Galway West — week of Mon, 31 Jan — Watch Them Work

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Jan – 6 Feb 2022 · 6 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 36 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-02-02 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–76

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

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-02-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–75

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

The motion · motion passed 74–52

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

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

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 26–18

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 5 Catherine Connolly · Hildegarde Naughton · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Catherine Connolly — Independent 0 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 899 of 2 November 2021 and 658 of 25 January 2022, the reason that the first and second interim reports of the Farrelly Commission as published on the Departmental website appear to be the same document; if copies of both reports will now be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services in Galway city and county by area; the number of children that have been waiting three, six, nine months, one year, 18 months and two years, respectively; the average waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 14 October 2021, the status of the recruitment campaign for the six whole-time equivalent posts for area directors of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5561/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of times the regional health areas advisory group has met to date; the dates of the meetings; if minutes are taken and published in respect of the meetings of this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 October 2021, the number of recruitment campaigns launched to date for the 34 whole-time equivalent consultant in public health medicine posts which are due to be in place by June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5563/22]
Education 4 questions
- 2022-02-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais céard é stádas an Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta 2017 – 2022 agus a iarraidh uirthi soiléiriú a thabhairt ar aon athbhreithniú ar an bPolasaí atá críochnaithe nó atá beartaithe, go háirithe agus deireadh na tréimhse ama atá leagtha amach don Pholasaí ag teannadh linn; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [4723/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the work of the inter-Departmental partnership group chaired by her Department which oversees the implementation of the Policy on Gaeltacht Education; the details of reports prepared to date by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4835/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the status of the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta by the dedicated inspectorate team within her Department; the reports she has received to date from the inspectorate team with regard to the effectiveness of the implementation of the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4866/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 23 November 2021, the status of the roll-out of the refined DEIS model; the timeline for the extension of the DEIS programme to new schools; when schools will be notified of same; the details of her Department’s plans for further engagement with relevant stakeholders in advance of the implementation of the refined model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4867/22]
Children 3 questions
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of protected disclosures made to him in relation to his Department and all bodies under its remit by year and body since 2014 to date in 2022; the date on which each was received; the date on which it was determined that each protected disclosure was upheld or not upheld; the number subject to ongoing investigation and the date on which each of these was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the research and data project to examine the lives of children in care and adults who were in care as children; the person or body that will carry out the research; if the steering group has been established to date; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Tusla’s review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5429/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into phase 1 of the roll-out of the new local area employment service; her plans to publish this analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5470/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagement she or officials from her Department have had with the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group with regard the implementation of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5471/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 25 January 2021, the terms of reference of the investigation and examination of arrangements for the management of documents for Government meetings and their confidentiality. [4750/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the terms of reference of the independent review into dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5224/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice her plans with regard to the undocumented regularisation scheme to allow for financial hardship exemptions in cases in which applicants are unable to meet the cost of the application fees or in respect of successful applicants for whom additional immigration fees may apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5256/22]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 3 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 4 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the reintroduction of an allowance for teachers on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4222/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of a secondary school in Inishbofin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4223/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds that have been available across women’s refuges in County Galway at year end in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [4744/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the consequences for the rights of consumers in cases in which their mortgage is sold as in the case of an agreement between banks (details supplied); and if a guarantee will be given that all rights will be maintained in cases in which a mortgage transfers to the acquiring party. [5595/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the framework for blended work arrangements in the public service; if he will be bringing forward legislation to support same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5594/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if capital projects funded through the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund are capped at 70% of the total project; if she has considered increasing this cap in view of rising building costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5597/22]

Noel Grealish — Independent 0 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Tourism 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5133/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss an educational proposal which was submitted to her earlier in January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5132/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the discussions, instructions and permission his Department gave the National Transport Authority in permitting the minimum cycle track standards to be reduced at pinch points along Salthill promenade in order that a two-way cycleway from Grattan Road to Blackrock and a one-way cycleway from Blackrock to Barna Road junction could be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5693/22]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.