Donegal — week of Mon, 8 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Nov – 14 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 37 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 53–73

Voted for 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Voted against 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy

2021-11-10 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–55

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

The motion · motion passed 72–54

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Abstained 1 Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–54

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted against 1 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 4 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Wildbird Conservancy Environment
- The implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and the conservation of marine biodiversity through the designation and protection of Marine Protected Areas

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Finance 7 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing relief to low- and middle-income households struggling with the cost of energy through an exemption from VAT in respect of domestic energy supplies or a rebate of VAT on domestic energy supplies in the winter months; and if he has or will discuss these matters with the European Commission. [54656/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the action he will take to ensure that all claim cost reductions derived from the new personal injuries guidelines are passed on to consumers in the form of reduced insurance premiums; and when legislative action will be taken to reform the duty of care. [54657/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has or will make a submission to the relaunched review of EU economic governance in particular with regard to fundamental reform of the Stability and Growth Pact; and if so, the reforms he and the Government will argue in favour of. [54425/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total number of employees with gross pay in excess of €100,000, €200,000 and €300,000 who availed of tax relief on their pension contributions in 2019; his views on whether this is a judicious use of resources; if he will consider a review of the tax relief on pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54429/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider immediate measures to support renters in the private rental market including the introduction of a refundable tax credit equivalent to one month’s rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54426/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would have been generated had the full rate of capital gains tax applied to the disposal of assets by IREFs and REITs in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will apply the full rate of capital gains tax to such disposals in the future. [54428/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the projected revenue raised from legislated increases in the carbon tax in each year from 2021 to 2030 relative to the rate of €26 per tonne in 2020 as it pertains to the €9.5 billion expected to be raised from 2021 to 2030 in carbon tax increases as referenced in the Climate Action Plan, for example, the revenue raised from the new rate of carbon tax in 2026 relative to a rate of €26 per tonne. [55069/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider immediate measures to support renters in the private rental market including a ban on rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54426/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a reformed 100% redress scheme for homes affected by defective blocks with mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55223/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times that Glenveagh National Park had to close in 2021 as a result of the car park reaching capacity; and if his Department has liaised with the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to discuss the need for the expansion of the car parking facilities at Glenveagh National Park and to explain the adverse impact the current car parking limitations are having for tourism in the north west. [47908/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54560/21]
- 2021-11-11 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an ndéanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar Scéim na mBóithre Áise chun í a thabhairt ar ais do na Ceantair Ghaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54561/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Galway University Hospital for a kidney stone removal operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54788/21]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Agriculture 9 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will publish the recently concluded survey by the Marine Institute on brown crab stock in coastal waters here; and if he will request the Marine Institute to meet with brown crab fishermen representatives to discuss this survey and their proposals for sustaining the stock. [54259/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the parameters and methodology used by the Marine Institute when it conducted a recent marine survey on brown crab stock in coastal waters here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54260/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the organisation or body that is responsible for overseeing standards and quality in brown crab for sale in Ireland and overseas; the way these standards are enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54261/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has developed or is developing a strategy to support sustainable and eco-friendly inshore fishing; the grant funding that is available; if he has engaged with fishing representative organisations on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54462/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding that is available from his Department to fund pre-dredging works at Helvick Head Pier, County Waterford such as for an environmental impact assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54463/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release the proposed terms for acceptance into the temporary and permanent tie-up and cessation schemes suggested in the recently published report of the Seafood Sector Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54464/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release to this Deputy the most recent development plans devised by his Department for a harbour extension at Dunmore East, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54465/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to allow the inshore fishing fleet to diversify its fishing opportunities away from over reliance on non-quota shellfish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54466/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to create additional educational and training opportunities including apprenticeships for young persons to enter the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54467/21]
Health 4 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the disability respite services that are currently available in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54533/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason a service (details supplied) was still operating until recently on a reduced two-day service despite Covid-19 restrictions being lifted; the reason it is currently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54534/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the resources that have been put in place to support the families that are unable to avail of the day services at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54535/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to address the staff shortages in a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54536/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the communication he has had or meetings he has held with retail banks and insurance companies with respect to contributions through levies or otherwise to a 100% redress scheme for homes affected by defective concrete blocks as a result of MICA and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54424/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to implement the motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 15 June 2021, calling on the Government to deliver 100% redress for the families that have been devastated by mica and pyrite in the concrete blocks in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54431/21]