Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 24 Jan

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Jan – 30 Jan 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Leaving Certificate

2022-01-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

The motion · motion passed 74–59

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Cost of Living

2022-01-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 3 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Public 1 question
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the €1,000 bonus to prison officers who continued to work all through the pandemic and who would be responsible for bringing prisoners into hospitals and remaining with them for their stay in hospital (details supplied). [4008/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason that a face-to-face appointment for a person (details supplied) with a doctor has been moved to video call on a different date. [2914/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason that private healthcare employees contracted to Government bodies do not qualify for the €1,000 bonus when they endured the same pressures during the pandemic as public sector workers. [3575/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if care assistants will be included in the €1,000 bonus given that they endured the same pressures during the pandemic as HSE carers. [3798/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider providing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the case of a person (details supplied). [3992/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the entry requirements which are currently in place for persons returning from Northern Ireland as per Covid-19 protocols. [3996/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the current or planned funding streams for which schools can apply to complete energy efficiency projects on site such as the installation of solar panels; and her views on whether such projects being substantially awarded would have the dual benefit of reducing the carbon footprint of the schools whilst also reducing energy costs. [3659/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Housing 4 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority units to be completed by Westmeath County Council by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3580/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority units to be completed by Longford County Council by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3581/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being considered by his Department to assist renters in the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3582/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress of his work to tackle homelessness in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3583/22]
Defence 4 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will give consideration to the provision of a pandemic service medal for the Defence Forces given the acknowledgement of the significant contribution made by the Defence Forces to Operation Fortitude to the HSE and to the people of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3135/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the engagements and progress made in relation to the Women of Honour. [3831/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he intends to immediately increase the allocated associated budget given the recent commentary regarding the Defence Forces rations and the increasing cost of food. [3833/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service will have in the recently announced Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea basin Marine Protected Area and the North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy to 2030. [3832/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasoning and rationale behind the end age for parental leave being 12, extending to 16 in circumstances in which there is a disability or long-term illness; if there are plans to review this age cut-off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3212/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the response by her Department on the challenges facing local media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3784/22]