Limerick County — week of Mon, 28 Feb

What your Limerick County TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Feb – 6 Mar 2022 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 25 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021

2022-03-02 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Tra…

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A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Transitional Payment to one parent families, to include any necessary application to the District Court for a Payment Order, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a “liable relative”, a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment and related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–46

Voted for 2 Niall Collins · Patrick O'Donovan

Did not vote 1 Richard O'Donoghue

Healthcare Waiting Lists

2022-03-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Niall Collins · Patrick O'Donovan

Did not vote 1 Richard O'Donoghue

The motion · motion passed 76–57

Voted for 2 Niall Collins · Patrick O'Donovan

Did not vote 1 Richard O'Donoghue

Niall Collins — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 19 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 19 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he can advise the plan going forward for a Covid vaccinations centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10987/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of free contraception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11676/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied) in relation to the shortage of hormone replacement therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his recent visit to University of Limerick Hospital, Dooradoyle and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; the persons and groups he met;the actions he intends to take arising from his visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11723/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11977/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure better price transparency for farmers from processors and retailers; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11023/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if designated hen harrier ground is in or out of the AECM scheme; if he will provide detailed information in relation to the breeding hen harrier regions; if the areas in west Limerick can be identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11190/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport the mechanism that is available to a person (details supplied) to obtain a document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11007/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide echarge points in towns and villages across County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/22]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if advice will be provided in respect of a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the legal guardianship for renewing a child’s passport after death of their mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11181/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will return a passport and certificate of naturalisation to a person (details supplied) who requires same to travel on 14 March 2022. [11367/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice if she will confirm that serving members of An Garda Síochána presently suspended from duty will also receive a 100 Year Anniversary Commemorative Medal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11018/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications received by her Department for regularisation of undocumented status since the scheme opened to the present day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11019/22]
Rural 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations in Limerick which will benefit from the town centre first plan scheme; what these benefits will be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11021/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the locations in Limerick in which remote working hubs/ehubs are being developed, those which are developed and operational, the number that are planned and the location; the person or body responsible for the day-to-day running of each of these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11022/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way a person (details supplied) can apply to gain experience in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has a policy on glamping; if so, if she will provide details of same and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11726/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals submitted by applicants analysed per county, scheme, by paper appeal and by oral appeal in each year since 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11725/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

Patrick O'Donovan — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Social Justice Ireland · 2 returns Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

Richard O'Donoghue — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 6 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 6 total

Health 4 questions
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health when University Hospital Limerick will become a DAFNE-accredited diabetes centre; the number of full-time consultant endocrinologists, diabetes specialist dieticians and clinical diabetes nurse specialists currently in the adult outpatient diabetes clinic in each hospital in the hospital group; and the details of same. [12162/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for devices (details supplied) through the long-term illness scheme or the primary care reimbursement service; and the details of same. [12163/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for devices (details supplied) by the long-term illness scheme or the primary care reimbursement service; and the number of those persons that were over 21 years of age in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [12164/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the stress and worry patients in small towns and villages in rural Ireland are experiencing due to the closure of many general practitioner practices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that public transport remains a major issue in rural communities given that rural dwellers are not adequately serviced by the existing transport network (details supplied). [8935/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.