Cork East — week of Mon, 24 May

What your Cork East TDs did this week

Mon, 24 May – 30 May 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 69 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 Pat Buckley

Voted against 3 David Stanton · James O'Connor · Seán Sherlock

Did not vote 2 Liam Quaide · Noel McCarthy

James O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2021-05-26 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the tendering of Bus Éireann routes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28545/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the damage to the Irish aviation sector due to the asymmetries of responses between the member states under the utilisation of relaxed state rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28902/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the breakdown of the European traffic light system and its compatibility with the mandatory hotel quarantine system here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28903/21]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Ireland's position with regard to the implementation of the Digital Green Certificate for EU-wide travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28904/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland's non-membership of the Schengen area due to the Common Travel Area with the UK status will cause further delays to the implementation of the digital green certificate process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28907/21]
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the diplomatic efforts on the repeal of the Presidential Order under section 212 F of the Immigration and Nationality Act 1952; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28908/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-05-25 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the legislative agenda pertaining to content moderators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28109/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the relationship National Standards for Foster Care 2003 and the Draft National Standards for Children’s Social Services following the end of the consultation process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-05-27 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of the allocation of teachers to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28871/21]

Liam Quaide — Social Democrats 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Noel McCarthy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pat Buckley — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Transport 14 questions
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for the disparity between the fares charged to Bus Éireann passengers and Dublin Bus passengers, when taking into account journeys of the exact same distance. [27814/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the National Transport Authority has failed to use a radius method for the selection of fares that are being offered within Cork county instead of the chosen routes which would supply equality of access to fares and encourage greater use of public transport post-pandemic. [27815/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the status of the next stop audio project that the National Transport Authority undertook to deliver as part of the findings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport report on the Accessibility of Public Transport Services for People with Disabilities which has yet to be delivered across Bus Éireann services. [27816/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority is instructing Bus Éireann to operate its new low floor coaches on specific routes, while not operating them in cases in which there is a known requirement. [27817/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with the groups that represent mobility impaired persons that require the use of a wheelchair to ensure that the fleet being purchased is fit for purpose and not just compliant with international standards which have not kept pace with the development of powered wheelchairs. [27818/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with a committee (details supplied) to avail of its unique knowledge regarding the needs of disabled customers across the public transport network. [27819/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of bus stops nationwide that are wheelchair accessible. [27820/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of drivers and supervisors that have been trained in the use of wheelchair lifts on high-sided coaches as classified by the National Transport Authority. [27821/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with the National Transport Authority with regard to its funding of a transport training centre for the disabled community by an organisation (details supplied). [27822/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if an assurance will be given that a person who may have declared a conflict of interest will remove themselves from discussions for funding for the planned transport training centre for the disabled community. [27823/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the costs incurred by the National Transport Authority as a result of respraying Bus Éireann liveried buses and coaches to their own livery; and the breakdown for same in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [27824/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the engagement the National Transport Authority had with local authorities nationwide with regard to Part 8 redevelopments of towns and villages in order to ensure that wheelchair accessible bus stops are included in the design process. [27825/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the reason he has failed to commence a competition to fill the post set aside for persons with disabilities within the National Transport Authority; and when the recruitment process will commence. [27826/21]
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the status of the roll-out of the Leap card on the Cork to Mallow rail service. [27828/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-05-25 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that children whose carers that have been allocated a free travel pass have not themselves being allocated a free travel pass; and the estimated cost for implementing such a process. [27827/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-05-27 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education the reason for the reduction in the teaching staff allocation numbers at a school (details supplied); the measures that will be taken to resolve this issue in order to ensure adequate capacity for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28872/21]