Donegal — week of Mon, 26 Apr

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Apr – 2 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 47 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-04-28 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted against 1 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

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

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted against 1 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

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

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 · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

The Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Associations · 2 returns Agriculture
- Importation of Honey Bees
- The European Commission and Member States are currently reviewing the approval of 3 important pesticide active substances, namely sulfoxaflor, cypermethrin and benfluralin. All 3 substances have received a negative opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and should therefore be withdrawn from the market as they do not fulfil the requirements laid down in the pesticide regulation 1107/2009/EC.

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 · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Health 5 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the policies in his Department regarding the correspondence carried out by the Minister of the Department in the conduct of Department businesses or in relation to Department business; the actions his Department takes to retrieve such correspondence that is carried out through private messaging services and ensure it is held on Departmental records; and the action taken in cases in which a Minister does not share this correspondence or it cannot be retrieved. [22209/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for admission to Beaumont Hospital for spinal surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22260/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for a hip replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22261/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the steps that were taken to retrieve information and correspondence that was shared by the then Minister for Health regarding the GMS general practitioner contract through private messaging services in the conduct of official Department business in response to a request (details supplied); the efforts made to retrieve the records requested such as messages sent over social media; the response received by his Department as it sought those records; the Departmental policy when such records, which are official department records, cannot be retrieved or are not shared with the Department by the office holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22350/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if revenue projections as outlined in the Stability Programme Update 2021 include the accepted annual revenue from carbon tax to 2025, taking account of scheduled increases in the rate of tax as specified in the Finance Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21117/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue generated by introducing a 40% rate for capital gains tax in circumstances in which the person making the disposal has an annual income in excess of €500,000, €600,000, €700,000 and €800,000, respectively. [22305/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the ban on live music at weddings under new Fáilte Ireland guidelines for level 3; if her attention has been drawn to the further difficulties this is causing for those working as musicians and or working in bands; if she has considered speaking with her Ministerial colleagues in relation to reviewing the decision; and if not, if she has considered additional supports for businesses and self-employed persons in the music industry. [43938/20]
Children 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are funding streams available for community groups in County Donegal to provide for a wheelchair swing in a children's playground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22264/21]

New lobbying 1 return

Executive Trust Ltd. Transport
- Increased car insurance costs due to delayed personal injury award guidelines

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of efforts by his Department working with Donegal County Council to secure the necessary funding to complete the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal, mindful of the huge outlay of public funding already invested in a half finished project. [21445/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the immediate publication of the European Commission 2018 audit and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority administrative enquiry that has led to the revocation of the derogation for the fishing industry to weigh fishery products following transport away from the place of landing; and his views on whether it is only fair to provide the evidence that justifies such a decision. [21446/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department are pursuing a multi-fund approach of both EU funding (details supplied) and the EU Recovery and Resilience fund as well as national funding such as the Rural Regeneration Fund, Shared Island Fund and town and village renewal scheme among others in order to help in alleviating the dreadful consequences for the fishing sector and communities dependent on it from the Brexit fallout. [22461/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of staff in the ERAD division of the regional office in Raphoe, County Donegal; if his attention has been further drawn to the knock-on impact of these staff shortages to farmers awaiting co-operation from his Department with a range of applications and financial supports; and if these vacant positions will be filled as soon as possible. [22504/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff positions that are currently vacant in the regional office of his Department in Raphoe, County Donegal; and the plans to have these positions filled. [22505/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department decided on the drug driving limits in regard to cannabis and the testing procedures that apply. [21844/21]