Donegal — week of Mon, 2 May

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 2 May – 8 May 2022 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 20 questions · 4 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-04 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 72–53

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 4 returns

Irish Grain and Feed Association (IGFA) · 2 returns Agriculture
- Pig Sector proposal to self fund a support fund underpinned by DAFM
- Impact of War in Ukraine and Russia on the feed chain
Epilepsy Ireland Education and Training
- Seeking further information on proposed alternate sitting of Leaving Certificate exams, and the need to ensure needs of students with epilepsy are accommodated
Aurivo Co-operative Society Limited Agriculture
- - Dairy Calf to Beef Subsidy & Sexed Semen support - Issues on Mixed Origin Milk - Herd Expansion & Climate Change / Sustainability

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2022-05-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22479/22]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-05-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that County Donegal only received circa 10% of the recent funding approved by the HSE for congregated settings under the capital developments scheme across community healthcare Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo. [22281/22]
- 2022-05-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the angiogram service will be retained in the cardiac unit at Letterkenny University Hospital and will be built upon at the hospital working on a cross-Border basis for the persons in counties Donegal, Derry and west County Tyrone. [22282/22]
- 2022-05-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that the cardiac radiology unit that was donated to Letterkenny University Hospital by a group (details supplied) in 2018 has not been commissioned. [22283/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-05-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that a reasonable proportion of the community benefit funds paid by offshore wind energy companies to meet their responsibilities under the renewable electricity support scheme is ring fenced for the benefit of fishing communities and fishing organisations nearest to those wind energy sites. [22011/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-05-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his announcement of €9 million of funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Greencastle Breakwater, County Donegal is the same project that he announced funding for almost a year ago with a €9 million contribution from his Department. [21761/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-05-04 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to extend the retirement age of workers in Pobal-funded community service programmes across the State. [21713/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-05-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering extending the eligibility of the defective concrete block grant scheme to secondary homeowners with the same conditions already indicated by the Government for some, making the property available for the rental market for a defined period of time. [22507/22]