Laois — week of Mon, 21 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Laois TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Feb – 27 Feb 2022 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-02-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 77–57

Voted for 1 Sean Fleming

Voted against 1 Brian Stanley

Did not vote 1 William Aird

Carbon Tax

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Sean Fleming

Voted against 1 Brian Stanley

Did not vote 1 William Aird

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Sean Fleming

Voted against 1 Brian Stanley

Did not vote 1 William Aird

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Sean Fleming

Voted against 1 Brian Stanley

Did not vote 1 William Aird

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Sean Fleming

Voted against 1 Brian Stanley

Did not vote 1 William Aird

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021

2022-02-23 · 1 vote · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the extension of authorisation requirements to persons carrying on hire-purchase or consumer-hire business or providing credit indirectly and persons carry…

full description

A bill to provide for the extension of authorisation requirements to persons carrying on hire-purchase or consumer-hire business or providing credit indirectly and persons carrying on business relating to hire-purchase or consumer-hire agreements or the indirect provision of credit; to provide for the collection and publication of information on credit agreements, hire-purchase agreements and consumer-hire agreements; for those and other purposes to amend the Central Bank Act 1997; to provide for a limit on the interest rate that consumers may be charged under credit agreements and hire-purchase agreements; to provide for a requirement to include the annual percentage rate in a hire-purchase agreement; for those and other purposes to amend the Consumer Credit Act 1995 and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–5

Voted against 1 Sean Fleming

Did not vote 2 Brian Stanley · William Aird

Brian Stanley — Independent 5 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Environment 5 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding provided for the aggregated housing upgrade scheme; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9661/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding provided for the Just Transition Fund; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9662/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding provided for the peatlands rehabilitation scheme; the amount spent to date; if his Department has created the targeted number of jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9663/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of social houses that were retrofitted in counties Laois and Offaly as part of the just transition project in 2020 and 2021. [9606/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of private residential properties that availed of funding through the national retrofit scheme in 2020 and 2021. [9605/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the current situation regarding the payment of private security personnel, the quashing of the Workplace Relations Commission award and the pressing need for a sectoral pay order. [9781/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the total spend related to the special assignee relief programme in each of the years 2020 and 2021. [9309/22]

Sean Fleming — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the situation of increasing the qualification required for the position of special needs assistants in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9862/22]
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education if she will provide information regarding facilities for special needs and ASD classes at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10402/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the regulations in respect of driver licences; if he will consider making a variation to categories (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9848/22]

William Aird — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.