Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 31 May — Watch Them Work

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 31 May – 6 Jun 2021 · 3 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]

2021-06-02 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 77–51

Voted against 1 Michael Fitzmaurice

Abstained 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Claire Kerrane · Martin Daly

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-06-02 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–68

Voted against 2 Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 2 Claire Kerrane · Martin Daly

Health (Amendment) Act 2021

2021-06-02 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 90–50

Voted for 1 Denis Naughten

Voted against 1 Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 2 Claire Kerrane · Martin Daly

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021

2021-06-02 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for amendments to the Judicial Council Act 2019, to provide for the making of regulations to require insurance providers to provide information to the Central …

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A bill to provide for amendments to the Judicial Council Act 2019, to provide for the making of regulations to require insurance providers to provide information to the Central Bank of Ireland relating to the effect of personal injuries guidelines and related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–62

Voted against 2 Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 2 Claire Kerrane · Martin Daly

Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014

2021-06-02 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Constitution

The motion · motion failed 59–80

Voted for 1 Michael Fitzmaurice

Voted against 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Claire Kerrane · Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Social 6 questions
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have availed of employability services in the State in 2020 and to date in 2021, by county in tabular form. [29532/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to support persons with disabilities with employment and employability services; the way additional needs of persons with disabilities will be incorporated into the forthcoming tender for employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29533/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit in 2021; and the number of recipients by county and month in tabular form. [29720/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the short-time work support jobseeker’s benefit in 2021; and the number of recipients per employment sector or industry by month in tabular form. [29721/21]
- 2021-06-02 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that are in receipt of part-time and casual jobseeker’s benefit, part-time and casual jobseeker’s allowance and short time work support payments for 1, 2 and 3 days, respectively per payment, per day, in tabular form. [30018/21]
- 2021-06-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons by county in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit. [30277/21]
Environment 4 questions
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated number of schools that will be connected under the National Broadband Plan by the end of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29382/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to accelerate the broadband roll-out as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29381/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will seek increased resources for the SEAI to improve waiting times for the warmer homes scheme; the current average wait time from initial application to works being completed; the number of persons waiting for works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29854/21]
- 2021-06-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises connected under the National Broadband Plan in counties Galway and Roscommon to date in tabular form. [30278/21]
Finance 3 questions
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to address ongoing issues regarding unlicensed mortgage providers; the protections that are in place for customers who have been affected by the unlicensed mortgage providers facilitating mortgages here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29863/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to reinstate a system such as the one parent family tax credit to provide tax credits for parents who are co-parenting (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the many different approaches to sharing parenting responsibilities and the financial implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29539/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who received the one parent family tax credit in 2013; and the number who received the single person child carer credit from its introduction and in subsequent years until 2021, by year in tabular form. [29540/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to provide additional funding to local authorities under the housing adaption grants in order to support older persons and persons with a disability remaining at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29284/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties brought back into use by Galway County Council through the buy and renew, repair and lease and the Housing Agency Fund in tabular form. [29844/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP properties inspected in County Galway by Galway County Council in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [29845/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has engaged with the European Commission as part of the ongoing review of the TEN-T core network with a view to having the Atlantic Economic Corridor restored to the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29282/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review into structures of county childcare committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-06-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of efforts to replace jobs lost at a factory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29733/21]

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 5 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Education 2 questions
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if secondary school principals have the authority to remove a subject from the school syllabus for leaving certificate if there are fewer than ten students willing to participate in that subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29240/21]
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the options available to fifth year students whose school refuses to offer them their subjects of choice for the leaving certificate thus affecting their career path and future when there is a dedicated teacher in the school already teaching the subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29241/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport when driver theory test centres will be reopened for persons due to sit their theory test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29129/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-06-01 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension of time will be granted to those participants in the GLAS scheme who are due to have wild bird cover sown before 31 May as a result of recent weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29128/21]