Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 1 Feb

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Feb – 7 Feb 2021 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 40 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-02-03 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–19

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Social 8 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending carer’s allowance to be available to care recipients of dependent personality disorder given they are not currently deemed eligible despite meeting requirements regarding requirements for continual supervision as set out under section 179(4) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5052/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which the Social Welfare Appeals Office began oral hearings by telephone and online; the number of oral hearings by phone and telephone held each month since they were introduced; the benefits and allowances being appealed; and the number of appeals heard by phone or telephone in which there was a favourable decision for the applicant. [5638/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of oral hearings held by the Social Welfare Appeals Office each month during 2020. [5639/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently waiting for an oral hearing for an appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office; and the current waiting time. [5640/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has examined the introduction of an appeals process for the pandemic unemployment benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5641/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department provides written decisions to claimants in which a payment they have been receiving has been suspended. [5642/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [6189/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing maternity benefit from 26 to 30 weeks for those who have had multiple births. [6190/21]
Health 4 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he has considered providing financial assistance to the most vulnerable, including those who continue to have to go out to work as essential workers, with the cost of face masks; if he will engage with the Minister for Social Protection on the possibility of making such a payment available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5144/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by vulnerable persons, including cancer patients, in meeting the cost of the high-quality face masks they are advised to wear; if the matter will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5145/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Roscommon in each of the past five years in tabular form. [6191/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when a fire audit was last conducted at Roscommon University Hospital; and when the next fire audit is scheduled for the hospital. [6192/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to delays for applicants of the warmer homes scheme; if he has been in touch with the SEAI; the action being taken to tackle these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5650/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a new home (details supplied) has been unable to be connected to fibre broadband given the nearest fibre pole is just 150 metres from the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6195/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 21 January 2021, when the independent review of the design and implementation of the calculated grades process will be completed; if the review will be published; if she is waiting on the findings of the report before making a decision on calculated grades for 2021 leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5403/21]
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if there is a way parents can recoup moneys or part of moneys spent on much needed IT equipment in order to ensure their children could engage in remote learning from home; if not, if she will consider making a fund available to parents who had to purchase devices (details supplied) and printers in order to enable their children to be educated from home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6193/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to small hairdressing and salon businesses which are closed due to level 5 restrictions and struggling to meet non-payroll related costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5463/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans for Housing First to be rolled out by Roscommon County Council as part of the national roll-out; if Roscommon County Council has been engaged with regard to this homeless assistance approach; the way in which this process works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5046/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-02-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if puppy training facilities come under animal welfare and related services as per the list of essential services under level 5 restrictions. [6194/21]

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 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when works on a new 50-bed unit in St. Patrick's Community Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, will commence; the estimated cost of the project; the estimated completion date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5188/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals received for counselling in primary care in County Roscommon; the number of counselling sessions offered in the county in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5189/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost including staffing of providing five additional ICU beds at Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5190/21]
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if agency healthcare workers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine with HSE healthcare workers; if not, when they can expect to receive the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the number of prefabricated units in situ at primary and post-primary schools in County Roscommon as of 22 January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5191/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-02-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the budget allocation for the youth employment support scheme in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5192/21]