Galway East — week of Mon, 30 May — Watch Them Work

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 30 May – 5 Jun 2022 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-06-01 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–66

Voted for 1 Seán Canney

Voted against 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Property Services (Land Price Register) Bill 2021

2022-06-01 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend and extend the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 to provide for transparency regarding transactions involving property and for those purposes to expand the…

full description

A bill to amend and extend the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 to provide for transparency regarding transactions involving property and for those purposes to expand the register that records residential property sales prices, to establish a land and other non-residential property transaction database and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 51–70

Voted against 3 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–51

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seán Canney — Independent 3 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with the construction of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; when the additional bed capacity will be made available; the additional staff that will be recruited to cope with the increased workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when an agreement will be in place to allow for increased subventions to nursing homes given the increased costs they face post-Covid and with the rising cost of heating fuel and other input costs; when this payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27508/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of dentists who are available to treat patients who have medical cards; if he will ensure that sufficient resources are put in place to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/22]
Environment 3 questions
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider deferring his proposed regulations to ban the sale of turf until further transitioning can be put in place to change existing heating appliances from solid fuel to heat pumps in existing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28722/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the scheme to allow persons who invested in microgeneration systems to receive payment for energy exported to the grid will commence; if the payment will be retrospective to 1 July 2021 as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28723/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the retrofit programme will be in place; the number of one-stop-shops in place to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28726/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if a person who cares for and lives with their incapacitated sibling can avail of the home carer tax credit; if this credit is confined to a person’s spouse, civil partner or cohabitant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27582/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the increased demand for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) and if she will meet a delegation from the school to discuss this urgently required facility for the school. [27316/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that this Government will receive from the EU crisis reserve fund; the level of funding the Irish Government will top it up with; and the additional supports that this funding will provide for farmers in this deepening escalation of input prices. [27412/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport the plans that he is putting in place to ensure that the necessary public European Union charging infrastructure is put in place to deal with the increase in demand as more electric cars are purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28724/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has the data on the number of social housing properties under the control of local authorities in which the source of heat is solid fuel; the estimated cost of replacing the heating systems with heat pumps; and the expected timeframe for this transition to be complete. [28725/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider introducing a complaints process and an appeals mechanism in relation to the Coroner’s Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28780/22]