Galway West — week of Mon, 22 Nov

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Nov – 28 Nov 2021 · 6 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 34 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme

2021-11-24 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–73

Voted for 1 Mairéad Farrell

Voted against 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 4 Catherine Connolly · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

2021-11-24 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–46

Voted for 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 3 Catherine Connolly · John Connolly · Seán Kyne

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–18

Voted for 1 Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 6 Catherine Connolly · Hildegarde Naughton · John Connolly · Mairéad Farrell · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Catherine Connolly — Independent 0 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Social 6 questions
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the pilot protocol agreed by her Department and Tusla in August 2020 to make rent supplement more easily accessible to victims of domestic violence; her plans for the continuation of this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58024/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the payments administered by her Department which can be accessed without having a public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58025/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to commission an independent review of the roll-out to date of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58026/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into the lessons learned from the first phase of procurement for the new regional employment service model; her plans to publish this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57995/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the review her Department has carried out into extending the qualifying criteria for the payment of the fuel allowance to include all persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57987/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the cost of disability report commissioned by her Department; when she expects the report to be published; the details of the engagement her Department has had with other relevant Departments in relation to the finalisation of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57986/21]
Justice 3 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Covid-19 cases reported in each of the prisons here in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of Covid-19 related hospitalisations that occurred in respect of each of the prisons in the same period; the number of Covid-19 related deaths that occurred in respect of each of the prisons in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56911/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the promised Afghan Admission Programme; the details of the eligibility criteria; when the programme will be open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58036/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when the strategy will be published; if the strategy will include a fully costed implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57989/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 28 September 2021, the status of the review of the position in relation to the filling of the post of the chief executive of Galway County Council on a permanent basis; when the review will be completed; the person or body that is carrying out the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58061/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 28 September 2021, the status of the review by the Office of the Planning Regulator of Galway City Council; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58062/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 September 2021, the local authorities that will be reviewed in 2022 by the Office of the Planning Regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58063/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand the DEIS programme to additional schools in 2022 and 2023; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57189/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the details of the audits carried out by her Department in respect of existing school buildings in Galway city, both vacant and occupied, to ascertain the need for the construction of additional school buildings in the city to accommodate rising student numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57190/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons including children seeking international protection who have been required to quarantine in hotels on arrival in Ireland from 1 October 2021 to date in November 2021; the number of persons that have been required to quarantine beyond 14 days; if those who receive a negative PCR test no earlier than five days after arrival are permitted to exit quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57411/21]
Health 1 question
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 655 of 16 November 2021, his plans to carry out or commission a national audit to determine the number of stroke survivors in Ireland particularly in view of the fact that the most recent estimation of this kind was undertaken in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57454/21]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 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 · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of the establishment of a secondary school on Inisbofin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57308/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the support being provided to second-level students on the offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57309/21]

Noel Grealish — Independent 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Tourism 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a person (details supplied) who qualified for the first round of the entertainment support grant but missed the second round given they were not aware that a new round of funding had been announced can submit a late application for supports under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57079/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to develop a strategy to maximise the tourist potential for cruise tourism in Ireland and in particular in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57857/21]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.