Meath West — week of Mon, 28 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Jun – 4 Jul 2021 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages

2021-06-30 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 114–6

Voted for 2 Damien English · Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-06-30 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–81

Voted for 1 Johnny Guirke

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

The motion · motion passed 86–51

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021

2021-06-30 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in relation to industrial relations and trade disputes and f…

full description

A bill to amend and extend certain rights and protections of retired persons and certain representative associations in relation to industrial relations and trade disputes and for that purpose to amend the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 and the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2019, to make provision for enhanced representation of retired workers in relation to the administration of certain pension schemes, to amend the Pensions Act 1990 and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–62

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-06-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted against 1 Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Johnny Guirke

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologists that are currently working on a voluntary capacity within HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28258/21]
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health his Department’s policy on the recruitment of assistant psychologists in an unpaid capacity by HSE services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28259/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current turnaround time for applications for physiotherapist registration to an agency (details supplied); the average turnaround time in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form; the plan to reduce this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28507/21]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance when a decision on extending and increasing the banking levy will be made. [34392/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected under the local property tax per year since 2013; and the effect new changes to the tax is projected to have. [34393/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland plans to join the global rate of corporate tax being proposed by the US administration; and the level of engagement by the administration with the proposal and negotiations to date. [34394/21]
Defence 2 questions
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the reason for the failure to implement the technical pay agreement negotiated in July 2019 between the Government and the Defence Forces. [34597/21]
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence if he will allow for personnel on post-1994 contracts to remain part of the Defence Forces if they are fit, healthy and capable as opposed to being automatically discharged if not sergeants by December 2022. [34598/21]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [33505/21]
- 2021-06-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he or his Departmental officials have engaged or corresponded with clubs (details supplied) or communities in Northern Ireland to discuss the future of the agreed Shared Ireland, Shared Island initiative. [33225/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if clarity will be provided on the future of the leaving certificate grading process; and if the practice of school profiling will resume post-pandemic. [34498/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will consider taking action to reduce class sizes in primary schools in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34499/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has met with or engaged with employers in particular with small business owners who are experiencing difficulties with staff recruitment allegedly due to the fact that persons are reluctant to come off the pandemic unemployment payment. [34501/21]
- 2021-07-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no proof of unemployment was required when persons were applying for the pandemic unemployment payment; and the number of instances of fraud or attempted fraud in relation to the payment that were reported to her Department. [34500/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-06-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the current price of €647 for a student monthly train ticket from Galway to Dublin, the current cost of an adult monthly ticket from Galway to Dublin of €907 and the current cost of an adult single one-way ticket from Galway to Dublin of €37 are appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34457/21]