Donegal — week of Mon, 27 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Sept – 3 Oct 2021 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 47 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Freedom of Information

2021-09-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–61

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

2021-09-29 · 1 vote · Govt (Agriculture)

A bill to amend the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to give effect to Article 92 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 and Title VII of C…

full description

A bill to amend the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to give effect to Article 92 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 and Title VII of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 and in that regard to provide for a system of registration and assignment of points to masters of sea-fishing boats who are Irish citizens; to make provision for certain other amendments to the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006; to amend the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003; to amend the European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020); and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 81–62

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Hospital Waiting Lists

2021-09-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–65

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 77–65

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Data Centre Moratorium

2021-09-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–61

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Health 22 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made for a home support application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46159/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if second-dose Covid-19 vaccines can be accessed at local vaccination centres if first dose Covid-19 vaccines were received in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46160/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it is planned that Covid-19 booster vaccines will be available at local vaccination centres for those who received Covid-19 vaccines in hospital settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46161/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when he plans to reopen the respite services at Drumboe House, County Donegal for children and young adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46162/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be made available for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46163/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an eye operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who has been diagnosed with autism will have a speech and language and an occupational therapy appointment for the purposes of assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46166/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of the reimbursement process for the drug Zolgensma for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46167/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for ophthalmic surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46168/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason physiotherapy appointment frequency have changed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46169/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if additional funding was sought in 2020 from estimates to provide seven day per week respite at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46170/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention was drawn to processing times to have qualifications recognised and register with CORU for social workers who qualified in Northern Ireland that want to apply for vacant positions here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46171/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the processing timeframes for recognition of qualifications and registering with CORU for social workers in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46172/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if cross-Border workers vaccinated in Northern Ireland will receive an EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46173/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person who was vaccinated using their English name will be able to have their EU Digital COVID Certificate amended to match the Gaeilge version of their name which corresponds with their passport; if so, the process for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46174/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the intellectual disability service received a multidisciplinary team proposal for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46175/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for positions within the mental health services in County Donegal; the corresponding length of the vacancies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46176/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation for mental health services in County Donegal by organisation in for the period from 2011 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46177/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the waiting list for mental health services in County Donegal by the stage of assessment and or treatment; the corresponding length of time that they have been waiting for assessment and or treatment in three-month intervals, that is, zero to three, three to six months and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46178/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for procedures in Letterkenny University Hospital; if the referral is general or urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46179/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46180/21]
- 2021-09-29 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if an increase is due in relation to a HSE pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47156/21]
Housing 4 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to concerns raised by the National Competitiveness Council in its Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenges 2021 report regarding the sequencing and roll-out of demand-side measures announced by Government and their likely adverse consequences for house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to the implementation of a 100% redress scheme for homeowners affected by the MICA and pyrite scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available to Donegal County Council for the retrofit scheme replacement of single-glazed windows and doors under the retrofit scheme in Radharc an Gleanna, Ard an Rátha, Contae Dhún na nGall; the level of funding allocated to Donegal County Council for such works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46138/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if changes to the defective block redress scheme will permit successful applicants to submit a new application, change to another option or submit a change of circumstances when the property has deteriorated since applying for the redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46140/21]
Finance 3 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional corporation tax that could be expected to be generated in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively if the bailed-out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on the losses that could be carried forward in a year and a five-year absolute limit in which such losses could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46512/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional corporation tax that could be expected to be generated in each of the years 2022 to 2025, respectively if the bailed-out banks had applied to them a 25% and 50% limit respectively on the losses that could be carried forward in a year and a five year absolute limit in which such losses could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/21]
- 2021-09-30 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the lapsing of the bank levy at the end of 2021 has been factored into the revenue projections for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; if revenue raised from extending the bank levy to 2022 will result in additional revenue in the context of Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-09-29 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47154/21]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Environment 3 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected percentage of homes in the National Broadband Plan intervention areas that will be connected to fibre broadband under the plan in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form. [45989/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected percentage of homes in the National Broadband Plan interventions areas that will be connected to fibre broadband under the plan in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form. [46018/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will meet with a cross party delegation of county councillors and members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Donegal to discuss serious concerns regarding the current timeframe for delivering high speed fibre broadband under the National Broadband Plan to the thousands of homes still not connected in the county; and if his office will liaise with Donegal County Council to confirm such a meeting at the earliest opportunity. [46342/21]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the €3 million urgently required by Donegal County Council to upgrade the pier at Rathmullan, County Donegal. [46001/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new sea survival centre at the National Fisheries School, Greencastle, County Donegal; and when this will be delivered. [46002/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the final submission by persons (details supplied) to the defective blocks working group that he established in June 2021. [46012/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the number of public power points for electric vehicles in County Donegal; the locations of same; and his plans to increase this number. [46343/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will facilitate a meeting with a service (details supplied) and with Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Donegal to discuss serious concerns in relation to the ongoing failure of the Government and State agencies to adequately resource the vital service which has been provided for many years. [46531/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the costs involved for the use of a hotel (details supplied) by the HSE since the Covid-19 pandemic to date; the services that were provided for those costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46672/21]