Galway West — week of Mon, 1 Feb

Catherine Connolly — Independent 0 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Foreign 3 questions
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is implementing incentivisation programmes in view of the fact that the Joint Action Plan for Implementing the Civilian CSDP Compact recommends that member states incentivise eligible public servants and their employers to consider participation in civilian CSDP missions; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6045/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland has seconded persons from the private sector to civilian CSDP missions; if so, if the cost of this secondment is covered by the State or by the seconded expert's employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6046/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a copy of Ireland's national implementation plan for the civilian CSDP compact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6047/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if mechanisms have been put in place to ensure continuity of the provisions of the sixth motor insurance Directive 2009/103/EC allowing persons resident here who are injured in road traffic accidents which occur in Northern Ireland to bring legal proceedings in this jurisdiction; if so, the details of those mechanisms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5842/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if an exemption under the Air Navigation (Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 was granted by his Department in respect of an aircraft on contract to the US military (details supplied) which landed at Shannon Airport at 11.27 am on 28 January 2021, remained at Shannon overnight and took off again at 09.28 am on 29 January 2021; the number of US military personnel on board this aircraft; if the aircraft was carrying weapons or munitions given that the aircraft remained overnight, if the aircraft crew and military passengers were accommodated in a local hotel; if all persons on board this aircraft were required to produce a negative Covid-19 test on arrival in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6022/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the date on which the citizens’ assembly on the future of education will be established pursuant to the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5890/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to meet with an association (details supplied); the engagement she has had with the group since the start of 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6160/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the seven EU member states represented on the EU joint negotiation team to negotiate with Covid-19 vaccine suppliers in relation to advance purchase agreements; the name of the seven experts appointed by the relevant member states to the joint negotiation team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5887/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health when chartered physiotherapists will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6003/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the 2020 annual transition statement will be published as required by section 14(1) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6095/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the Climate Action Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6096/21]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

The Quiet Man Greenway Company Limited by Guarantee Transport
- Quiet Man Greenway Feasibilty Study

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Public 8 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of service requirements for a civil servant to avail of the preserved pension benefits for an officer who served between 1 June 1973 and 1 June 2002. [5181/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies with unlimited status from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process. [5416/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies registered in jurisdictions that are listed on the EU's blacklist from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process. [5417/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies using anonymous trustee ownership structures from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process. [5418/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions that apply to companies that use a bearer share ownership structure from being awarded contracts as part of the public procurement process. [5419/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unlimited companies that were awarded public procurement contracts in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [5420/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether companies in receipt of public procurement contracts should adhere to the EU Code of Conduct for Business Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether aggressive tax planning by a company should be grounds for exclusion from a public procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5422/21]

Noel Grealish — Independent 0 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the help-to-buy scheme into 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4990/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the number of home repossession cases taken by banks and equity funds due to mortgage arrears in the past 12 months; the number of cases which were refused; the number which were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5388/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes made to section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to give effect to the Flemish decree following the European Court of Justice Ruling in 2013 and the ministerial guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5397/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities can use compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, to purchase burial grounds given that it is the responsibility of local authorities to provide burial grounds; the criteria for which this process can be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5616/21]
Justice 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice the number of home repossession cases in the courts system in the past 12 months; if the number of such cases before the courts has increased or decreased since May 2020 (details supplied); the number of refusals to allow repossession; the number of successful applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5387/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice the number of cars seized under the learner driver provisions of the Road Traffic (Amendment) Act 2018, known as the Clancy amendment, since its introduction in December 2018, by year and county; the number of persons convicted of the offence of allowing an unaccompanied learner or an unlicensed person to drive their vehicle by year and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6054/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the date for the finalisation of the HSE review of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system in view of the prevailing public health situation and HSE advice that if diabetes patients become infected with Covid-19 they are more at risk of serious complications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5919/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been made to the HSE for access to the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring devices other than children and young adults four to 21 years of age by consultant endocrinologists or a member of their team in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the number of applications that were deemed successful in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5920/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a temporary change in the conditions for participants on community employment schemes by granting an additional year to current participants who cannot undertake a training programme due Covid-19 restrictions and given the difficulties experienced by scheme operators in recruiting new participants during this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5363/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the extension of parental leave from two weeks to five weeks will be legislated for; when parents can apply for five weeks parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/21]

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

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Votes this week

Questions asked 11 total

New lobbying 1 return

Questions asked 8 total

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