Mayo — week of Mon, 31 Jan

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Jan – 6 Feb 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 33 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 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

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 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 74–52

Voted for 2 Alan Dillon · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Dara Calleary · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 3 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a school extension at a special needs school (details supplied); the remaining steps in the approval process; the average timelines for those steps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4709/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of granting the final approval for an extension at a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; the average timeline involved in granting final approvals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4710/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in 2019, 2020 and 2021 who availed of the dental benefits under the treatment benefits scheme operated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5475/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason additional funding to cover the cost of staff increments is not being awarded to an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the historic funding precedent under which funding for staff increments was paid previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5474/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an overview of Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Plan for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare 2022-2028; the associated actions that are being considered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that he plans to respond to the Expert Group report Partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5476/22]
Rural 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund funding awarded to a town (details supplied); the status of the masterplan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5548/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application for funding can be made for the restoration of a pitch (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5616/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with Coillte on the need to erect proper stockproof sheep fencing on its lands at Derryclare, Connemara, County Galway; if Coillte has a legal responsibility to keep its boundaries in good order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4847/22]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Social 4 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social welfare appeals that were successful in the past two years. [4305/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered increasing the base rate for the school meals programme; her views on whether the €1.40 that is currently paid to providers for supplying one substantial item plus one small item plus one drink is minimal in view of inflation and cost of living increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4869/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection her strategy to link jobseekers and employers as a means to address labour shortages in the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5381/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of her strategy for the procurement of public employment services; the reason she is proceeding to a new model of local employment service delivery; the cost basis on which the new model will be delivered; the relevant technical and previous experience necessary for a potential tender applicant; the proposed timeline for the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5380/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the additional supports that could be put in place to raise awareness of the European Union for primary and secondary school students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4670/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education if she will report on improved employment conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4671/22]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4633/22]
- 2022-02-02 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach the groups chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [4634/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the successor to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures National Policy Framework for Children and Young People including consultation mechanisms to ensure the voices of children and young persons are heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5437/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of First 5, the whole-of Government strategy for babies, young children and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5438/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5691/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the funding available for ongoing maintenance of CCTV systems in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5704/22]

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 3 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if she will support the application by a school (details supplied) for the addition of an ASD classroom to allow students with special educational needs to continue to attend their local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4646/22]
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if officials of her Department will engage with Bus Éireann in relation to an altered school bus route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4647/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Mayo in receipt of the carer’s allowance; if they will receive a bonus payment for their contribution throughout the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5491/22]
- 2022-02-03 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports or pathways to funding that are available from her Department for a single parent of a young adult with highly complex physical and intellectual disabilities (details supplied). [5492/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education last met and will next meet. [3335/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-02-01 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when respite service will recommence in Belmullet Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/22]