Galway East — week of Mon, 27 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Sept – 3 Oct 2021 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 13 questions · 2 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 Anne Rabbitte · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

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 Anne Rabbitte · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Hospital Waiting Lists

2021-09-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–65

Voted for 1 Anne Rabbitte

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

The motion · motion passed 77–65

Voted for 1 Anne Rabbitte

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Data Centre Moratorium

2021-09-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–61

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Gleann Mhuiris Residents Development and Zoning
- Proposed developments in Claregalway

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seán Canney — Independent 5 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make separate funding available to Irish Water to install wastewater treatment plants in towns and villages in which no such facility exists and in which housing cannot be built due to this lack of infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46452/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the incentives he plans to introduce to assist first-time buyers in purchasing second-hand houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46457/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the inclusion of the refurbishment as well as the purchase cost of houses by first-time buyers in the Rebuilding Ireland home plan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46458/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to incentivise property owners to refurbish residential properties in towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46460/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the new guidelines for the development of rural houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46456/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce supports to assist first-time homeowners to deal with the unprecedented rise in the cost of building materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46459/21]
Health 6 questions
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Irish hospitals perform surgery on unborn children for any conditions; and if so, if a list of the conditions and the location in which they are carried out will be provided. [45983/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if Irish hospitals perform surgery on unborn children with spina bifida; if so, the amount that has been allocated to in utero care for babies with spina bifida in Ireland. [45984/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of progress with regard to the installation of x-ray facilities and diagnostic facilities in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; when he expects them to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46225/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to research published (details supplied) that drew attention to the fact that there is uncertainty among abortion performing doctors in Ireland regarding the measures to take in the event that an unborn baby survives the abortion procedure; if protocols and guidelines have been put in place to address this humanitarian issue; if so, the precise wording of such protocols and guidelines; if no protocols and guidelines have been put in place, his plans to take measures to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46227/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that doctors are receiving training in the way in which to perform dilation and evacuation abortions as mentioned in UCD research published in April 2021 in relation to the experiences of abortion providers since the law has changed; if dilation and evacuation abortions are currently taking place in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/21]
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of psychology services in the Headford and Lackagh primary care service, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46580/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-09-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will introduce a grant support scheme to assist charities in carrying out retrofit of their facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46561/21]