT system in order to access the web service used for the Bord Bia grass-fed beef standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41908/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance that Bord Bia provides to applicants who require their IT systems updated in order to use Bord Bia’s grass-fed beef standard web service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41909/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the initial on-site grass fed audit required as part of the Bord Bia grass-fed beef standard to be carried out by a nominated agent has ever been carried out by a nominated agent rather than Bord Bia directly; the regularity with which this occurred in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if this has not occurred, if it would be permissible for Bord Bia to allow nominating agents to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41910/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the companies that have operated as nominated agents for Bord Bia with regard to monitoring or surveillance audits as a part of the grass-fed beef standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41911/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans and proposals to expand the Irish hemp sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41912/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2020, if environmental samples were gathered at any other meat processing plants since July 2020 other than in the course of the referenced pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42657/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 25 November 2020, if he will provide all materials, reports, correspondence or findings in relation to the referenced pilot study. [42658/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role his Department’s veterinary staff have played in meat processing plants generally and specifically with regard to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42659/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the course of their general duties Departmental veterinary staff use a paper or computer-based system; if so when such a computer-based system was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42660/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ordnance Survey maps will be provided to all farmers who will be obliged to fence watercourses as a result of nitrates requirements; the support his Department will provide to ensure farmers meet their requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42662/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the form the Teagasc support fund for agriculture students will take; the level of funding that will be made available to students; when payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42663/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mechanism farmers should avail of to change their reference years in relation to the sheep welfare scheme if they have increased their stocking levels but are currently paid on historical stocking rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42665/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which applicants should engage with his Department regarding the announced farmer-led farm safety proposals to be funded under the European Innovation Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42666/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forestry dashboard provided to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas will be updated to include applications received and the status of the applications in order to provide a complete overview of the existing backlog within the forestry licensing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42667/20]
Justice3 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the reason a visa applicant (details supplied) has been informed they will need to reapply and pay fresh fees for an application which was approved in April 2020 but has not issued due to Covid-19; her views on whether it is unfair that the applicant should have to pay twice when it was her Department that decided to approve a visa it could not issue; if she will arrange for the first application fee to be refunded if the applicant does need to reapply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice when the scoping enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will publish the report of the enquiry without delay once received. [41637/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice when she will implement the decision of Dáil Eireann of 14 February 2020 to establish a public enquiry into the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent actions of State agencies in this regard. [41636/20]
Health3 questions
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities at Drummond Otra, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan will be operational in January 2021. [41638/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the additional services that will be provided at Monaghan Hospital in 2021. [41639/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to ensure that veterinary services are available to local abattoirs for inspections post November 2020. [33515/20]
Environment1 question
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if EPA licensing of dairy farms is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41314/20]
Foreign1 question
2020-12-08Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the representatives of the UK Government he has engaged with following the decision of that government not to proceed with a public enquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied); the outcome of these engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41694/20]
Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
19 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked19 total
Health11 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when day services for a person (details supplied) will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41230/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41342/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied); if a similar gesture to front-line workers will be announced here by way of time off in lieu or bonuses; if his Department has discussed this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41781/20]
2020-12-09Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when the next phase of a unit (details supplied) is opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42291/20]
2020-12-09Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); his plans to review the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42497/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the disability day services that have not reopened since Covid-19; when it is planned to open services fully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40647/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of the group home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; when the HSE estimates process for 2021 will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36123/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of a home for persons with physical and sensory disabilities (details supplied); when the HSE estimates process for 2021 will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39867/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of access for partners of expectant mothers to scans and wards during labour; the national position on same; if hospitals have the flexibility to implement their own measures now due to the decline in Covid-19 cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42544/20]
Education4 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the reason persons (details supplied) cannot obtain school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41386/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41387/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) has been waiting a long time to be switched to a juniper box; if the box will be provided as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41472/20]
2020-12-09Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the issue; her plans to protect this facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42470/20]
Social2 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the full details, criteria and application process pertaining to the guardian's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41937/20]
2020-12-09Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if an issue in relation to voluntary contributions (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42218/20]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2020-12-09Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason second and fourth year examinations are being planned in Letterkenny IT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42220/20]
Justice1 question
2020-12-10Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the issue of parent alienation; if her attention has been drawn to this issue; her plans to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42208/20]