Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 14 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Jun – 20 Jun 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 43 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-06-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–78

Voted for 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 129–10

Voted for 5 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021

2021-06-16 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights, insofar as such exercise gives rise…

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A bill further to regulate in accordance with the principles of social justice and to delimit by law the exercise of private property rights, insofar as such exercise gives rise to the assessment of compensation payable by local authorities in respect of the compulsory acquisition of development land, with a view to reconciling the exercise of those rights with the exigencies of the common good, and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–58

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-06-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 24–19

Voted for 1 Brendan Smith

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

Did not vote 4 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if legacy issues were discussed during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson. [27628/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if the need to implement in full the Stormont House Agreement was discussed during his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson. [27629/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Meath and Louth receiving support under the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number in each county who were receiving support under the scheme in May 2021; the number of persons in each county who have received support under the scheme and its predecessor since March 2020; the expenditure on the scheme in each county over that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31695/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions recently with a bank (details supplied) on its decision to withdraw from the market and with another bank in relation to its plan to close 88 branches here given the concern of employees and customers on the resulting loss of banking competition here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31696/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to reallocate capital funding within the Estimate of his Department in circumstances in which there is slower than projected expenditure to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32406/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if further much needed funding will be allocated in 2021 for the non-national road network if there is a capital funding reallocation within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32407/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the arrangements being made to enable Irish passport holders who are resident in Northern Ireland to avail of the proposed EU Digital Covid Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31688/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital expenditure was on or within profile at the end of May 2021; if he expects expenditure to come in on profile in 2021; if not, if he has received requests for a reallocation of funding; if such requests will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32351/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected roll-out of the National Broadband Plan for counties Cavan and Monaghan for 2021; the measures that will be implemented to offset the delays that have occurred in this roll-out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32791/21]

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 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Agriculture 6 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of pillar 1 funds in 2020 in bands (details supplied) per county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30531/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that would see their income increase under full convergence of pillar 1 payments by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30532/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of CAP pillar 1 recipients; the amount paid in pillar 1 funds by county in tabular form in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30533/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pillar 1 CAP payments per county in 2020; the amount that would have distributed per county in 2020 if there had been full convergence of pillar 1 payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that would be paid per hectare if 25% of pillar 1 was set aside for eco-schemes if full convergence was introduced and a maximum payment of €60,000 were in place; the amount if 10, 15, 20 and 25%, respectively of pillar 1 was set aside as an additional redistributive payment to be paid in a linear manner on the first 30 hectares, the resulting transfer by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30535/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the dog control unit should move to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30781/21]
Public 3 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the major projects that have been delayed; the planning matters that resulted in the delay; the amount unspent as a result in tabular form per note A.5 in the 2019 Annual Accounts of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30576/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in setting the salary level for the Secretary General of the Department of Health; if he is satisfied that the new salary is justified; and if he has concerns that the increase in salary for this position will lead to further pay claims in other Departments. [32040/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monitoring mechanisms employed by his Department regarding the costs associated with the national children’s hospital; and the final estimated cost of this project. [32041/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to any issue preventing an Irish citizen holding an Irish road transport management CPC and resident in Northern Ireland from being nominated as a transport manager on Irish road transport operator licences in companies within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30530/21]
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the measures he will put in place to address the backlog in driver theory tests. [32043/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the supports and grants and so on that are available for qualifying students from this jurisdiction accepted to study for primary teaching through Irish at a school (details supplied); the details of the qualifying conditions that apply; the level of grant aid available; and if other relevant information will be provided. [32593/21]

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

Questions asked 3 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if the rent-to-buy scheme will continue after 2021. [31752/21]
- 2021-06-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the restart grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31196/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-06-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport the status of local and regional road infrastructure in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [22864/21]