Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 28 Mar

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Mar – 3 Apr 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 62 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-03-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 61–46

Voted for 1 Denis Naughten

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Social 7 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of each social insurance and social assistance payment in 2021, in tabular form; the total amount paid for each payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15798/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing an additional two week parent’s leave and benefit; the cost of increasing the leave and benefit from five to seven weeks per child as scheduled from August 2022; and the estimated cost of increasing the leave and benefit from seven to eight weeks in tabular form. [15800/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending social welfare eligibility to stamp 1 visa holders, particularly in cases of serious illness or emergency access to schemes such as the supplementary welfare allowance considering the recent focus on migration and need to ensure supports for refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16404/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that persons on community employment schemes are required to meet the qualifying period of 390 days in receipt of the jobseeker’s allowance in order to qualify for the fuel allowance before they enter community employment given that those referred to community employment by her Department are obliged to engage as per the conditions of the jobseekers allowance and therefore, through no fault of their own fail to meet the qualifying period for the fuel allowance previously; if she will examine the matter and consider removing this stipulation for those engaged on schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16425/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to providing exemptions for specific types of savings within means testing for carer’s allowance such as cases (details supplied) and in consideration of forthcoming changes to capital thresholds later in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16555/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending social welfare supports to retired civil servants who have received their occupational pensions in place of a standard State pension, such as the living alone allowance in cases in which there are requirements to be in receipt of a primary social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16734/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the payment rules for the training support grant; if consideration has been given to providing reimbursement for courses which have been completed and paid for by the participant given that many training courses require payment before the course is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17243/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason that edited minutes of Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland board meetings have not been publicly available since January 2021 in view of commitments to publish minutes following the publication of the Crowe Howarth report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16881/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the current organisational structure chart for the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland will be provided; if it will include numbers of all staff working in each directorate by tenure, that is, permanent, consultant, contract, agency or other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16882/22]
- 2022-03-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason a report on a protected disclosure has not yet been finalised (details supplied); when the report with findings will be made available relating to this protected disclosure from the outsourced investigator; if he will provide all costings accrued to date relating to this protected disclosure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans to provide domestic violence refuge space in County Roscommon given that it is one of the nine counties without these spaces at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16222/22]

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Justice 4 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that are waiting between 12 to 24 and 24 to 36 months for a decision from the date of their first application to the Department for a certificate of naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16067/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of court-ordered section 32 reports that were sought by the courts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17127/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of court-ordered section 47 reports that were sought by the courts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17128/22]
- 2022-03-31 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim safety orders applied for in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17130/22]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the number of afforestation licences only exceeded 20 on two occasions in his Department’s weekly dashboard in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15859/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2021 to address the decline in afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15860/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Y axis of the number of licences issued for afforestation, roads, private felling and Coillte felling was reduced from 140 to 120 on the weekly dashboard; if he will reinstate it to 140; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15861/22]
- 2022-03-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to have concluded discussions with his counterparts in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications regarding planning permission for converting from dead and dying ash to conifers under the RUS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15862/22]