Galway West — week of Mon, 18 Oct

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Oct – 24 Oct 2021 · 6 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 42 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 1 Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 5 Catherine Connolly · Hildegarde Naughton · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

The motion · motion passed 71–56

Voted for 1 Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 5 Catherine Connolly · Hildegarde Naughton · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Catherine Connolly — Independent 0 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with Saolta with regard to the vision and a masterplan for the Merlin Park University Hospital site, including clarification on the building projects completed there in the past five years; the building projects currently under construction; the building projects for which planning permission has been given but which have not yet commenced and further planned projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50803/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the promised updated implementation plan for the National Maternity Strategy; when the plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50804/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the recruitment process undertaken by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland for senior positions (details supplied) in tabular form; the platforms on which these positions were advertised; the dates advertisements were placed on these platforms; if the positions were communicated via email alert to internal NMBI staff; the number of applications received for each position; the number of applicants shortlisted and interviewed for each position; the number of panel members on each interview panel; the title and or position of each panel member; and the relationship, that is, staff member, board or committee member, contractor and external member of each panel member to the NMBI in tabular form. [51225/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been brought to a campaign (details supplied) which calls for the recruitment of 100 additional neurological nurse specialists including nine in University Hospital Galway; his plans for the recruitment of these additional neurological nurse specialist positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51230/21]
Justice 3 questions
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 12 October 2021, the way in which her Department accommodates those impacted by the booking of immigration appointments by third party agents;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51703/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the steps she has taken to address the management and cancellation of computer-aided despatch incidents and 999 calls by An Garda Síochána as outlined by the Policing Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51719/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the details of the Afghan Admission Programme; when it is planned to open the programme to applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51718/21]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if trawlers over 18 m in length are currently permitted to carry out fishing activities in Irish waters inside of the six-nautical-mile limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51539/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the wool feasibility study; when the final report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51540/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that independent tourism providers not registered with Fáilte Ireland have been excluded from the tourism accommodation providers business continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50434/21]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 2 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent increase in patients on trolleys at Galway University Hospital, a trend which is expected to continue through the winter due to staffing shortages; his plans to address these staffing shortages and capacity requirements in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50615/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when respite services in County Galway will recommence in full, given that such services have resumed in other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50513/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if eucalyptus is being used to fuel State-owned power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51748/21]

Noel Grealish — Independent 0 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Finance 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the status of the central bank (individual accountability framework) Bill; when it will be available for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if State supports are taken into account when assessing eligibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51583/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a two-tier stamp duty rate for land with a reduced rate applying to active farmers who work the land directly in order to increase output and production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51584/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a tax incentivisation scheme that facilitates owners and purchasers of town centre commercial buildings convert them into residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51585/21]
Transport 3 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if there is now no plan to construct a MetroLink southern route towards Terenure and Rathfarnham or towards Belfield and Stillorgan (details supplied); the reason these routes are not being proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51223/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport when he will introduce a Bill to make e-scooters legal on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50385/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if a person with a truck and bus licence from Ontario, Canada can exchange that licence for an equivalent Irish licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51871/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has made a decision on whether social housing allocated under Part V housing provisions can be purchased by tenants under the tenant incremental purchase scheme; when a decision on this policy is likely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will temporarily suspend the limitations of usage on holiday homes in order to permit prospective tenants to reside in them in order to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51586/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason an accommodation provider cannot avail of the tourism accommodation providers business continuity scheme grant due to the fact that it is not registered with Fáilte Ireland despite the fact that it has suffered the same losses as those registered with Fáilte Ireland; if there is another means by which this accommodation provider can avail of supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50541/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education the status of her plans for the former Technological University of Dublin Conservatory of Music campus in Rathmines, Dublin 6; if space at the buildings will be made available to the adjacent Rathmines College of Further Education following the current temporary allocation of the buildings to a school (details supplied); the steps she will take to ensure that the current overcrowding at Rathmines College of Further Education is remedied by the long-term allocation of space at the former Technological University of Dublin buildings to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50726/21]

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.