Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 24 May

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 24 May – 30 May 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 43 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Annexation of Palestine

2021-05-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 46–87

Voted for 1 Matt Carthy

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Rural 4 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in reviewing the CLÁR areas based on the 2016 census of population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27984/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in reviewing the CLÁR areas based on the 2016 census of population; the expected date for the conclusion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27983/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timescale for decisions on the 2021 community development pilot programme applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26239/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided for the community development programme in 2021; the range of activities and community development that will be supported under the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26240/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the level of capital grant assistance available towards the upgrading of existing childcare facilities and the provision of new childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28570/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of capital grant assistance available towards the upgrading of existing childcare facilities and the provision of new childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28569/21]
Environment 2 questions
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he has put in place to carry out a full and comprehensive review of the proposed North-South Interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29027/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress to date in establishing a comprehensive review of the proposed North-South Interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29034/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the issues discussed at his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [27446/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in having beef exports to China resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28477/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of discussions he has had with his counterparts in the European Union or with other governments and international agencies in relation to the interception of a flight (details supplied) over Belarus air space on 23 May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29030/21]

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 1 vote · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Agriculture 13 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he has taken and proposes to take to develop new markets for the Irish pig farming sector; if he has met with relevant stakeholders on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27728/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will provide to registered agricultural and forestry contractors in view of the important role they play in Irish farming and the increased costs they have encountered in recent times. [28055/21]
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent staff currently assigned to the Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/21]
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline to bring forward legislation to establish a new office of a national food ombudsman, regulator or equivalent. [28539/21]
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TB outbreaks in controlled finishing units in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28540/21]
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the necessary criteria required to avail of the special status termed a controlled finishing unit; the exemptions or benefits that are acquired as a result of this status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28541/21]
- 2021-05-26 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units by week in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [28542/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commissioned an impact assessment on the implications for the Irish beef and sheep sectors of a UK-Australia trade agreement that facilitates tariff free access for Australian beef and lamb into the British market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has contacted his British counterpart to discuss the proposed UK-Australia trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the allocation will remain within the Irish pillar 1 envelope in cases in which farmers do not apply or qualify for the eco scheme element of pillar 1 in the next CAP; if so, the way redistribution will be organised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28941/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the next CAP will provide for coupled payments such as sheep or suckler cow schemes to be delivered under pillar 1; if he is actively pursuing options for such payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28942/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stakeholders he met to discuss the implementation of Ag-Climatise; when will the stakeholder group be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28943/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to provide a revised financial support scheme for landowners affected by ash dieback to ensure that all diseased ash plantations can secure support, that provision is made for a phased premium period for forest owners below 50% of the minimum rotation age and that includes an insurance scheme for future losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28944/21]
Children 6 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to Traveller and Roma initiatives; the expenditure within same in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27724/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocation and expenditure for Traveller and Roma initiatives in each of the years 2016 to 2020, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28097/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding allocated to Traveller and Roma initiatives in 2021; the expenditure to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28098/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans for developing a successor to the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28099/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the expenditure by county in 2020 on emergency accommodation arrangements for persons seeking international protection; and the expected expenditure by county in 2021. [28458/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve the pay and conditions of professionals working in the childcare sector. [28457/21]
Transport 3 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that airline companies have recently changed their terms and conditions to avoid giving refunds for flights that have had their departure times changed by more than four hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28100/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport when an alternative driver theory test will be given to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28101/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport when an alternative driver theory test will be given to a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/21]
Finance 3 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the reason purchasers of newly completed houses at Loreto Wood, Cavan, County Cavan are unable to avail of the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28047/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if there is a provision for purchasers to avail of the help-to-buy scheme in instances in which the development company has not registered for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28048/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the engagements he has had regarding the potential to provide a carbon tax waiver for registered agricultural and forestry contractors; when he plans to implement such a waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28054/21]
Rural 2 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her proposals for the new CLÁR programme. [27955/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her proposals for the new LEADER programme. [27956/21]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Children 2 questions
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the development of proposals to provide for domestic violence leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28676/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the effectiveness of supports provided to early years childcare during the pandemic; the planned continued supports for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28677/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a driver theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28177/21]