Mon, 3 May – 9 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 21 questions · 14 new lobbying filings
Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
9 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked9 total
Housing3 questions
2021-05-05Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to improve income eligibility limits for social housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan given that the existing limits are much too low at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22857/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased in counties Cavan and Monaghan in which existing limits are far too low at present and unrealistic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reduce the 10% deposit requirement for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan given that this is causing serious difficulty for potential applicants who have high rental costs at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22793/21]
Agriculture3 questions
2021-05-05Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be made available for small scale poultry businesses which were totally dependent on selling their product to the hospitality sector pre-Covid-19 and have lost such market for the past 14 months; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such enterprises are unable to avail of Covid-19 business supports due to the fact they are not rateable; if he will ensure that appropriate grant aid is put in place as a matter of urgency to ensure that such businesses remain operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21009/21]
2021-05-06Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 25 March 2021, if there have been recent discussions with the European Commission in relation to the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23565/21]
2021-05-06Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will implement to reduce the delays in processing and approving tree felling and tree planting licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23590/21]
Transport1 question
2021-05-06Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a specific funding programme for the local improvement scheme due to the delay in having such roads repaired as discussed in Dáil Éireann (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23562/21]
Health1 question
2021-05-06Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment of vaccinators will be streamlined and unnecessary delays eliminated in the case of applicants such as recently retired general practitioners and other health professionals that are still registered with their professional body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23584/21]
Rural1 question
2021-05-06Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made on the 2021 community development pilot programme applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23593/21]
New lobbying1 return
Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by GuaranteeEnvironment
Request for urgent legislation to save the horticultural peat industry
Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
David Maxwell — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
5 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked5 total
Housing2 questions
2021-05-05Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in receipt of a housing assistance payment support discretionary top-up in each of the years 2016 to 2020. [23026/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he has put in place to facilitate the harvesting of horticultural peat in 2021 and 2022. [23025/21]
Enterprise1 question
2021-05-05Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; if he further plans to implement other supports in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/21]
Finance1 question
2021-05-05Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the circumstances in which VAT is applied; the rate at which the tax is applied to the labour cost element of an invoice that includes the cost of actual parts, that is, car servicing and other mechanical goods maintenance and upkeep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23106/21]
Health1 question
2021-05-05Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he has examined the feasibility of delivering designated Covid-19 hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/21]
New lobbying1 return
Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by GuaranteeEnvironment
Request for urgent legislation to save the horticultural peat industry
Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
7 questions ·
2 new lobbying returns
Questions asked7 total
Housing4 questions
2021-05-05Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way the construction of social housing can be accelerated with restrictions on residential construction now lifted. [23001/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties brought back into use in County Cavan by the voids stimulus programme in 2020; and the estimated remaining housing stock that could be brought into use in the county by the scheme. [23002/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the project his Department is rolling out on a phased basis for the Ulster Canal in Clones, County Monaghan. [23249/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way his Department is rolling out affordable housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23252/21]
Health3 questions
2021-05-05Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an appointment in Drogheda Hospital for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22809/21]
2021-05-05Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive a particular vaccine given they have underlying health problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23165/21]
2021-05-06Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23404/21]
New lobbying2 returns
ALONEHealth
Submission on the Dying with Dignity Bill
Growing Media Ireland Company Limited by GuaranteeEnvironment
Request for urgent legislation to save the horticultural peat industry