Donegal — week of Mon, 20 Jun

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Jun – 26 Jun 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 55 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services

2022-06-22 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 52–68

Voted for 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Voted against 1 Charlie McConalogue

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 68–53

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 69–53

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-06-21 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 66–48

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

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 4 votes · 0 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 5 returns

Agricultural Consultants Association - ACA · 5 returns Agriculture
- ACA's position on the new agri environment scheme in 2023
- Seeking a meeting with the Ministers to discuss public policy and programmes.
- Email to the Minsiters regarding the ACA response to the Envir Assessment of the CAP Strategic Paln.
- ACA meeting with DAFM Ministers and officials to discuss broad range of issues involving the sector and advisors.
- Invitation to the Minister to attend the ACA AGM

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 4 votes · 23 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Finance 11 questions
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance with reference to the Programme for Government commitment that tax credits and bands will be index-linked to earnings, the data on which this earnings growth is based; if it is based on Central Bank projections of compensation per employee growth of 2.3%, 4.7% and 5.1% in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively in its latest quarterly economic bulletin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32161/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 1% while simultaneously tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32475/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32478/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost for making research and development payable credits payable in one instalment within 12 months for small and micro-companies. [32480/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on individual incomes in excess of €500,000, inclusive of income deriving from capital gains. [32481/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the help to buy scheme for 2023; if all or a portion of that cost is within the base for 2023; and to outline that cost. [32482/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge on the portion of individual income above €140,000. [32483/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2% while simultaneously tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32831/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit band at a rate of 3% while simultaneously tapering personal tax credits, the employee tax credit, the earned income tax credit at a rate of 2.5%, for every €1,000, for individual incomes between €100,000 and €140,000. [32832/22]
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the number of persons availing of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, on an individual level given that the PAYE data on employee pension contributions is now reported to the Revenue Commissioners. [33268/22]
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions No. 394 and 395 of 14 June 2022, the cost to the Exchequer of tax relief on pension contributions in 2019 disaggregated by salary band in intervals of €10,000, on an individual level given that the PAYE data on employee pension contributions is now reported the Revenue Commissioners. [33269/22]
Foreign 6 questions
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport that was applied for in March 2022 will issue on time for a child (details supplied) in Scotland who is travelling on 25 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31939/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an online passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for an intended travel date of 17 June 2022; if the document that was resubmitted on 7 June 2022 is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31940/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed on time for a travel date of 22 June 2022. [32352/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed on time for travel date 22 June 2022. [32371/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue on time for a child (details supplied) travelling on 28 June 2022; the reason that a document was not requested when other documents were; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be processed in time for a child (details supplied) from County Donegal who is travelling on 21 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32579/22]
Housing 3 questions
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will give a definitive date when the working group specifically tasked with examining the issues of fire safety and structural safety defects in apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013 will deliver it’s report which was due in March 2022; if his attention has been drawn to the immense stress and anxiety that homeowners impacted by these defects continue to experience as a result of significant payments they have been requested to make to remedy defects they are in no way responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32351/22]
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the remediation of dwellings damaged by defective concrete blocks Bill 2022 does not provide for the replacement of the foundations of homes that will have to be demolished, given that he has asked the National Standards Authority of Ireland to examine the need for this to be done in their ongoing review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33087/22]
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the commitments made to tackle vacant housing in the Housing for All Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33088/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a Cat D driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the estimated first and full-year cost of equalising quarterly, half-year and annual payment costs of motor tax equal to the annual payment cost. [32479/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a CORU registration will be processed [32292/22]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the regulation of aquaculture activities will be transferred to the newly established Marine Area Regulatory Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32567/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce a support scheme for the aquaculture industry, using funds available from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund; the measures that can be expected to be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32563/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that remains unspent in the current European Maritime and Fisheries Fund programme for Ireland; his plans to spend this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32564/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that he and his Department have not fully implemented the recommendations from the report by the independent aquaculture licensing review group published in 2017; when these recommendations are intended to be fully acted upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32565/22]
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of fin fish processed in Ireland by species in each of the past ten years tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32566/22]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-06-22 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32891/22]
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a passport will issue on time for travel for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33456/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the domiciliary carers allowance annually in each county since 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33420/22]
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number who were awarded the domiciliary carers allowance on appeal annually in each county since 2017 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33421/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current makeup of the renewable energy advisory group; the number of times it has met since establishment; when it is due to meet next; if he will publish all of the minutes for each meeting that has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-06-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty to cover the out-of-hours general practitioner service NowDoc in every part of Donegal, per week, for each of the years, 2016 to 2022 inclusive in tabular form; and if he is satisfied that this is adequate and safe coverage. [31870/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-06-22 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the policy of her Department in relation to the flying of rainbow flags at State funded schools in support and solidarity with the LGBTQ community and as part of wider community participation in the pride month of June 2022. [32852/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the remediation of dwellings damaged by defective concrete blocks Bill 2022 will reflect the ongoing review by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of IS 465 regarding testing and diagnosing remedies for the full range of deleterious materials that are affecting homes in the west of Ireland, including pyrrhotite and the need to replace foundations in homes that have to be demolished. [33019/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-06-23 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of a general employment permit will be complete in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33413/22]