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

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Feb – 27 Feb 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 95 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 2 Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Alan Dillon · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Carbon Tax

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Alan Dillon · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Alan Dillon · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Alan Dillon · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 2 Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 3 Alan Dillon · Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 0 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance the status of the strategy for the development of Ireland’s international financial services sector action plan 2022; and the way work by both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland is supporting regional development in this sector. [9670/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to additional tax relief measures in budget 2023 for those working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9669/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance the details of the help-to-buy scheme figures for 2021; the number of applications; the number of successful applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3049/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if design team services have been appointed for a proposed emergency department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9612/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health his plans to add motor neurone disease to the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme. [10109/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for research into motor neuron disease. [10108/22]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not successful in obtaining funding; when the next round of the funding programme will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9415/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans and a likely timeline for the next round of a sports and equipment capital programme; when it is likely to open to new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10456/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide further details on the efforts to accelerate the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the steps that are being taken to address the current delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10459/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide additional details on the one-stop -shop model of the national retrofitting scheme and the way it will work in practice; if it will be ensured that it is not only accessible in digital format; if he will provide further details on the eligibility of persons with vacant or derelict properties to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10458/22]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance his views on more frequent reporting by the National Claims Information Database. [9678/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the amount by which motor insurance premiums have fallen since the current Government entered office in June 2020. [9679/22]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [9368/22]
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9369/22]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the basic income guarantee pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10424/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the commencement of provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan scheme applications that were received from Mayo County Council for 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number that were granted in the same period. [10737/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders sought for derelict properties by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the actions she has taken in relation to reports that a significant supplier of product to An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service made a tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners; if all suppliers of services to her Department and to agencies under her remit require an up-to-date tax clearance certificate, possess an up-to-date-tax clearance certificate and had an up-to-date-tax clearance certificate at all times of their contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10546/22]

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 5 votes · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Further and Higher Education 12 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the target number of graduates from paramedic sciences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9129/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated cost by year, by student, of a paramedic science degree course for the higher education institute and the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9130/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of qualified paramedics admitted and graduate from paramedic science degree courses for each year that data in available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9131/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the NFQ level assigned to the diploma in emergency medical science provided to trainee paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9132/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of pharmacy entrants and graduates in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9155/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Health in order to establish a target, optimum number of pharmacy places in order to meet the needs of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost, per year and per student, of a pharmacy place for the higher education institute and the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is considering steps to reduce the cost of final year for pharmacy students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of extending the free fees initiative to the final year of pharmacy in the same form as it is currently applied to all undergraduate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of places in medicine in each institution by undergraduate and graduate entry medicine for students from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Britain, other European Union and non-European Union international for 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9557/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of medical places combined across undergraduate and graduate entry medical allocated to European Union students including Britain and Northern Ireland in each year since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9558/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the anticipated increase in Irish and European Union student places in both undergraduate and graduate entry medicine in the academic year 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9559/22]
Health 7 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of fully qualified paramedics and other ambulance staff with a degree in paramedic science; the number recruited with a diploma in emergency medical science from the National Ambulance Service since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9133/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment on a school-based HPV mop-up vaccination programme; his views on the provision of the HPV vaccine to those who missed or turned down a vaccine in the first year of school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9412/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total number of beds in Belmullet Community Hospital in each year since 2008, in tabular form; the array of treatments and care provided at the Belmullet campus in each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9879/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health when the anticipated return from 12 to 20 beds, as was in place prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Belmullet Community Hospital, will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9880/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total capital investment in Belmullet Community Hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9881/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent medical and non-medical staff in Belmullet Community Hospital since 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9882/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of dentists who are accepting new medical card patients in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10652/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider tax measures in order to reduce the impact of rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9676/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance when the next departmental tax expenditure evaluation will be published on the research and development tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9677/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the financial supports or pathways to funding that are available from his Department for a single parent of a young adult with highly complex physical and intellectual disabilities (details supplied). [5493/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if a pension will be provided to school secretaries such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9414/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [10080/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he plans to bring forward a hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10348/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to bring forward new wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10349/22]