Meath West — week of Mon, 4 Apr

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Apr – 10 Apr 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 29 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-04-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 64–57

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Social 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 24 March 2022, if a definite undertaking can be given to ensure that the Castlepollard Westmeath branch office of her Department will remain open providing the full range of face-to-face services as at present into the foreseeable future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18227/22]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 0 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount which the State spent on personal protection equipment during the pandemic which either never arrived or was not fit for use when it arrived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18501/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the value of stock ordered by the HSE since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic which related to the response to Covid-19 (details supplied); the total value of stock currently in storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18502/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid back by the Chinese companies with whom this State was in a legal dispute with regarding ventilators (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18503/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of contracts his Department or the HSE entered into with hotels, colleges, bed and breakfasts, hostels, convention centres, and accommodation providers for use as self-isolation facilities or field hospitals since the start of the pandemic; if a list of all the facilities will be provided; the length of each contract; the cost of each contract; the number of beds, rooms and units within each facility; and the number of persons that availed of each facility in each month of the operation of each contract. [18504/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of times that ambulances were involved in road traffic collisions in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18505/22]
Rural 4 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocated budget for her Department in each of the years since 2017; and the actual expenditure of her Department in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form. [17982/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff employed by her Department in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form. [17984/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of her Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [12559/22]
Enterprise 4 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investigations that are being undertaken by his Department or any agency under his authority into the potential circumvention of the sanctions against Russia in the International Financial Services Centre and elsewhere and, if so, the number of investigations. [18264/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the employment options available to Ukrainian refugees in Ireland on a short, medium and long-term basis; and if his attention has been drawn to any delays in the issuing of work permits. [18420/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [12559/22]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of Irish fishing vessels in Irish territorial waters under the Common Fisheries Policy. [17502/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of Irish fishing vessels in the territorial waters of other European Union member states under the Common Fisheries Policy by European Union member state in tabular form. [17503/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of fishing vessels from European Union member states in Irish territorial waters under the Common Fisheries Policy by European Union member state and species in tabular form. [17504/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy; the number of recipients of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [17505/22]
Environment 4 questions
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the degree of Ireland's energy dependence by country in tabular form; and the estimated timeline it would take for Ireland to achieve energy independence. [18422/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of companies prosecuted for violation of environmental regulations in Ireland since 2015, by year and county in tabular form. [18421/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]
- 2022-04-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the vetting procedures in place for approving contractors for the retrofit scheme. [11268/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the gross and net contribution respectively of Ireland to the European Union per annum for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [17508/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the projected gross and net contribution of Ireland to the European Union by year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [17509/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the investigations that are being undertaken by his Department, the Central Bank or an agency under his authority into the potential circumvention of the sanctions against Russia in the International Financial Services Centre and elsewhere; if there are investigations underway; and if so, the number of investigations. [18263/22]
Defence 2 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the projected initial cost and projected annual cost for the first five years of membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation for Ireland. [17510/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of patrol days scheduled from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of patrol days lost from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the reasons for the patrol days lost from 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by year in tabular form. [17511/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision who have been granted asylum and refugee status; the longest time period that a person has remained living in a direct provision centre after they had been granted asylum and refugee status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17621/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of reports of human trafficking received by gardaí in each of the past ten years; the number of persons charged with human trafficking offences in the same time period; the number of persons convicted of human trafficking offences in the same time period; and the number of ongoing criminal or legal cases which relate to suspected human trafficking (details supplied). [18461/22]