Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 18 Oct

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Oct – 24 Oct 2021 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 44 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Rental Sector

2021-10-20 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of older persons on the waiting list for homecare support in each local health office area in CHO1; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50612/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 in each local health Office area in CHO1; the corresponding figures for each area at the end of June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50611/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional funding is provided in 2022 for the North East Regional Drug Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51153/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme will continue on an administrative basis beyond the end of 2021 pending the enactment of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/21]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit in his Department. [43771/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the details of his recent address to the British-Irish Association. [43772/21]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in implementing measures to assist the mushroom and horticulture sector due to the serious difficulties that have arisen in sourcing horticultural peat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51712/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if TAMS grant aid will be increased for the purchase of low emission slurry spreading machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51706/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 30 September, if she will ensure that local employment services are not privatised; if community organisations will continue to deliver such services due to the important work carried out over recent years by such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51155/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in establishing a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51633/21]

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Agriculture 11 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers on natura designated land, SACs and SPAs; the total hectarage of such land on which basic payments were paid in 2020 by county; the average holding size by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50412/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 769 of 15 September 2021, if his attention has been drawn to an outbreak of ips typographus, spruce bark beetle, in the UK; the preventative measures in place regarding this risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50413/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs currently associated with the Coillte leasing system for hunters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50424/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Coillte tendered for an IT solution to facilitate permit management for hunters and related services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50425/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures included in budget 2022 for suckler beef farmers, sheep farmers and farmers in areas of natural constraint. [50847/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected number of new organic farmers for 2022; the additional funding that will be allocated to the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50848/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the ongoing crisis in the horticulture and mushroom sectors due to peat shortages. [50712/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to advance proposals that will encourage the development of anaerobic digestion on Irish farms. [50716/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the impact of factory owned feedlots on the beef sector including their effect on prices and the environment as a result of record kills in such facilities in 2021. [50713/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the development of a hemp sector in Ireland on the basis of allowing farmers in that sector to utilise the entire crop produce. [50715/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of new hectares entered into afforestation to date in 2021; the projected number for the full year; and the projected number for 2022. [50714/21]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [44754/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach if he will commission a review on the use and security implications arising from the use of personal devices and messaging services by Ministers, Ministers of State and senior officials in the conducting of Government business. [44140/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will liaise with Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of the roadworks taking place on the link road between the N2 to the M1 motorway to ensure that disruptions to motorists as a result of these necessary works are minimised; the timeframe for completion of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51191/21]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 5 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the additional funding being provided for the National Maternity Strategy in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50614/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the details of the Budget 2022 package for women’s health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50613/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an ophthalmology operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50360/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a dental appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51411/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for HSE funding for long-term care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51580/21]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans going forward to look at the system of issuing licences for thinning and clearfell in forestry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the findings of the working group established by his Department to examine the peat supply issue to the horticultural sector in the wake of the peat harvesting cessation on Bord na Móna bogs; the way in which he plans to deal with this issue in the short-term to protect those involved in the horticultural trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51483/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will introduce as a matter of urgency to ensure that there is an adequate supply of domestic peat for the mushroom and horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51484/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that the concerns of the mushroom and horticulture sector in relation to the harvesting of horticultural peat are addressed in view of the importance of peat for that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51486/21]