Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 13 Sept

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Sept – 19 Sept 2021 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 27 questions · 54 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence

2021-09-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 92–59

Voted for 2 Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 4 questions · 11 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Environment 2 questions
- 2021-09-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises connected, not surveyed, to broadband by National Broadband Ireland in counties Roscommon and Galway to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44112/21]
- 2021-09-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action he has taken in response to the findings of a report (details supplied) published in 2020 regarding the future of the post office network; the engagement he has had with a union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44113/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-09-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide additional funding to the National Transport Authority in order to increase the frequency of the LocalLink service in a town (details supplied) from two days per week to four days per week given the demand for the service and the ability of the service provider to provide the increased service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44119/21]
- 2021-09-16 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the decision to cease the 20 and x20 Bus Éireann route from Galway to Dublin in view of the importance of this route as a link to Portiuncula Hospital especially for older persons living in nearby rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/21]

New lobbying 11 returns

Dublin Northwest Area Partnership CLG Employment
- Proposal to introduce a new Regional Employment Service
Children in Hospital Ireland Health
- Sharing Children in Hospital Ireland’s pre-Budget submission, which calls for the introduction of a new social protection payment to assist parents with the non-medical financial costs associated with prolonged and/or repeated hospital care of a child.
Epilepsy Ireland · 2 returns Social Protection
- Contacted representatives to discuss and gain support for access to Free Travel for people with epilepsy.
- Met with the Deputy to discuss Epilepsy Ireland's proposals on access to Free Travel for people with epilepsy.
Galway Film Resource Centre Limited Arts
- Section 481 Regional Film Development Uplift
National Union of Journalists Communications
- Iconic Media need to recognise the union amongst their members
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Budgetary matters
- Engagement with Ministers, Elected Officials and Senior Civil Servants regarding SVP pre-budget asks for 2022
Family Carers Ireland Budgetary matters
- Budget 2022
National Women's Council of Ireland Community
- Research on needs of Rural Women
Technological Universities Association Education and Training
- Submission on Budget 2022
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture
- New Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Agreement 2023-2027

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 1 vote · 10 questions · 29 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 7 questions
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the budget for aids and appliances for persons with disabilities for each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43485/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the cost of PPE has been included in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43484/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the average cost of the various personal emergency response systems, surgical footwear, hearing aids and prosthetic limbs provided by the HSE, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43487/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs incurred with the provision and care of persons with hearing aids, surgical footwear prosthetic limbs in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43488/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the inclusion of PPE in the budget for appliances for persons with disabilities will result in patients receiving inferior care or quality of prosthetic limbs, surgical footwear, hearing aid and personal emergency response systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43489/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if he has considered having the budget for the provision of prosthetic limbs separate to the overall budget for appliances for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43486/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when he expects the director of decision support services to submit the code of practice in respect of Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 to him for approval and publication in view of the inordinate delay since December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43495/21]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary officers his Department has available to support the implementation of the proposed changes, further to his statement on 6 July 2021 in relation to further post-Brexit changes for food exports from Ireland to the UK; the number of additional veterinary officers his Department will have in place by 1 October 2021 and 1 January 2022, respectively, to support the implementation of new rules covering products of animal origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43417/21]
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish food export companies that will be impacted by changes proposed as part of the post-Brexit process which could cause significant disruption for food exports from Ireland specifically in relation to products of animal origin which are due to be introduced on 1 October 2021; the details of his engagement with Bord Bia and with Enterprise Ireland on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43418/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-09-15 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish food export companies are fully prepared for the changes proposed as part of the post-Brexit process, specifically in relation to products of animal origin, which are due to be introduced on 1 October 2021; the steps taken by him to assist Irish food export companies that will be impacted by changes; if his Department has engaged with Enterprise Ireland on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43474/21]

New lobbying 29 returns

Galway Film Resource Centre Limited Arts
- Section 481 Regional Film Development Uplift
National Union of Journalists · 2 returns Communications
- Iconic Media need to recognise the union amongst their members
- Iconic Media need to recognise the union amongst their members
Gibney Communications Agriculture
- To highlight the imminent crisis facing the horticultural sector as a result of restrictions placed on the harvesting of Irish horticultural peat.
Trócaire Foreign Affairs
- Sustainable Food Systems
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 23 returns Agriculture · Environment · Health · Food · Finance · Energy and Natural Resources · Heritage · Marine · EU Affairs
- UK/Ireland Trading Relationship Post Brexit
- Lough Funshinagh, Co. Roscommon Emergency Works
- Compulsory Bovine EID
- Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 Public Consultation
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
- CAP Strategic Plan - Draft Suckler Scheme
- Food Vision 2030 Strategy
- Smart Farming Challenge
- Vulture Fund - Online Sale of Family Farm
- Farm Safety Week
- Department of Agriculture Townhall Meetings
- Renewable Energy Strategy
- Insurance Indemnification for Hill Farmers
- Social Dialogue on Agriculture Pillar
- Teagasc National Farm Survey 2020 - Underlying Vulnerability of Farm Incomes
- Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Water Quality Report
- New Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) Agreement 2023-2027
- Independent Review of the Department Appeals System.
- Ash Dieback Scheme
- Farm Fatalities 2020
- Aquaculture Licence for MOWI Ireland in Shot Head in Bantry Bay.
- EU Veterinary Medicines Regulation
- Committee Stage – Seanad Eireann – Climate Action & Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021
Technological Universities Association Education and Training
- Submission on Budget 2022