Galway West — week of Mon, 4 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Galway West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Jul – 10 Jul 2022 · 6 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 45 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 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 4 Catherine Connolly · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–73

Voted for 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Voted against 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Seán Kyne

Amendment again put: · motion failed 69–74

Voted for 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Voted against 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Éamon Ó Cuív

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Seán Kyne

The motion · motion passed 74–69

Voted for 3 Hildegarde Naughton · Noel Grealish · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 2 John Connolly · Seán Kyne

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects

2022-07-06 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 78–61

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 2 Catherine Connolly · Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 3 John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-07-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 66–61

Voted for 2 Hildegarde Naughton · Éamon Ó Cuív

Voted against 1 Mairéad Farrell

Did not vote 4 Catherine Connolly · John Connolly · Noel Grealish · Seán Kyne

Catherine Connolly — Independent 4 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Children 8 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Child and Family Agency has guidance or a standard operating procedure for assessing a person’s age in the context of assessing whether they are eligible for services under the Child Care Acts; and if so, if that procedure is published. [35923/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of age for the purposes of assessing if a person is eligible for services under the Child Care Acts, made by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency in 2021 and to date in 2022. [35924/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of equality legislation; the person or organisation carrying out the review; the terms of reference of the review; the status of the consideration of the submissions received in the public consultation; when he expects the review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35996/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the policies and guidelines in place to govern the award of emergency accommodation contracts by the International Protection Accommodation Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36541/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the work Life Balance and Miscellaneous provisions Bill 2022; when he expects to bring the Bill to Government; the expected timeline for the enactment of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36652/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of projected timelines for the implementation of A White Paper to End Direct Provision and to Establish a New International Protection Support Service; the person who is carrying out the review; the expected timeline for completion and publication of the revised implementation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36525/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 May 2022, the expected timeline for the establishment of the specialist tracing service; the resources allocated thereto; the membership, working methods and objectives of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36523/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans for Ireland to sign and ratify the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timeline for the signing and ratification of the optional protocol; the status of the review by his Department on the requirements for ratification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36524/22]
Justice 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the reason the promised number of refuge spaces in the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence falls short of the 335 extra places needed to comply with the Istanbul Convention, as was outlined in the Tusla review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35902/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Afghan admissions programme; the expected timeline for when all decisions will be issued; the analysis that her Department has carried out into expanding the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35901/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the details of any analysis carried out by her Department into the increase in the number of Afghan and Syrian citizens who were refused entry to Ireland in each of the years from 2018 to 2021; the number of Afghan and Syrian citizens who have been refused entry to Ireland to date in 2022; the number of Afghan and Syrian citizens who have entered the international protection process in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 after having been refused entry to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36053/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for the publication of the promised action plan covering 2022-2025 in relation to the disability action plan framework 2022-2025; the reason for the delay in the publication of same; the status of the development of the action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36015/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all information materials associated with his Budget 2023 announcement particularly in relation to existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports will be accessible to persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36016/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the engagement he or the HSE has had with a company (details supplied) with a view to resolving the ongoing exclusion of a cohort of 35 children with certain genotypes from access to the cystic fibrosis modular drug therapy, kaftrio; the details of any engagement he has had with cystic fibrosis advocacy groups in 2022 with regard to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36241/22]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 18 May 2022, the status of the working group within his Department to support lifelong learning and explore the extension of financial supports to include part-time students; if the working group will produce a final report; the expected timeline for same; the number of times that the working group has met to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36529/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 19 May 2022, when the final report of the expert panel commissioned by Solas to review the funding model for further education and training will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 19 May 2022, the status of the Higher Education Reform Implementation Review Group; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the group; the number of meetings that the group has had to date; if he will report on the content of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36526/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public sector pay in relation to cases of long-Covid contracted in the workplace, particularly in relation to the possible recognition of long-Covid as an occupational illness or disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35925/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is willing to support and advance the reconvening of the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid with a view to bringing an end to Israel’s system of oppression, domination and racial supremacy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as outlined in recent reports by human rights organisations; if he will review all of Ireland’s cooperation activities with Israel to ensure that these do not contribute to maintaining the present system of apartheid; his views that the purpose of Israel’s actions of discrimination and dispossession is to ensure the dominance of one racial or national group over another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the review in relation to amending the occupational injury and illness scheme or public sector pay in relation to cases of long-Covid contracted in the workplace, particularly in relation to the possible recognition of long-Covid as an occupation illness or disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35926/22]

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Children 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the additional funding that will enable displaced persons with residency in the State under the European Union Temporary International Protection Directive to benefit from supports under the national childcare scheme (details supplied) will be paid out of the Covid Contingency Fund; if not, if it will be funded through additional voted expenditure or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35688/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has carried out an analysis of expenditure or forecasting on the impact of providing persons with residency in the State under the European Union Temporary International Protection Directive access to the national childcare scheme; and, if so, the cost in 2022 and 2023, in relation to these changes. [35689/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the way that his Department will meet the medical needs of a resident (details supplied) in a direct provision centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the action being taken by the Government to address the ongoing situation in which 35 children with a diagnosis of cystic fibrosis cannot access the drug therapy kaftrio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36568/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the action plan for the Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he intends to provide funding in Budget 2023 for the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes aged over 21 years, based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36809/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instate a ban on evictions; if not, if he will introduce support for those being evicted into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36444/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has been in touch with the European Commission to outline the way that it intends to proceed with Derrybrien wind farm; the progress being made towards resolution of the daily €15,000 fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36597/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that must be carried out before dredging work can begin as part of the development of the deep-water quay at Ros na Mhíl; the length of time the tendering process for the dredging contract is anticipated to take; when it is hoped that the said dredging work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36214/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeframe for the renewal of the signage at the photographic points on the Wild Atlantic Way; if she will advise the cost of replacing the place name poles at the photographic points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36583/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Community Centre Investment Fund will be opened again in 2023; if there are any other funding streams available to groups that were unable to submit their application for the Fund before the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36780/22]

Noel Grealish — Independent 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.