Meath West — week of Mon, 22 Nov

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Nov – 28 Nov 2021 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 35 questions · 1 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 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

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 2 Damien English · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Education 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the measures in place to accommodate pupils of a school (details supplied) in the short term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56936/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the plans and schedules in place to ensure second-level capacity in Trim, County Meath matches the primary-level capacity in order to eliminate the lack of second-level places for pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56937/21]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 2 votes · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 33 total

Health 25 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI machines located in public and voluntary hospitals; the number operating on a 24-hour basis; and the number operating seven days a week. [56927/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in public and voluntary hospitals; the number that are closed currently; the number that are operating on an eight, 16 or a 24-hour basis; and the number operating on a seven day a week basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56928/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI machines and theatres that have not been used at all in the past six months; the locations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56929/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the level of staffing and beds that would need to be mobilised to allow for theatres and MRI machines to be used on a 24-hour basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56930/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce activity related funding to fund the HSE in future to ensure that hospitals get paid for the work they do and to encourage more outputs. [56931/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that have had lean performance analysis in terms of their throughput of patients, most especially surgical patients, in the past ten years. [56932/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the ratio of management to patients in the public and voluntary hospitals; and the way this compares to private hospitals. [56933/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the percentage increase in cost to the State on average in the delay of scoliosis operations on an annual basis. [56934/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce universal healthcare for children. [56935/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide weekly statistical updates to Deputies on the Covid-19 virus (details supplied). [57163/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to provide 100 additional neurology nurse specialists across Ireland; his plans to add eight extra nurses for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in which the numbers fall short of current international guidelines of 14 and patients are waiting longer for diagnosis and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57177/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds closed in Kerry General Hospital in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [57519/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for appointments at Kerry General Hospital. [57520/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments either cancelled or postponed at Kerry General Hospital since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. [57521/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a second temporary replacement doctor will be allocated to a general practitioner practice (details supplied) from which two doctors have recently retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57528/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which general practitioners are giving blanket refusals to see medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57529/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have retired in County Kerry in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [57530/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a reserve of healthcare staff or professionals to assist with general practitioner clinics in instances of staff shortages or staffing emergencies arising from Covid-19; and if so, if he will provide details on such reserves. [57531/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a reserve of healthcare staff or professionals to assist nursing homes in instances of staff shortages or staffing emergencies arising from Covid-19; if so, if he will provide details on such reserves; and if he will outline the number of reserve staff currently available in each county. [57532/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm reports that the Covid programme office at St James’ Hospital sent a text message to staff on 15 November instructing that all staff that are household close contacts may attend work if they are fully vaccinated and remain asymptomatic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57650/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the action he or his Department is taking following an email the Minister received dated 23 July 2021 from a person (details supplied) regarding the treatment of a patient / family of a patient in St Vincent’s Hospital. [57651/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of functioning staffed ICU beds in the State for each of the past 10 years. [57875/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of management staff working in the HSE for each of the past 10 years. [57876/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of administration staff in the HSE for each of the past 10 years. [57877/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of repeat tests undertaken by the HSE every month on the basis of the first test being inconclusive and separately after the first test is positive. [57878/21]
Justice 3 questions
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for breaches of Covid-19 regulations in 2020 and to date in 2021. [57980/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of protected disclosures her Department has received from persons who work in the Irish Prison Service. [57981/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the names of each commission of investigation established by his Department in each of the past ten years; the costs incurred by each; the number not yet concluded; and the expected time by which they will be dissolved. [55848/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the status of the work of the Cabinet Committee on Health. [55847/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing under the remit of her Department; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will introduce pharmacy-led antigen testing for entry into hospitality. [57164/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment, since its introduction and until its projected cessation. [57982/21]