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

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 8 Nov – 14 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 71 questions · 0 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 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

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 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 72–54

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Finance Bill 2021: Financial Resolutions (Resumed)

2021-11-10 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 73–54

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-09 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 2 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary

Did not vote 3 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 5 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Tourism 4 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the importance of investment in sport as set out in the national sports policy; if she will continue to increase investment in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55217/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department is engaging in the development of any application to host or co-host any major sporting events in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55218/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the processing of applications to the sports capital and equipment programme; if the processing of applications remains likely to be concluded before the end of 2021; if more details can be provided on the significant additional grants allocated to the sports capital and equipment programme as mentioned in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55196/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the report from the Future of Media Commission; when it is likely to be published; if details will be provided on the supports being put in place for local media and particularly local print media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55197/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update following on from the publication of the Report from the Working Group on the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme; if there has been progress in relation to putting in place a suitable scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54150/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to reimburse local authorities for the significant income they have lost out on due to Covid-19 in particular reduced incomes from parking charges or decreased revenues from commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55195/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the remuneration elements of the Moorhead Report have been implemented; if county and city councillors received their increased renumeration; the work that has been carried out on the non-pay elements of the Moorhead Report in relation to retention of local councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55194/21]
Education 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of the increase in funding for the DEIS programme following budget 2022; when it is likely the additional allocation of €18 million will enable an expansion of the programme to further schools; the eligibility criteria or application processes that are being put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54557/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to amend or update the current Report of the Special Education Review Committee 1993 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55273/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55347/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the highest 5% rate of the regional film development uplift for claims made after 31 December 2021; if there are similar or alternative proposals to encourage film production in regional areas as part of the film tax credit section 481; if additional supports can be considered to help expand and develop the increased level of film production taking place in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54418/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to developing an application or website to assist with the administration of tax relief for remote workers announced as part of Budget 2022; if guidance is being developed to assist remote workers in calculating the number of days worked from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54417/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the status of the operations of a centre (details supplied); when it will be fully operational to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54589/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider allocating a locum doctor to provide consistent cover for a practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54590/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of domestic violence refuge spaces in each county in tabular form; the plans to increase funding for these spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54163/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a college (details supplied) will have an opportunity to submit a capital application for its capital project; the criteria likely to be used for the capital application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55023/21]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have now registered under the business resumption support scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54335/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the plans he has to address the difficulties currently arising in securing insurance for outdoor sports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54336/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether in the context of a bank exiting the Irish market and selling its loan book that in the case of any family home mortgage being sold on to a third-party at a discount on the mortgage, for example, a tracker mortgage, that the discount be offered in the first instance to the mortgage holder who may be in a position to buy out their mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54634/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if will give further consideration to the strong wishes of communities across County Mayo to retain the name Ballycroy in the name of the National Park; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and disappointment at the dropping of the name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55072/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria and application timeline for urban regeneration and development fund funding in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55157/21]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports that will be available for small-scale festivals in 2022; the criteria for applications; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55112/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the pilot basic income guarantee scheme for artists including its planned scope; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55113/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a service to allow for the renewal of public services cards has been discontinued at a location (details supplied) in County Sligo; her views on whether it is not acceptable for residents of the area and its vast hinterland to have to travel 20 miles or more to avail of the service; her further views on whether such a move to discontinue the service is not in line with the Our Rural Future initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55322/21]

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 4 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Further and Higher Education 15 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or his officials have requested a copy of the McHugh Report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54031/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he anticipates that further education and training options will be fully integrated within the CAO application system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54159/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of students in pre-law in the further education system each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54161/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of students accepted from further education and training pre-law courses into undergraduate law programmes in public higher education institutions each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54162/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that are being taken to prepare the third level education system to meet the demands that will be placed on it by the enactment of the Official Language (Amendment) Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54204/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider implementing the announced reforms of SUSI for this academic year to address the rising cost of living impacting students and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54205/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 9 September 2021, the average cost for each undergraduate medical student on the Exchequer rather than the higher education institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54582/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated per year for the cross-Border Project Ireland 2040 infrastructure projects under his remit in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54583/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expenditure of the HEA each year since 2016, in tabular form, on its own operation and administration, separate from the funding it provides to the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55016/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of first year enrolments and the number of graduates, respectively, in mental health nursing in each higher education institution in each year since 2008 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55017/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system, indicating their duration, NFQ level and providing institution, in tabular form. [55018/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the wind turbine maintenance apprenticeship currently in development will be ready to be launched; the further education and training and higher education institutions which will deliver the training; if it will be craft or consortia-led; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55019/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of all Springboard+ 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 courses in construction related areas; the number of participants in each programme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 2 November 2021, if he will explain the discrepancy between the 708 quota on EU entrants into medicine, 468 undergraduate and 240 graduate entry and the actual enrolment figures of 734, 480 and 254; the means through which the quota is applied upon higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55021/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding provided to the RCSI each year since 2008, in tabular form in both current and capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55022/21]
Finance 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with eating disorders are currently unable to get a mortgage due to the fact that they are being turned down for life insurance, a requirement of all mortgage applications; the steps he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54313/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a change to the corporation tax return which would oblige multinational companies to disclose the state research and development activity which is carried out in order to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the research and development tax relief at incentivising companies to deepen research and development activity within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54314/21]
- 2021-11-10 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the four locations in which a bank (details supplied) will continue to maintain an ATM after a branch closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55015/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of loan applications to the Housing Finance Agency from higher education institutions that have not been approved in each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54581/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new build social homes that will be delivered in County Mayo in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55199/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that persons who have been through a separation or divorce and or have been denied a mortgage on medical grounds have adequate access to the Rebuilding Ireland home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55200/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has received funding applications to appoint a consultant endocrinologist, a clinical nurse specialist for diabetes and a dietician for diabetes in pregnancy to Mayo University Hospital; if he will pursue the appointment of these positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54032/21]
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered including cariban on the drug payment scheme for persons suffering with hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54584/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the jobseeker's transition payment beyond the 14th birthday of the child when a recipient is in full-time education to allow the recipient to continue to receive the payment until they have completed their education course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55399/21]
- 2021-11-11 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents who lose the jobseeker's transition payment while taking part in an education course due to the child turning 14; if her Department has conducted research into the effect this has or will have on the completion rate of education courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55401/21]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed industrial park for Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54033/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if special consideration will be given to civil servants with disabilities in terms of returning to the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54604/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-11-09 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when the Education Indicators Report 2021 intended for publication in Q1 2021 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54160/21]