Donegal — week of Mon, 4 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Jul – 10 Jul 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 31 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022

2022-07-06 · 4 votes

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 72–67

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 4 Joe McHugh · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–73

Voted for 4 Joe McHugh · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Voted against 1 Charlie McConalogue

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Amendment again put: · motion failed 69–74

Voted for 4 Joe McHugh · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Voted against 1 Charlie McConalogue

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 74–69

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 4 Joe McHugh · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects

2022-07-06 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 78–61

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-07-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 66–61

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · 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 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

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 6 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Finance 10 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas to 31 December 2022. [36925/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance he estimated cost of applying a reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023. [36926/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying a reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas from 1 January 2023 to 12 October 2023. [36927/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying a reduced rate of VAT at 9% applying to electricity and gas from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023. [36928/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of maintaining the existing reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel from 13 October 2022 to 31 December 2022. [36929/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying the existing reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, 12 October 2023 and 31 December 2023 respectively. [36930/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel to €359 per 1,000 litres and €330 per 1,000 litres, respectively, from 13 October 2022 to 31 December 2022. [36932/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying reduced rates of excise duty total mineral oil tax on petrol and diesel to €359 per 1,000 litres and €330 per 1,000 litres, respectively, from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, 12 October 2023 and 31 December 2023. [36933/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying excise duty at a rate of €0 per 1,000 litres on home heating oil from 30 September 2022 to 31 December 2022. [36934/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of applying excise duty at a rate of €0 per 1,000 litres on home heating oil from 1 January 2023 to 30 June 2023, 12 October 2023 and 31 December 2023, respectively. [36935/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for occupational speech and language therapy for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35701/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to Sligo University Hospital; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35995/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred to Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin; if the referral was routine or urgent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36012/22]
- 2022-07-07 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Sláinte cá mhéad iarratas ar chártaí leighis a cuireadh isteach ar bhonn míosúil i ngach aon bhliain ó 2020 go 2022, i bhfoirm tábla; cá mhéad iarratas a ndearnadh próiseáil orthu gach aon mhí i bhfoirm tábla, cad é an meánmhéid ama a ghlac sé próiseáil a dhéanamh ar na hiarratais seo gach aon bhliain [36893/22]
Social 2 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if modelling with respect to deficits of the Social Insurance Fund included increases in other welfare payments over the time horizon considered by the report of the Commission of Pensions; if so, the basis of those welfare payment increases whether indexed to inflation, wage growth and so on; the rates of those increases in percentage or nominal terms; and the way that this expenditure contributed to the forecast deficits of the Social Insurance Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35527/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will be updating the demographic projections and the consequent impact on the Social Insurance Fund according to projections (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36084/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling on 5 July 2022 given that the estimated date has passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36077/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the measures that have been put in place for Junior Certificate students who test positive for Covid-19 during exams; if they may re-sit exams or receive a predictive result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36506/22]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek approval to seek an extension of Ireland’s marine zone, changing the 0-6 mile limit to a 0-12 mile limit and changing the 6-12 mile limit to a 12-20 mile limit; the benefits to our fishing communities and the wider economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35457/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 15 June, 2022, if the specific European Commission rules or European Union regulations that limit support under the Brexit processing capital support scheme apply to SMEs only. [35472/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the opening of a decommissioning scheme with terms and conditions for fishing vessels originally suggested by his Department in October 2021 as part of the Report of the Seafood Taskforce that will require agreement with the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the position in relation to the person or body that has the ultimate decision-making power when it comes to raising rainbow pride flags at State-run schools in Ireland. [35825/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if a bishop may remove decision-making power from a board of management in a Catholic school within their diocese when it comes to raising rainbow pride flags showing solidarity with LGBTI+ students and staff during Pride month. [35826/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the audit of quarries in County Donegal that he requested has been completed; if so, when he will publish the audit and take the necessary follow-up actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35468/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to a recent submission from an organisation (details supplied) if he will agree to a 25% restoration of funding to restore the core funding of local Traveller organisations to 2008 levels. [35475/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to recent correspondence to her from Donegal ETB, when she will consider the details of the 2021 review of CLÁR areas nationally, using the 2016 Census of Population and make a decision on whether to include additional electoral divisions in County Donegal into the CLÁR scheme or not [35505/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 30 June 2022, the names of the members of the panel that designed I.S. 465 for the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and the names of the members of the panel that is now reviewing I.S. 465. [36915/22]