Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 4 Apr

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Apr – 10 Apr 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 71 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 against 2 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Rural 9 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the development of a rural-proofing mechanism, as outlined in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025, considering she previously advised that consultants would provide their recommendations by the end of March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17896/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the engagement by her Department regarding the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; the role her Department will play in responding to the crisis at Governmental level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17897/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update regarding the placement of town regeneration officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17895/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the forthcoming progress report on the Our Rural Future strategy considering the strategy commits to reporting every six months and the policy was launched almost one year ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17892/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the forthcoming island development strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17894/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide further information on the pub as community hubs pilot programme; the way the pubs in the four counties involved in the pilot will be selected; the length of time the pilot will run for; the way funding will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17893/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the anticipated Our Rural Future strategy work programme for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17891/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the resources that are available to improve or maintain community centres for use in providing accommodation to Ukrainian refugees. [18223/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding and resources that will be made available to community centres and buildings for continued humanitarian purposes, particularly with regard to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18224/22]
Social 3 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is differentiation between types of fuel allowance recipients, such as those receiving the fuel allowance payment as part of community employment or Tús schemes; if all recipients fall under the national fuel allowance; if she will provide information on recent changes as to the way fuel allowance recipients are categorised in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18313/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to assessing income from pensions for the fuel allowance based on net income rather than gross income (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18326/22]
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection when a community welfare office in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon will be resuming clinic appointments; the number of community welfare offices across County Roscommon that have not yet resumed clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18458/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to long waiting times for persons requiring NCT tests; if this will have consequences for persons waiting; the reason persons now have to pay upfront for NCT tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18393/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the mandatory charge that the Government applies to customers closing accounts with a bank (details supplied); if a charge is in place, the reason this is the case in this particular situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18217/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of plans to change the differential rent scheme to align all local authorities in respect of the way rent is calculated; the timeline for the introduction of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17633/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the subsidy under the national childcare scheme in recognition of the increase in crèche fees due to increased running costs for crèches to support parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18028/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a group (details supplied) will be included as eligible to receive counselling from the HSE following the 2016 report from the United Nations on safe and child-sensitive counselling which recommended that these services be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17515/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme will open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18427/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-04-06 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update regarding the significant delay in providing an extension for a school (details supplied); the actions that are being taken to address this delay particularly with regard to planning permission; when work on the extension will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18435/22]

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 · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates his Department received the ash dieback RUS applications that remain unapproved by month in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17844/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of ash dieback RUS approvals his Department expects to approve in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17845/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date the Secretary General of his Department committed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee to engage with his counterpart in the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with regard to the issue of planning permission for the conversion to conifers from dead and dying ash; the progress to date and the expected date such talks will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17846/22]
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ash plantations infected by ash dieback are now starting to rot and present a serious health and safety issue in their removal. [17847/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-04-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice when an application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) will be processed given that the application was submitted in July 2020; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17956/22]