Mayo — week of Mon, 15 Nov

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 15 Nov – 21 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 83 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-16 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 23–16

Voted for 1 Alan Dillon

Did not vote 4 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Finance Bill 2021

2021-11-16 · 2 votes · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

full description

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to amend Part 7 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 and otherwise make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

The motion · motion passed 5–3

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 4 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–5

Voted against 1 Dara Calleary

Did not vote 4 Alan Dillon · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless · Rose Conway-Walsh

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the reason public health bodies are not being instructed to resume close contact tracing and informing close contacts due to the high level of numbers in primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56421/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will consider resuming both local and national radio and television Covid-19 awareness campaigns based on the latest public health figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56422/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if antigen tests will be supplied to preschools and crèches for testing close contacts of a confirmed Covid-19 case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56423/21]
Public 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of final approval for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55884/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of efforts to streamline the delivery of large-scale capital projects; his plans to ensure future projects are more likely to be delivered on a cost-effective and timely basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55885/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to extending the social distancing capacity for all school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55651/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the status of schemes to increase the number of charging points for electric vehicles in Knock, County Mayo in view of the fact that currently there are no charging points on the main street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56200/21]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach the details of the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [55890/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [55904/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he was consulted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the recent expansion of work permits, the feedback provided in relation to permit requirements and salary rates in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55869/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health his plans to assist public and private healthcare providers to address the serious staff shortages that are impacting on care standards in hospitals, nursing homes and in homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55870/21]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he expects the United Kingdom to invoke Article 16 in relation to the Northern Ireland protocol. [56511/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Israel’s plans for the construction of around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. [56510/21]
Defence 2 questions
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence if he has had recent engagement with the representative organisations from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56479/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence when he expects the number in the Defence Forces to reach 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56478/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on initiatives to improve the delivery of capital investment projects and to achieve greater value for money as set out in the national development plan. [55837/21]

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 1 vote · 49 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 49 total

Further and Higher Education 36 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the 2,650 additional places on retrofit and NZEB courses as outlined in Budget 2022 will be open; the total number of places on retrofit and NZEB courses including these additional places in 2022; the breakdown of the number of places that will be provided for each education and training board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55484/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduates in each on-site retrofit programme in Waterford, Wexford and Laois Offaly ETB that is targeted at near zero energy building skills training for existing construction professionals and skills to advance programmes related to retrofitting as part of the Just Transition response for Bord na Móna employees in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55485/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details of each retrofitting or green building skills related reform to the curricula of construction related apprenticeships in the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55486/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of trainees currently enrolled in each retrofitting centre of excellence to date; the target enrolment for each retrofitting centre of excellence for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55504/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a new national strategy for research and innovation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55508/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the annual cost of infrastructure projects under the higher education public private partnership are paid directly from the Exchequer or from the core funding of the institution involved in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total value collected from the sale of the former DIT campus building; the total amount from the same of former DIT campus buildings use to fund the Central and East Quad at Grangegorman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55559/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of Science Foundation Ireland funding that will be ring-fenced for research investment in technological universities in 2022; the amount of Science Foundation Ireland research funding that has been allocated to technological universities and institutes of technology each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55560/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details, including cost, of all non-PPP capital projects currently approved or under way in the technological university and institute of technology sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55561/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the allocation and expenditure each year for Science Foundation Ireland since 2012, in tabular form; the allocation for 2022; if this includes the €72 million for a national grand challenge announced in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55562/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, not SOLAS or the Higher Education Authority, monitors the transfer rate from further education and training pre-law courses to higher education degree courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56016/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of students who enter higher education on the basis of a further education qualification in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56017/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the response his officials have received in relation the request made for a copy of the McHugh Report into the pay of student nurses and midwives; if he has received a copy of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56095/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the public sector benchmark for National Maritime College of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56096/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the public sector benchmark for the Cork School of Music; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56097/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the public sector benchmark for Carlow Institute of Further Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56098/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the practice in the education sector of allowing approximately five years to elapse after the award of a public private partnership contract before a public sector benchmark is published in order to allow for a reasonable level of transparency and political accountability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56099/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the situation in which tutors at institutes of technology on contracts of indefinite duration are unable to join the public service pension scheme; the impact technological university status will have on the ability of tutors to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56260/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of Higher Education Authority operational spending including between pay and non-pay spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56261/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 November 2021, the reason all retrofitting centre of excellence courses are non-NFQ aligned and instead accredited by private companies; if this model will be used in the other three centres of excellence currently being developed; the estimated cost of using private accreditation companies in 2021 for the retrofitting centres of excellence; the estimated cost in 2021 of using private accreditation companies for green skills and retrofitting courses across the whole further education and training sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56262/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total enrolments on all green skill and sustainability programmes running across the tertiary system in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56263/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 10 November 2021, if the single apprenticeship system that both consortia-led and craft apprenticeships will be migrated to by 2025 will most closely resemble the craft or consortia-led model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56264/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprentices registered to consortia-led apprenticeships that were already employed by the company for more than six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56386/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current drop-out rate of consortia-led apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56387/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the minimum duration allowed for a consortia-led apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56388/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average age of a craft apprentice; the average age of a consortia-led apprentice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56389/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of graduate entry medical students in each year since 2006, excluding non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56390/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern Ireland, the UK, other EU and non-EU international since 2016, excluding those repeating first year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56427/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 10 November 2021, if he will provide a further breakdown of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56428/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students currently enrolled on undergraduate courses in a public higher education institution that are not eligible for the free fees initiative due to the fact that they have previously enrolled on a undergraduate course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total funding allocated to the innovation through collaboration fund; the projects funded, partners and funding allocated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56430/21]
- 2021-11-17 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students from universities in Northern Ireland were able to register for Erasmus for the winter semester of the 2021-2022 academic year; if they will be able to register in the summer semester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56431/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the recently concluded agreement to include Israel in Horizon Europe until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56530/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of enrolments and graduates from paramedic courses in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56614/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he will publish the economic evaluation of the Cassells report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56615/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of part-time students in public higher education institutes not including non-EU international students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56616/21]
Enterprise 3 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to deliver on retrofitting targets; the number of each category of tradesperson or specifically qualified retrofitting construction workers in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55483/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total allocation and final expenditure on each Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland technology centre in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the performance of the disruptive technologies innovation fund will be assessed and the output of the research and development activity to ensure value for money for taxpayers', given that €235 million has been awarded to private companies in the first three calls for the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55507/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 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 being denied access to mortgage protection insurance policies at times on a near permanent basis in respect to persons with long-term conditions; the steps he is taking to address the issues faced by persons unable to access life insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56076/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 9 November 2021, the percentage of the 2% of primary home mortgages provided without the requirement for mortgage protection insurance that were given an exemption either specifically due to suffering from an eating disorder or under the exemption (b) of section 126 of Consumer Credit Act 1995 given that this is the only exemption that could cover a mortgage applicant with an eating disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56077/21]
Health 2 questions
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average age of general practitioners in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55505/21]
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the progress towards delivering on the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a national genetics and genomics medicine network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56018/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students in receipt of the back to education allowance in each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56617/21]
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the approved third-level institutions for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56618/21]
Public 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for using public private partnerships, PPPs, to deliver capital projects, particularly in relation to the technological higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55903/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to reflect the support given by Dáil Éireann to the motion regarding regional transport infrastructure making particular reference to the Western Rail Corridor in the context of the expenditure ceilings for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55902/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-11-16 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under his aegis as outlined in circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56019/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-11-18 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that are being taken to rectify some of the impact the disruption to the operation of the foreign birth register during Covid-19 has had on applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56529/21]