Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 21 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Jun – 27 Jun 2021 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-06-23 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–74

Voted for 1 Pauline Tully

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–76

Voted for 1 Pauline Tully

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 53–75

Voted for 1 Pauline Tully

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

Regulation of Lobbying (Post-Term Employment as Lobbyist) Bill 2020

2021-06-23 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to make further provision in relation to restrictions on the post-term employment of certain persons as lobbyists, for that purpose to amend the Regulation of Lobbying Ac…

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A bill to make further provision in relation to restrictions on the post-term employment of certain persons as lobbyists, for that purpose to amend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–51

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998

2021-06-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 21–77

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

The motion · motion passed 87–7

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009

2021-06-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 91–6

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2021-06-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the introduction of higher income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan due to the inadequacy of existing eligibility limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33857/21]
- 2021-06-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce higher income eligibility limits for social housing given that existing limits are too low in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33856/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-06-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there have been any recent discussions with the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive on the establishment of a civic advisory panel as provided for in the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33871/21]
- 2021-06-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the proposal in the Stormont House Agreement to establish a civic advisory panel following the provision for the establishment of a civic forum in the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33872/21]
Public 2 questions
- 2021-06-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to amend public procurement processes to ensure that small and medium enterprises are not disadvantaged in tendering for the provision of services to the State such as provisions for schools and other public services in view of the fact that in recent years small enterprises have lost valuable business at local level due to more purchasing being centralised and resulting in some instances in products being sourced from outside this jurisdiction and a loss in revenue to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34162/21]
- 2021-06-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of engagement the Office of Government Procurement has with small and medium enterprises to ensure that more products are sourced locally and that such businesses will not continue to be disadvantaged through centralised purchasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34163/21]

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 0 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Agriculture 8 questions
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2021 related to Covid-19 measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33149/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2020 related to Covid-19 measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33150/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2021 related to Brexit measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33151/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding appropriated in 2020 related to Brexit measures in programmes A, B, C and D by sub-heading in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33152/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered extending the GLAS scheme for existing participants in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33153/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the REAP scheme; the number of successful applicants; the last agri-environmental scheme that successful and unsuccessful in which applicants took part in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33154/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum and maximum stocking rate for participation in the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33155/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered revising the National Organic Strategy 2019-2025 to align it with the EU Organic Action Plan of March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/21]
Tourism 3 questions
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of tourism funding provided to County Monaghan in 2020; and the allocation for 2021. [33194/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps required by Monaghan County Council to secure funding under the large-scale sports infrastructure fund towards the provision of a public swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [33193/21]
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will liaise with the National Museum of Ireland with a view to securing a permanent exhibition on the Great Hunger - An Gorta Mór; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33440/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 11 November 2020, if the Office of Public Works was involved in renting office space from a company (details supplied) or an Irish subsidiary; the number of employees who work out of such office space; the length of time they have been working from the offices; the cost to date of renting such offices; the tender process by which it was decided to use the services of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33157/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the development of log cabins should form part of the overall housing stock; his plans to remove the barriers to the development of this type of housing, including the difficulties in securing mortgage finance for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33455/21]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Social 1 question
- 2021-06-22 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if the three month time limit to submit applications for child benefit for newborns has been relaxed given the backlog due to Covid-19 and the HSE cyber-attack which is causing delays with registering newborns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33071/21]