Galway East — week of Mon, 22 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2021 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 48 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 against 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 4 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 56–78

Voted against 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 4 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

The motion · motion passed 80–57

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 4 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

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 against 3 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–83

Voted against 3 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

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 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seán Canney — Independent 3 votes · 45 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 45 total

Health 17 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide free psychological support for victims of institutional abuse following the court case being finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13991/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the training general practitioners and other healthcare workers receive for providing termination of pregnancy services; and if doctors including general practitioners are obliged to have specialised training in counselling as a requirement for providing the service. [14668/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will initiate a formal audit of nursing home mortality since the beginning of the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in both private and public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15102/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his Department is monitoring and recording the number of deaths in long-term care facilities following administration of the Covid-19 vaccine; and if there is an increase in the confirmed deaths of persons aged over 65 in these settings. [15103/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will enlist the expertise and global logistical contacts of pharma and medical companies in Ireland to accelerate the supply of vaccines to Ireland. [15107/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when timelines will be available in relation to the vaccination of the clinically vulnerable and in particular cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15192/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the situation in CHI in relation to the recruitment of the main lead paediatric pain consultant roles; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in chronic pain have been without a proper full-time pain consultant care service for over 16 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15210/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the multidisciplinary pain team roles at CHI that have been filled for the past three months are not seeing any patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15218/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the situation in relation to waiting list reporting for children waiting for chronic pain treatment at CHI; if the waiting list for new referrals to CHI for children in chronic pain was closed during 2020; his views on whether the current waiting lists for children in chronic pain properly reflect the number of children waiting on a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15219/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a timeline will be available for the vaccination of heart and stroke patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15229/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will consider providing standard allowance, placement grants and payment for work carried out by student radiographers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15231/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the decision to let go 15 newly qualified doctors from University Hospital Galway will be reversed given the doctors are needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15283/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the category that pharmacy technicians are in to receive the Covid-19 vaccination; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15518/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 rules in hospitals will be relaxed to allow a partner to attend with a woman experiencing a miscarriage given that support is necessary for women experiencing the pain, grief and emotional turmoil of a miscarriage and the importance for a couple to have the support of a partner at this traumatic time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15610/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of ultrasound scans at weekends in acute hospitals; if there is a discrepancy in availability across the country; if his attention has been drawn to the backlogs and issues being caused within the health system by the lack of CT availability at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15612/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if improvements are planned across the health system for women experiencing miscarriages including awareness campaigns for all medical personnel, including sonographers, nurses, doctors and administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15614/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the main and lead pain consultant specialists for children’s pain management will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15620/21]
Housing 5 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for keeping private housing construction closed while repairs to social housing remain open in view of the fact that all housing is essential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14037/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider opening up private housing construction due to the fact that contracts for sale are signed and mortgages are in place, and if they expire the sales will fall through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14038/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason registered quantity surveyors are still being required to provide qualifications beyond that intended by the Building Control Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14007/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the monitoring of CE certified materials being carried out on construction sites to ensure that the materials supplied are in fact CE certified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14508/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role building control units have in taking samples and testing samples of construction materials to ensure that they are CE certification compliant. [14509/21]
Education 5 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if the design team has been appointed for the new amalgamated national school for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13937/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the status of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13938/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) with Down syndrome cannot go to school for even three hours a day with their SNA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14506/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education her plans to publish the Teaching Council’s checklist for Chinese language teachers to become registered with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15769/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the recruitment of Chinese language teaching posts by an organisation (details supplied); and if the organisation will publish the criteria for teachers to qualify. [15771/21]
Finance 3 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance when medical examinations for the disabled drivers' scheme will recommence given that many disabled persons are at a significant financial disadvantage due to the fact they are not currently able to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will request as a shareholder in a bank (details supplied) that it defer branch closures until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. [13998/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the number or percentage of personal injury cases that do not go to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board by veto of the insurance companies. [14035/21]
Social 3 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection when the application process for public services cards will reopen given that the current closure means that young people applying for their first full driver licence cannot apply for a test without a valid card and the lack of card processing availability is having a negative impact on their ability to obtain a full licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14448/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the negative effects that changes made to the partial capacity scheme are having on persons who have very significant impairments and who are trying to return to work for rehabilitative purposes; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that persons on an invalidity pension went back to work on the understanding that they could receive a partial capacity payment and their employer would get the wage subsidy scheme only to now discover that whereas once a person could get both now it is one or the other; her views on whether the change was sufficiently communicated to both Departmental staff and would-be applicants for partial capacity payment; her plans to reverse the changes made to the regime in October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14465/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the effect that changes made to the partial capacity benefit regime in September 2020 are having on persons registered blind such as a person (details supplied) but who were on an invalidity pension as opposed to disability allowance or the blind pension prior to returning to work for rehabilitative purposes; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that forcing these persons to choose between partial capacity payment or their employer receiving the wage subsidy scheme will mean that persons in this scenario may have to give up work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14466/21]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changing the criteria to become eligible to allow nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law to use a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13980/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has introduced a farm buildings relocation scheme for farmers whose buildings were flooded during flood events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15287/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the National Inland Fisheries Forum; when it last met; his plans to reconvene the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16106/21]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being put in place in the form of a job retention scheme to assist SMEs to take on long-term employees and to encourage persons to return to work post Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14001/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being developed to entice emigrants to return to Ireland to join the workforce, especially in construction, in which there is a deficit in workers which will impact negatively on the capital programme from 2021 onwards. [14025/21]
Justice 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice her plans to provide free psychological support for victims of domestic abuse following their court cases being finalised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13991/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if important documents such as passports can be returned to persons immediately on applying for naturalisation given that the current process can take two to four years and persons cannot be without their passports for that duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15522/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 17 February 2021, if it will still be ensured that the 43 weekly newspapers nationwide receive their fair share of the advertising in relation to the national Covid-19 campaigns. [14029/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to accelerate the roll-out of capital projects in view of the underspend in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the specific supports she will put in place to assist the 43 weekly newspapers nationwide whose advertising revenue has dropped due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14028/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if partial processing of foreign birth registrations can resume at level 5 given that many persons who submitted applications for foreign birth registrations from 1 February 2020 have not been corresponded with, and have included important personal documents such as passports along with the applications; if his Department will refund the substantial fee of €278 to persons whose applications have not been processed within 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to support an organisation (details supplied) during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he will make a grant to the organisation to ensure the continuation of its services to young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13979/21]