Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 22 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-03-25 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–79

Voted for 1 Kathleen Funchion

Voted against 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 56–78

Voted for 1 Kathleen Funchion

Voted against 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

The motion · motion passed 80–57

Voted for 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-03-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 55–83

Voted for 1 Kathleen Funchion

Voted against 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–83

Voted for 1 Kathleen Funchion

Voted against 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education

2021-03-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–56

Voted for 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Catherine Callaghan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the status of a Carlow town bus service; if funding will be made available for this service in quarter 3 of 2021; his plans to provide rural bus services between New Ross, County Wexford, and Saint Mullin's, Tinnahinch and Borris, County Carlow, and Arklow, County Wicklow, to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14745/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a differential in staff resources between the categories of the National Transport Authority active travel delivery structure; his views as to whether the reduction in resources between categories 4 and 5 is excessive; if additional staff resources are to be allocated to Carlow town to assure the importance of implementing the active travel programme of the town; if his Department has received confirmation from all local authorities of their implementation of a designated active travel officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14744/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of funds applied for and subsequently allocated to the urban regeneration and development fund by county in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; when the next round of applications under the fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if graduate entry medicine students are to be included in the SUSI review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14246/21]

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [15280/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the financial and other supports given to pharmacies that have provided a service throughout the pandemic; if the staff providing the service will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15453/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a new automated special chair will be provided for a person (details supplied). [16183/21]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if approval will be issued to a forestry access road application by a person (details supplied). [14501/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a comprehensive account will be provided of the actions taken to date by his Department to resolve all of the issues associated with the DNA tests of a herd in the name of a person (details supplied); the outstanding matters including DNA tests that have to be dealt with; the timeline for the completion of this work; if the suspension of the herd will be lifted as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15059/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures in place to prevent the illegal sale and distribution of coal and bottled gas from Northern Ireland; the estimated value of such sales; the cost of the negative impact the activity is having on traders in this jurisdiction; the number of such illegal traders that have been prosecuted in the past five years; the number of operators and distributors in this jurisdiction that have been prosecuted to date; the estimated loss of revenue to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15195/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if the tax liability of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined immediately in view of the fact that the reduction in their income due to tax is causing hardship. [15759/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application by persons (details supplied) which is under appeal will now be expedited and approved. [14467/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-03-25 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if it is her Department or An Garda Síochána that set the fees for providing Garda report abstracts and any other supporting documentation relative to road traffic accidents when requested by the victim; if it is normal that victims of road traffic accidents are charged €260 for such information when requested; the way in which the charges are calculated and regulated; the legislation under which the regulations were introduced; if fees for such requests can be waived; the value of fees collected in this manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16182/21]

Natasha Newsome Drennan — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter 'Chap' Cleere — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.