Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 30 May — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 30 May – 5 Jun 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 29 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 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

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 for 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–51

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 0 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if a request for a consultation meeting has been received from a school (details supplied); if so, when this meeting will be scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27736/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will review the capitation funding for schools (details supplied). [28029/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28229/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health the status of a major capital investment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if Ireland has a social security agreement policy with South Korea, whereby if mandatory pension contributions which are being made by Irish citizens working there at present can be included in their pension contributions at retirement age in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27255/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Environment 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the listing of one-stop-shop providers through the national retrofit scheme. [28043/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that a carer’s allowance payment is considered as assessable means on a local authority rent assessment while other social welfare payments are not assessable; his views on whether those providing full-time care are providing an extremely important service; and if he will agree to rectify this issue. [28036/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an appropriate school place is provided for a pupil (details supplied). [28031/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that self-employed workers are precluded from applying for a working family payment at present, regardless of their income levels; and if she plans to rectify this imbalance in the scheme. [28034/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Justice 5 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have completed a one-day competency-based driver level one assessment, which allows gardaí to drive patrol cars but not turn on their sirens or flashing blue lights in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27776/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have completed the competency-based driver level two assessment, which allows gardaí to pursue vehicles at high speeds, use the sirens and turn on the flashing blue lights in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27777/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have not completed either level one or level two of the competency-based driver assessment. [27778/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in counties Longford and Westmeath who have faced disciplinary action for using the siren or flashing blue lights without a level two competency-based driver assessment, in tabular form. [27779/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the engagement her Department has had with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the refugees arriving here from Ukraine and the co-ordination of services, supports and resources which are presently being delivered in an ad-hoc manner by volunteers attempting to meet the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion. [28549/22]
Environment 3 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagement that he has had with all of the stakeholders regarding the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) concerning the post office commercial service contract July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27492/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan considering many persons in counties Longford and Westmeath are still without access to fibre optic broadband. [28534/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is fully satisfied with staff appointments and the methods of interviews used in the western and north western areas of Inland Fisheries Ireland over the past three years. [28526/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that are not employed directly but are employed by a private company. [27775/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the engagement that his Department has had with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the refugees arriving from Ukraine and the coordination of services, supports and resources which are presently being delivered in an ad-hoc manner by volunteers attempting to meet the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion. [28546/22]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the engagement that he or his Department have had with the British Government and Prime Minister since the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland on 5 May 2022. [24925/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the engagement that he or his Department have had with the political leaders in Northern Ireland following the Assembly elections. [24924/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement that his Department has had with representatives of construction industry regarding the expected delays to building projects due to the increase in building and fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27493/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement her Department has had with relevant stakeholders in relation to the refugees arriving here from Ukraine and the co-ordination of services, supports and resources which are presently being delivered in an ad-hoc manner by volunteers attempting to meet the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion. [28492/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the engagement that his Department has had with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the refugees arriving from Ukraine and the coordination of services, supports and resources which are presently being delivered in an ad-hoc manner by volunteers attempting to meet the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion. [28548/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement that his Department has had with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the refugees arriving from Ukraine and the coordination of services, supports and resources which are presently being delivered in an ad-hoc manner by volunteers attempting to meet the needs of those fleeing the Russian invasion. [28547/22]