Wexford — week of Mon, 22 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Wexford TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2021 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 50 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 2 Brendan Howlin · Johnny Mythen

Voted against 2 James Browne · Paul Kehoe

Did not vote 2 George Lawlor · Verona Murphy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 56–78

Voted for 2 Brendan Howlin · Johnny Mythen

Voted against 2 James Browne · Paul Kehoe

Did not vote 2 George Lawlor · Verona Murphy

The motion · motion passed 80–57

Voted for 2 James Browne · Paul Kehoe

Voted against 2 Brendan Howlin · Johnny Mythen

Did not vote 2 George Lawlor · Verona Murphy

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 2 Brendan Howlin · Johnny Mythen

Voted against 3 James Browne · Paul Kehoe · Verona Murphy

Did not vote 1 George Lawlor

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–83

Voted for 3 Brendan Howlin · Johnny Mythen · Verona Murphy

Voted against 2 James Browne · Paul Kehoe

Did not vote 1 George Lawlor

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 James Browne · Paul Kehoe · Verona Murphy

Voted against 2 Brendan Howlin · Johnny Mythen

Did not vote 1 George Lawlor

George Lawlor — Labour Party 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

James Browne — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the clinical care pathway for treatment of endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14973/21]

Johnny Mythen — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the current position of the Irish Coast Guard with regard to the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; when this cohort can expect to receive the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14167/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the dental appointment waiting list in County Wexford; the average waiting time for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14444/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who held contracts for the dental treatment service scheme in County Wexford in 2020; the number of dentists who currently hold a contract for the dental treatment service scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14445/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Transport the status of road improvement works funding for County Wexford. [15540/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Transport the amount and percentage of the regional and local road grant allocation drawn down by Wexford County Council in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form. [14443/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 10 March 2021, the rationale for the requirement for Bus Éireann school bus drivers to retire at 70 years of age. [15591/21]

Verona Murphy — Independent 3 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Transport 10 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the level of financial support his Department will be providing to Rosslare Europort to initiate the various studies needed to support an application for Rosslare as a service port for the wind energy sector off the east coast of Ireland; when this financial support will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15603/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the progress his Department has made with the Road Safety Authority to provide an online facility for the driver theory test; the timeline before proposals on same are examined by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15602/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department plans to make up the shortfall in road improvement works funding allocated to Wexford County Council since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15633/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the consideration he has given to amending legislation to allow commercial driver certificate of professional competency courses to be conducted online similar to those provided in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15601/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will conduct a review of road improvement works funding to be allocated based on the condition of local council roads as opposed to funding being allocated on length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15634/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to increase roads maintenance funding to local authorities; when he plans to review the way in which this funding is administered to local councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his role and function in deciding which road projects will be progressed as part of national transport policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16139/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if it remains part of national road transport policy for the eastern bypass to be constructed; if so, when the road will commence through planning approvals processes; if the bypass will be a toll road; if it will proceed by way of a tunnel under Merrion Strand or on a raised platform; when it will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16140/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the Dublin orbital C road remains part of national road transport policy; if so, when it will be constructed; if it will be a toll road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16141/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the national road projects he expects to see proceed through to planning over the next 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16142/21]
Health 4 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health when his Department will revise the guidelines on visits to nursing homes in view of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14068/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Covid-19 vaccine will be administered to persons in the highly vulnerable and high risk cohort in view of the communications to general practitioner practices recently detailing that the HSE would be taking responsibility for the administration of the vaccine to that cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14069/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health the date on which a primary certificate application for a person (details supplied) will be assessed; the date on which a certificate will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/21]
- 2021-03-25 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been included in the group 4 listing of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out; the location at which the vaccine will be administered to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16023/21]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific tree planting schemes his Department envisages to promote and encourage large-scale planting for private landowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13871/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the afforestation level his Department will achieve in 2021, given the total achieved to date in 2021 and the seasonality factor which will see no afforestation from June to November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15949/21]
- 2021-03-24 Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene in the ongoing forestry crisis and address his Department’s failed licensing system which will see Ireland with record low afforestation, timber shortages and further job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15950/21]