Donegal — week of Mon, 26 Sept

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Sept – 2 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 44 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax

2022-09-27 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 85–67

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019

2022-09-27 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 66–87

Voted for 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Voted against 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

The motion · motion passed 92–62

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pearse Doherty

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 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Seed Trade Association Agriculture
- Noxious Weeds Act & Protection of Flora & Fauna Act

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 0 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Education 11 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46565/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46566/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46567/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if school transport tickets will issue to three students (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46568/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if school transport tickets will be allocated to students (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46569/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46570/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46571/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if school transport tickets will be allocated to students (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46581/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) relating to a school transport issue. [46582/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) that was sent to her by this Deputy on 26 April 2022. [46988/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a school transport ticket will be allocated to a pupil (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47476/22]
Children 3 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of a contract between a person (details supplied) and a business regarding the housing of Ukrainian refugees on the business’ property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46983/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ukrainian refugees that were settled at a location (details supplied) in County Donegal have been moved to another location; the circumstances under which this removal arose; the actions that were taken by his Department; the way that this fits with contractual obligations of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46984/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views in relation to correspondence sent to him on 15 September 2022 regarding a business (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46985/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport the reason that a full driving licence was not issued for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46619/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a CPC practical driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47081/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an issue with a business (details supplied); if the persons involved in the business have received any supports from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47139/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mink farmers received compensation for the closure of mink farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47717/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when foreign birth registration applications will be processed for siblings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/22]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Agriculture 6 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the issues arising from Brexit for which funding from the European Union has been provided through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund are entirely separate from the fuel crisis currently being experienced by the Irish fishing; the plans and resources that he intends undertaking and allocating to address this specific crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47227/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention and that of his Department has been drawn to the fact that Irish fishing boats that have landed in France and Spain, during this current global fuel crisis have been able to avail of the fuel subsidy in those European Union member states; if he plans to introduce a similar measure in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 934 of 21 June 2022, the amount that currently remains unspent in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-2020 for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of jobs that are expected to be lost in the Irish fishing industry as a result of the impending Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund voluntary decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47230/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a flexibility mechanism is built into the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund that will allow persons to secure funding and order equipment that has a processing and delivery date post-31 December 2023, which is the current final drawdown date for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47231/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum and maximum livestock unit values per hectare and the values per individual type of livestock for the organic farming scheme, areas of natural constraint scheme and the ACRES scheme in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47746/22]
Education 4 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47335/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47336/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings for schools (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47337/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide the necessary funding for a mica defective block schools programme, an educational and well-being programme for second level students, as submitted to Donegal Education and Training Board by affected homeowners in the county. [47758/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to speed-up the process of genetic testing for confirmation of TTR genotype, wild-type or hereditary, for transthyretin amyloidosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46721/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the day care services will resume to five days per week at a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47078/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE mental health clinical staff in County Donegal that have not been provided with appropriate accommodation in the county to meet their clients. [47129/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the supports the HSE is putting in place to assist general practitioner practices in County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47802/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme will be operational and accepting applications. [47329/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in County Donegal who are stuck in stage 1, awaiting the outcome of the review of IS 465 by the National Standards Authority of Ireland. [47328/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport is processed on time for a school trip for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47521/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the organic farming scheme was not included in the expanded list of schemes as of June 2022 that are assessed differently concerning the disregard within farm assist; the estimated cost of including the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47745/22]