Meath West — week of Mon, 30 May

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 30 May – 5 Jun 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 23 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-05-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 69–51

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Foreign 4 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that were received by county in 2019, 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27719/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff employed by the Passport Office in 2019, 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27720/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average length of time that persons were waiting for passport applications to be processed, for online and paper applications systems respectively, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27721/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the average waiting time for passports in relation to new-born children receiving their first passport; the average waiting time for other children receiving their first passport; the average waiting time for children receiving renewal passports; the average waiting time for adults receiving first passports; the average waiting time for adults receiving renewal passports, 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27722/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are any direct grants available to SMEs for the installation of photovoltaic solar panels, and if he could outline the range of grants and supports currently available specifically to SMEs to improve energy efficiency and usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27762/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are business grants for solar panel installation; if not, when they will become available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/22]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 1 vote · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Justice 7 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of roadside drug tests that were carried out by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; the number of these tests that were positive in that period; the number of drivers who received a driving ban as a result of these tests; the number of driver drug tests that were carried out in total for each of the past five years; the number of these tests that were positive in each of the past five years; and the number of drivers who received a driving ban as a result of these tests in each of the past five years. [27584/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizens who have between 1 and 10 , 10 and 20, 20 and 30, 30 and 40, 40 and 50, 50 and 60, 60 and 70 convictions, respectively, in the State; and the number of citizens with convictions continuing in each group up to the highest number of convictions achieved by the citizens with the most convictions. [27586/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to increase the penalty received by citizens who have multiple convictions in an effort to deter crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27587/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; the estimated value of these drugs finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; the number of persons who have been convicted for these drugs finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; and the number of Irish Prison Service staff who have been convicted for these finds in each prison for each of the past five years. [27875/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of phones and illegal contraband which have been found in each prison for each of the past five years; the number of persons who have been convicted for these drugs finds in each prison for each of the past ten years; and the number of Irish Prison Service staff who have been convicted for these finds in each prison for each of the past ten years. [27876/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisons that have actually implemented the performance management and development system in full for each staff member for each of the past ten years (details supplied); and the way that the Irish Prison Service is generating a rating for each staff member. [27877/22]
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff within the Irish Prison Service who are off work on sick leave or who are absent from work in each prison for each of the past five years; the percentage of total staff on sick leave or absent from work in each prison for each of the past five years; and the number of staff who have taken early retirement within each prison for each of the past five years. [27878/22]
Children 4 questions
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any protocols or structures in place for dealing with persons who contact it and who have made retrospective abuse allegations or disclosures relating to their time as children in State care. [27576/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian nationals who have entered the direct provision system in each of the past two years and to date in 2022. [27575/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees from Afghanistan who are currently being hosted in the homes of Irish families in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16009/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees resettled in Ireland from Greece under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (details supplied) in each year since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/22]
Transport 3 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if she plans to include drugs found in the car of a driver as a reason to impose a driving ban on a driver. [27585/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the areas in which the money that is raised through tolls on the M50 is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28279/22]
- 2022-06-02 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he has informed himself or conducted any research in relation to the number of the road fatalities out of the total number and percentage of fatalities that involve motorcycles in each of the past five years including to date 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28622/22]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has issued passports to members of an organisation (details supplied) who are banned from entering the United States of America; and if he plans to withhold passports from citizens convicted of international drug dealing and serial criminality. [27589/22]
- 2022-06-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff who are operating the Houses of the Oireachtas passport helpline for elected members; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number is constantly engaged; his views on whether it is acceptable for elected representatives and their office staff to be expected to make up to 20 queries per day relating to passports (details supplied); if he will ensure that elected members and their staff are not held responsible for failings at the Passport Office with members of the public where he has overall Ministerial responsibility; if he will issue a public announcement to this effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28442/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-05-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent on abortion provision in 2021; the breakdown of the amount spent in general practitioner and community settings; the amount spent in hospitals; the amount spent on counselling; and the other training expenditure or miscellaneous expenditure in relation to same. [27559/22]