Mayo — week of Mon, 11 Oct

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 11 Oct – 17 Oct 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 41 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax

2021-10-12 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–87

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 87–47

Voted for 2 Alan Dillon · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 2 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Social 3 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to extending the total contributions approach for calculating the State pension (contributory) to those who have not accumulated PRSI contributions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49169/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider that all persons aged 70 and over qualify for the fuel allowance to reflect the increased cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49188/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase the old age pension in Budget 2022 in view of the rising cost of living and the pressure that the costs are putting pensioners under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49427/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total funding provided by the Higher Education Authority to the Connaught-Ulster Alliance consortium in seeking technological university status since 2015; the way this funding was spent; the progress on the submission; when a decision will be made on its status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49852/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the progression of an application by a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49851/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if a medical assessment can be redone due to the unsatisfactory way the original assessment took place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49939/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if there is a proposal for the regulating and licensing of osteopaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/21]
Rural 2 questions
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the walks scheme in respect of new projects in County Mayo; the funding that has been allocated to these projects; the likely timeline for the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50111/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); when the project is likely to proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50110/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the expected timeline for the strategic rail review; if the western rail corridor forms part of the review; when he expects a draft version to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49166/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if the underspend from the stay and spend scheme will be considered to go toward sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49087/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to revaluate the ECCE capitation for childcare providers to reflect the increased cost of living and rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49687/21]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if he will publish all assessments and correspondence received by him or his Department from TII in relation to the N26 second phase as part of the NDP review; the reason he opposed its inclusion in the revised document; his views on the way he sees road connectivity to Ballina improving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49135/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the carrying out and completion of the All-Island Rail Review; the provisions he has made for the completion of the review within that timeline in the context of elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the subsequent formation of an executive; and the way he plans to act on the findings of the review. [49137/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm public comments (details supplied) made by him in relation to the Western Rail Corridor; the way those comments compare against his lack of support for specific commitments to progressing the Western Rail Corridor within the revised national development plan; and the way he intends to progress the project. [49222/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken to address difficulties within the Irish Coast Guard; if his attention has been drawn to the expenditure of €140,000 by the Irish Coast Guard on training and mediation support; his views on whether the current situation is entirely unsatisfactory; and if he will outline a process to address the grievances highlighted by an organisation (details supplied). [50257/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made on the reform of the SUSI grant; the expected date for any changes to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49808/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of and progress regarding the 18 consortia-led apprenticeships in development in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49807/21]
Public 2 questions
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in 2021 on the Ballina, County Mayo flood relief scheme. [50165/21]
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in 2021 on the Foxford flood relief scheme, County Mayo. [50177/21]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to a settlement between a State agency (details supplied) and the Revenue Commissioners; and if there are any agencies under his Department’s remit that have had a similar issue or have made a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners in relation to any issue in the past five years. [48032/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will publish the Interdepartmental Group for the Delivery of Offline Services report; if he has received a submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49530/21]
Rural 1 question
- 2021-10-14 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the interdepartmental committee for the development of the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50161/21]

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul Lawless — Aontú 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Further and Higher Education 9 questions
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 28 September 2021, if he will provide further detail and an explanation for the increase in the number of cases of overpayments discovered under the reason, information omitted from application; the breakdown of the type of information omitted; the number of discoveries of information omitted from application in each month throughout the academic year 2020-2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49192/21]
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 28 of September 2021, if he will provide further detail and an explanation for the increase in the number of cases of overpayments discovered under the reason eligibility; the breakdown of the reasons students were deemed ineligible in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49193/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that have been taken to address the student accommodation crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49752/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that many third level students remain studying predominantly online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49756/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is evidence of a decline in the number of new registrations on construction related apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49754/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the student contribution charge is currently set at an appropriate level; when he will bring forward a sustainable funding model for third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49755/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of sitting days of the student grant appeals board in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50032/21]
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of annual registrations that would be required in order to maintain an apprenticeship population of 40,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50033/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-10-12 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve transport services from rural areas to designated cancer centres for scheduled day case treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49191/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-10-13 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider instructing his Department to begin collecting the data either through research or as a standardised component of the tax return on which research and development activity is carried out in order to allow for an assessment of the effectiveness of the research and development tax relief incentivising companies to deepen such activity within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50062/21]