Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 7 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Feb – 13 Feb 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces

2022-02-09 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–55

Voted for 2 Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

The motion · motion passed 74–55

Voted for 2 Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2021

2022-02-09 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and to provide for related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–55

Voted for 1 Peter Burke

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Robert Troy

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-02-08 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–52

Voted for 1 Joe Flaherty

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

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 · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Environment 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position regarding applications for the Climate Action Fund for large-scale projects of between €1 million and €1.5 million; when applications will be open for businesses in 2022; if the criteria for the scheme have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5928/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an extension will be provided to farmers to burn bushes as the derogation was delayed and permits were stopped. [7210/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if works can be carried out on a river (details supplied). [6266/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when school secretaries will be recognised and compensated for their work and new contracts issued; when talks with the Workplace Relations Commission and a union (details supplied) will resume; the reason talks have been adjourned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6301/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to remove the exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6005/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Environment 3 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a household (details supplied) will be able to avail of e-fibre broadband. [6001/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when high speed broadband will be available at a location (details supplied). [6711/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when high speed broadband will be available in an area (details supplied). [6760/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6446/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6447/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he has had any engagement with Transport for Ireland on the reintroduction of the 20/X20 Bus Éireann service between Galway and Dublin given the increased demand for public transport services along this route as the return to the workplace commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6448/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his engagements with his counterpart in Northern Ireland since the order to stop checks on certain goods at ports in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6763/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals within the CAP strategic plan to support women in agriculture. [7002/22]
- 2022-02-10 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support producers of hemp in the State. [7001/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if successful applicants under the Just Transition Fund have been issued with funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6764/22]
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures taken to increase Ireland’s cyber-security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7108/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made on establishing an education research and policy section within her Department tasked with ensuring that education policy development in Ireland is informed by a strong evidence base, is outcome focused and cognisant of best international practices as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6453/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the new primary school healthy eating education programme as outlined in the Programme for Government has commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6454/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has implemented the senior academic leadership initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6455/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the review and update of the International Education Strategy for Ireland as proposed in the Programme for Government has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6456/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if the HSE staff redeployed to Covid-19 community assessment hubs for the first five months of the pandemic will be eligible for the €1,000 bonus proposed for frontline healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/22]
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his Department has begun collating data on those suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the work carried out at Athlone Garda station, County Westmeath; the length of time this work took to complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-02-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the Myanmar National Unity Government since the European Parliament recognised it as the legitimate government of Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6445/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with small to medium enterprises to help them reduce their carbon emissions and prepare for a greener future. [7107/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-02-09 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if his Department is undertaking a feasibility study on the future use of Cathal Brugha Barracks as correspondence confirms that the Land Development Agency is not; if his attention has been drawn to that the fact that it has been confirmed that the Land Development Agency has not had engaged with his Department or the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/22]