Mayo — week of Mon, 23 May

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 23 May – 29 May 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 44 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-05-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–70

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages

2022-05-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–71

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Strike Action by the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association

2022-05-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–59

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 3 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 4 questions
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the number of primary and special schools that avail of HSE wrap-around services in speech and language and occupational therapy for children with disabilities and special educational needs in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/22]
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health the status of capital projects associated with Mayo University Hospital specifically the emergency department expansion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27032/22]
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the screening age limit for bowel and breast screening from 69 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/22]
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Health his plans to resolve the nationwide issue medical card holders are facing when trying to obtain a dentist appointment; and if the HSE will reimburse medical card holders on production of dentist receipts. [24933/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline her ongoing support to the Garda Síochána Inspectorate; the mechanisms for monitoring and appraising its performance; when she expects the An Garda Síochána strategy statement 2022-2024 to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26132/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the extent of funding supports for services to victims of crime distributed to non-Governmental organisations across the country in providing a wide range of supports to victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26133/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department have taken to assist farmers with the rising costs of inputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27031/22]
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to take to support young farmers under pillar one payments in the next Common Agricultural Policy and the National Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if a child who is accepted for the summer provision can also be approved for summer tuition in a home-based programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26549/22]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to increase sentences for sexual assault and violent offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25995/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to update and revise bail laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25994/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options that are available to a community in which an unauthorised development is being constructed in spite of the first planning enforcement letter having been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25735/22]

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul Lawless — Aontú 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Further and Higher Education 10 questions
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an apprentice who is employed by a company registered in the State can work cross-border with the same company in the North of Ireland without repercussions in terms of their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25839/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to the Exchequer of providing equal funding per student to both traditional and technological universities in order to end the situation of a 60:40 split in core funding through an increased allocation to the technological sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25874/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Justice in relation to the situation in which language students on stamp 2 visas are being forced to leave the State at the end of May 2022 after two years even if they have to return for a post-graduate course in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26053/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 10 May 2022, if he will outline which section of the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022 as amended that will further the provision of Technical University borrowing and or deliver student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26055/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, recipients in the academic year 2021-2022; and the total number of full-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide details on plans to provide summer off-site training to address the backlog of 8,208 apprentices that each education institute will provide summer provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/22]
- 2022-05-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the pay and conditions of personal assistants working in further education colleges; the starting salary for personal assistants; if they are on full-time, permanent contracts; if they need to access social welfare during the holidays; the steps that he is taking to improve the pay and conditions of personal assistants who work in further education colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26475/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of apprentices that are allocated a training place that is at an education institute that is not the closest training location to where they live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26790/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average distance travelled by apprentices to attend off-the-job training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/22]
- 2022-05-25 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 19 May 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of beds that are being delivered and underway per institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the capital investment plans for the community hospitals in Belmullet, and the district hospitals in Swinford and Ballina in order to take pressure off Mayo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/22]
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the Minister for Further and Higher Education to identify the number of places that are required to adequately meet the workforce needs of the healthcare system; the key professions and corresponding courses that need to be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26944/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to bring his revised CAP strategic plan before the Houses of the Oireachtas for scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26947/22]
- 2022-05-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to legislate for an office of transparency and fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26946/22]