Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 26 Apr

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Apr – 2 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 37 questions · 9 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-04-28 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

2021-04-27 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted against 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted against 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted against 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 5–8

Voted against 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 0 votes · 6 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport if apprentice position holders are entitled to apply for student travel cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21474/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport when final approval and funding will be given to a road project (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21864/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will review the possibility of retrospective further tax relief on third level fees that can be accessed later than the calendar year in which the fees were paid, for example, as part of the remaining balance of a student loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21298/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will advise on grants for a glamping business that wishes to provide pods specifically for persons with disabilities. [22327/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will review the possibility of retrospective further tax relief on third-level fees; if measures will be considered which can be accessed later than the calendar year in which the fees were paid, for example, as part of the remaining balance of a student loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has plans to examine and strengthen current antisocial behaviour laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22372/21]

New lobbying 4 returns

Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG Tourism
- AVEA (Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions) thanked Government for providing ongoing supports to the visitor attractions sector. However, the current Living with Covid plan does not allow for visitor attractions to reopen at Level 3. AVEA presented six reasons to permit reopening at Level 3, as had been enabled in the November 2020 iteration of the Living with Covid Plan.
County Carlow Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism CLG · 2 returns Local Government
- Town Centre First / Town Centre Health Checks /
- Distribution of subvention funding and LPT
The Irish Traveller Movement Justice and Equality
- Land Development Agency Bill. National Development Plan . Education inclusion • Traveller Culture and Heritage

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 11 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the siting issue for a new hospice in Tullamore, County Offaly. [21524/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a vaccination centre (details supplied) will open. [22065/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [22423/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending the validity on foreign driver licences due to the backlog of driver tests as a result of Covid-19 (details supplied). [21469/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport when driver test appointments are expected to recommence for non-essential workers. [21890/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently review the possibility of providing set 12 month extensions to the contracts of community employment and Tús workers whose contracts have or are due to expire in the coming months; her views on whether such participants should be given the opportunity to complete their course and training; and her further views on whether the current umbrella extension until June 2021 will result in mass numbers of vacancies arising on schemes which will be all but impossible to fill. [21549/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address an issue in relation to persons who may have applied for a pandemic unemployment payment with the incorrect PPS number are now experiencing difficulty in terms of receiving a payment to the correct PPS number and are also facing emergency tax from the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied). [21713/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can continue to cut turf on their own private bog on land that they own. [21724/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to increase staff in the passport office to deal with the backlog of applications that have mounted during Covid-19 restrictions (details supplied). [21944/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for the publication of a circular by her Department with regard to a frontloaded SNA allocation model; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that currently many applications for support during the 2021-2022 term cannot be progressed until the updated guidelines are published and brought into effect. [21847/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure financial assistance towards the cost of quarantine is put in place for returning students who are currently on unpaid placement or internship overseas; and if he will ensure that such students receive the same supports as those on Erasmus. [21550/21]

New lobbying 5 returns

Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions CLG Tourism
- AVEA (Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions) thanked Government for providing ongoing supports to the visitor attractions sector. However, the current Living with Covid plan does not allow for visitor attractions to reopen at Level 3. AVEA presented six reasons to permit reopening at Level 3, as had been enabled in the November 2020 iteration of the Living with Covid Plan.
ARI Economic Development and Industry
- To address the companies (miscellaneous provisions (covid-19) act 2020
Supermac's Economic Development and Industry
- Letter on Reform and Enhancement of PIAB
Event Industry Ireland · 2 returns Tourism
- Seeking public monies and changes to existing Covid-19 Government supports
- Seeking public monies and changes to existing Covid-19 Government supports

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Further and Higher Education 10 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department plans to allocate funding to pre-apprenticeship training programmes that work predominantly with early school leavers and offer them a pathway to mainstream trade apprenticeships. [21509/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports his Department will put in place for early school leavers who wish to pursue a trade but do not meet the minimum educational standards for mainstream trade apprenticeships. [21510/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the services available for early school leavers in County Westmeath who wish to pursue a mainstream trade apprenticeship. [21511/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the enrolment figures for mainstream construction trade apprenticeships in County Westmeath in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21512/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the enrolment figures for mainstream construction trade apprenticeships in County Longford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21513/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science he capacity in each of the youthreach services in County Westmeath in tabular form. [21514/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capacity in each of the youthreach services in County Longford in tabular form. [21515/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the enrolment figures for each of the youthreach services in County Westmeath in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21516/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the enrolment figures for each of the youthreach services in County Longford in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21517/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the services available for early school leavers in County Longford who wish to pursue a mainstream trade apprenticeship. [21518/21]
Education 4 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children in County Westmeath who failed to complete the leaving certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21519/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children in County Longford who failed to complete the leaving certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21520/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children in County Westmeath who failed to complete the junior certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21521/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children in County Longford who failed to complete the junior certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [21522/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the reason and the legislation under which dash cams are to be removed from a vehicle prior to a driving test commencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe in addition to the second quarter of 2021 for when the tender for the search and rescue contract will go out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21564/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the next group for Covid-19 vaccination in line with the amended age-based plan will have a level of priority recognition for those in that group who have medical vulnerabilities and underlying health conditions given that they have been cocooning now for over a year and are experiencing heightened stress for a prolonged period of time. [21194/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the length of time persons are waiting for an otolaryngology department appointment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22090/21]