Sligo-Leitrim — week of Mon, 21 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Sligo-Leitrim TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Feb – 27 Feb 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 11 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 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

Carbon Tax

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers

2022-02-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

The motion · motion passed 73–61

Voted for 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 1 Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

Eamon Scanlon — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Frankie Feighan — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Marian Harkin — Independent 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Education 3 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available for a bus shelter at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9320/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will immediately establish an expert review group to examine the minimum essential qualifications for special needs assistants, SNAs, and issue recommendations; if she will provide a clear commitment to implement the expert group recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9920/22]
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education when an Irish sign language teacher will be available in a school for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10826/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for the value of gifts received from outside of the European Union before customs will be charged (details supplied); if he will investigate this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9336/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health his plans following the recently launched HSE model of care for the diabetic foot to address the shortage of podiatry specialists in CHO1 acute and community services; the status of plans for improving podiatry services for persons with diabetes in counties Sligo and Leitrim and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9535/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking the carer’s allowance will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10342/22]

Martin Kenny — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in podiatry services in local HSE acute and community services in CHO1; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9395/22]
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of the plans to improve podiatry services for persons with diabetes in the CHO1 area and throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9396/22]
- 2022-02-23 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if he will request Beaumont Hospital to expedite an appointment sooner that February 2023 for an urgent referral for a person (details supplies); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10193/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-02-22 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide funding for a bus shelter outside a school (details supplied) to meet the needs of students with disabilities who attend the school by bus given that it takes some time to embark and disembark the bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9074/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-02-24 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he had with stakeholders that informed the contribution of his Department to the working paper to address challenges related to peat supply in the horticulture sector. [10362/22]