Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 18 Oct

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Oct – 24 Oct 2021 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 53 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 against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

The motion · motion passed 71–56

Voted against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Social 7 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that consideration is given to the incredibly valuable work of community employment supervisors as part of ongoing negotiations regarding pensions; if she will request that a forum for engagement be established between her Department and the supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50417/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Christmas bonus payment announced in budget 2022 will be provided to persons who are in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, at that time; if she will outline which social protection scheme recipients will be eligible to receive the Christmas bonus this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51036/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when the poverty impact of reduced rates of jobseeker's allowance for young persons will be published given that the report is now over 18 months overdue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51178/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when the report of the child maintenance review group will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51179/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the fuel allowance, by social protection scheme, from September 2019 to date, by payment type and month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51180/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of full rate pensions approved on an annual basis which have been based on level of contributions (details supplied) from 1991 to date, per contribution boundary in tabular form. [51529/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if recipients who are currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be moved to standard jobseeker’s terms should the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions not go ahead on 22 October 2021 as planned particularly with regard to those who cannot return to their employment as a result of current limitations on industries such as live entertainment and hospitality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51534/21]
Education 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 28 April 2021, the actions that have been taken post Caranua to ensure continued support of survivors of institutional abuse; if she will provide details of the ongoing supports that remain in place given the acknowledgement that survivors must be supported lifelong; if an interdepartmental group is underway; if so, the conclusions that have been reached to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51143/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) with seven children with additional needs across five classrooms in a school of 165 children has only one part-time special needs assistant; the reason the school has not been visited to observe the children and their psychological reports to ensure their needs are met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51200/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the status of plans to increase capacity on post-primary school buses in line with public transport given issues being experienced by working parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51578/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to major difficulties being faced by primary school principals in sourcing substitute teachers; the way in which she plans to rectify same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51579/21]
Rural 4 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding including additional allocation for rural development in each budget from 2005 to 2022; and the breakdown of the allocation and additional allocation by year in tabular form. [50988/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a six month progress report on the implementation of Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 will be available considering the commitment to providing this as set out in the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51384/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current status of the actions set out in the Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 work programme; if her Department will complete all scheduled actions by the end of 2021 as planned; if she will provide an update on each measure listed in the work programme in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51386/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of works at libraries (details supplied); the timeframe for their reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51861/21]
Health 3 questions
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the staffing levels and range of services being provided currently in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50829/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if there are current vacancies in a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50830/21]
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 23 September 2021, the number of nursing homes and the number of residents by county to correspond with the average monthly payment made to private nursing homes under the National Treatment Purchase Fund which has been provided in tabular form. [51044/21]
Environment 3 questions
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a village (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland;if this has changed to the initial plan in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51587/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a property (details supplied) will be connected by National Broadband Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51588/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 222 of 3 June 2021 and 41 of 16 September 2021, the number of premises connected by National Broadband Ireland, not surveyed, not ready for connection, but connected to date in counties Roscommon and Galway. [51589/21]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine report on the Proposed Regulation of Veterinary Medicines in Ireland and the recommendations outlined in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50913/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was no new support measures provided to suckler beef farmers in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50914/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport the reason that persons (details supplied) are not being offered compensation when they are set to lose their existing access right of way on a private road as it is taken for the new N5 Scramogue to Ballaghaderreen bypass; the reason they have not been offered a CPO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51068/21]

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 2 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Agriculture 10 questions
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the afforestation scheme is classed as an environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51397/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings the Minister of State with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity had with banks in relation to forestry contractors; the banks they met with; the dates these meetings took place on; the outcomes of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51398/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applications submitted to the Forest Service are dealt with sequentially going by the TFL number allocated to each individual application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51399/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bilateral meetings he or his senior staff have had with the forestry industry in the past three to six months in connection to the CAP strategic plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51400/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of forestry licence applications which are screened by his Department for appropriate assessments in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the management structure and reporting lines or line managers of the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51403/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the productivity of each of the inspectors and their line managers in the Forest Service in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51404/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date the attention of the Forest Service section of his Department was drawn to SI No. 293 of 2021, the details and implications of which were outlined through circular 10 of 2021 on 7 July 2021; if his officials were involved or consulted with before this statutory instrument became law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51405/21]
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if staff from the Forest Service division of his Department were aware of SI No. 293 of 2021 before issuing circular 8 of 2021 which was issued on 17 June 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51406/21]
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants involved in the beef data genomics programme, BDGP, and the beef environmental efficiency programme – sucklers, BEEP-S, schemes in 2020; the number that are taking part in the BDGP and BEEP-S schemes since their roll-over into 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51911/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on a passport application submitted by a person (details supplied) on 18 April 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51048/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-10-19 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question number 258 of 30 September 2021, when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) by the Department for teaching services within a school from September 2020 to May 2021 in view that the date of registration for the post primary qualification level was updated by the Teaching Council in July 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51042/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-10-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of planning applications which have been screened for appropriate assessments in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51402/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-10-21 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice when an application for a Garda spouses pension submitted by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51726/21]