Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 28 Mar

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 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when the transfer of school secretaries to public service clerical officer grades will be implemented; the date from which holiday entitlements will be applicable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16744/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education the additional supports that are in place to assist school principals to deal with the current wave of Covid-19 in circumstances in which there are absent staff, both teaching and SNA supports staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17005/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if epilepsy will be considered as a qualifying condition in order to qualify for the free travel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16081/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport if a medical report is valid for five years, the reason this cannot be accepted by the National Driver Licence Service when applying for a licence, when it advises it must be within three months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16926/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice the measures that are in place to tackle underage drinking in towns and cities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16749/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the proposals to improve access to services and reduce waiting times for appointments for members of a centre (details supplied) for persons with Down's syndrome in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16742/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance if the acquirer of a regulated entity authorised under section 10 of the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995 must notify the Central Bank. [17226/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 4 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that developmental services are continued for a family (details supplied) at Clonbrusk primary care centre, Athlone, County Westmeath. [15936/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an autism spectrum assessment for a person (details supplied). [15940/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the €1,000 payment to healthcare workers will be finalised without further delays in the process. [16329/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if healthcare workers that were redeployed to intensive care units and theatre during the height of Covid-19 will also qualify for the €1,000 bonus payment announced in January 2022 (details supplied). [16331/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection when a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [16038/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports that are currently available for a student who has a primary degree but wants to return to education to secure a masters. [16024/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 31 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 31 total

Health 8 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway. [15971/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting over six years to be seen by orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital Galway; and the immediate action that will be taken to address the damage caused. [15972/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the €1,000 payment as announced on 19 January 2022 for healthcare workers will be paid. [15975/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby section 38 funded staff working overnight only get paid the sleepover rate which is the minimum wage even if staff are required to work and be on the floor during those times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16389/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a national statutory support scheme for the licensing and regulation of home care providers. [16668/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department officials to review the current practice by which his Department obstructs the payment of travel time to tendered service providers in the home care sector even though they provide it to their own staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16669/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the right to receive care in a nursing home on a statutory basis; if he will consider giving the same statutory right to receive care at home, which is the preferred option of the majority of older persons in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16671/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the grades of employment or posts as designated by order of the Minister that are excluded from contesting a local election. [16822/22]
Justice 5 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the action her Department will take to address the issue of non-engagement by undersheriff's offices in regard to Circuit Court judgments. [16236/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if she will review the practice of not paying travel expenses for those called for jury duty considering the current cost of fuel and the lack of public transport options particularly in rural Ireland where a prospective juror can have 140 km or more round trip to the court. [16237/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the current staffing levels of the section responsible for the processing of citizenship applications; and the plans there are to increase same given the expended period of time beyond normal that some applicants have been waiting. [16570/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of section 47 assessment and reports that have been challenged to the regulatory body of the assessor. [15969/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the action her Department will take to address the issue of non-engagement by undersheriff offices in regard to Circuit Court judgments. [16079/22]
Defence 4 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if the closed Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath has been considered as potential accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine. [15976/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider meeting with a person (details supplied) who has requested the rededication of a grave. [15978/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if any consideration has been given to sending military equipment to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the process and criteria for a non-commissioned officer to be retrospectively promoted; and the number of occasions that same has happened in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [16568/22]
Education 4 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter in relation to Bus Éireann school transport (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [16567/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the steps that are being taken to ensure that primary and secondary schools have adequate supports and resources to provide Ukrainian children fleeing war the mental health support that they need. [15973/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if a plan is in place to provide English language education or translation services to Ukrainian children in Irish primary and secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15974/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when, given the dramatic rise in transport costs, the school transport scheme rates will be reviewed to ensure that the vital assistance it provides to parents of children with special educational needs is not eroded by the rising costs of fuel. [16569/22]
Social 4 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the living alone allowance was to be extended to retired single public and civil service pension holders who met the requirements of living alone. [16566/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the proactive actions that have been taken to inform recipients of payments made by bank transfer that due to the closure of a bank (details supplied) alternative bank details will need to be provided to ensure that there is no interruption to payments. [16666/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time that it takes to change bank account details on the mywelfare app given the imminent need for welfare recipients to provide alternative bank details due to the closure of a bank (details supplied). [16667/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the eligibility for social welfare on the binary basis of days worked and consider a cumulative hours worked basis which could encourage many workers in the home care sector to accept additional hours without being penalised. [16672/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures implemented to alleviate the financial burden placed on farmers due to rising fertiliser costs. [16390/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered revising the State's CAP strategic plan to remove the proposed age limit on enhanced TAMS for women farmers. [16972/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the State’s employment policy which permits non-EEA citizens to work as carers in hospitals and nursing homes but not in home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16670/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with Irish Rail regarding the inability to book all train travel online given the increased costs associated with purchasing tickets in the station and the dramatic increase in the cost of petrol and diesel recently. [15977/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance if the senior executive accountability regime to deliver heightened accountability with the banking system as outlined in the Programme for Government has been established; if a report has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16391/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who are in receipt of a public and civil service pension who are over the ages of 66, 68 and 70 years. [16565/22]

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