Donegal — week of Mon, 8 Feb

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Feb – 14 Feb 2021 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 49 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-02-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 28–17

Voted for 1 Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 4 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil)

2021-02-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 3–5

Voted against 1 Joe McHugh

Did not vote 5 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

The Union of Retail ,Bar and Administrative Workers Employment
- Update Minister on the on-going Debenham's dispute and possible resolution to same

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 17 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 17 total

Health 10 questions
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) travelling from County Donegal to Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7405/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the transport support scheme will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7406/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for the primary medical certificate that are waiting for a medical assessment since July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7407/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for the primary medical certificate; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications by county since July 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7408/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a medical assessment to be carried out to further process an application for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7409/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can receive the Covid-19 vaccine earlier than circumstances allow for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7410/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if surgical dental extractions are covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7411/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if financial support or reimbursement is available to medical card holders referred to private dental surgeons for surgical dental extractions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7412/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the process used to determine the competent state when processing cross-border directive reimbursement applications for applicants in receipt of both an Irish and UK state pension who are Irish citizens residing in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a full response in relation to an operation will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/21]
Social 3 questions
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a decision on an invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7415/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application submitted in September 2020 by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7416/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a letter can be supplied to a person (details supplied) for the purposes of an education bursary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7417/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce schemes and funding for businesses affected by Covid-19, including an application to the EU to waive state aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7403/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue a required VRT document to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7404/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport his plans to include in the exchange of all category D1 and D1E UK driver licences to Irish driver licences those with code 1 and code 101; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7401/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a refund of deductions that were taken from the person's wages in respect of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7400/21]

New lobbying 1 return

The Union of Retail ,Bar and Administrative Workers Employment
- Update Minister on the on-going Debenham's dispute and possible resolution to same

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons and families on the housing list in County Donegal including those availing of assistance through HAP or RAS in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [6527/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council houses and approved housing body houses built and allocated to persons or families in County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [6528/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected number of council houses and approved housing body houses to be built in County Donegal in each of the next five years. [6529/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will raise the income threshold in County Donegal for persons or families to join the public housing list in order to reflect the real income and cost of housing in the county. [6530/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full cost per unit of council houses built in County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [6539/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full cost per unit of turnkey public housing units in County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [6540/21]
Health 3 questions
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the residents at the 24-hour high dependency unit at St. Columbcille Village, Clonmany, County Donegal, receive the Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible; and his views on whether such older persons in 24-hour care should not have been left behind in the first round of vaccines. [6565/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason a body (details supplied) did not engage with the patient group since October 2020 in spite of a promise to keep this group with over 200 members updated in respect of the partisan application. [7418/21]
- 2021-02-11 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing frustration of a group (details supplied) not to recommend in favour of reimbursement of patisiran for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated hATTRA amyloidosis here; and the reason this drug is available to patients in Northern Ireland but not here. [7688/21]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has not submitted a notification to the European Commission under the State aid Temporary Framework for support measures related to the Covid-19 pandemic specifically for the fisheries sector. [6588/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Aquaculture Licensing Review Group from 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6589/21]
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme to include those recent entrants to the industry with sales on their books from 2020 and who have been seriously financially affected by the global pandemic; and if he will engage with an association (details supplied) and other representative bodies in relation to the way the scheme can be improved and reintroduced in 2021. [6590/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-02-10 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Covid restrictions support scheme to ensure that inshore fishers and others in the fishing industry can avail of this vital financial support. [6587/21]