Meath West — week of Mon, 26 Sept

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Sept – 2 Oct 2022 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 19 questions · 3 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 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

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 1 Johnny Guirke

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

The motion · motion passed 92–62

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

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 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 1 vote · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Justice 6 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí per capita in each county in the State; and if she will ensure that she facilitates the increase of Garda resources into counties that have had the largest increase in population as a result of the latest Census data. [46687/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the ten largest towns in the State without a Garda station; and the ten largest towns in the State without a full-time Garda station. [46688/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the detection rates for each crime area or Garda division for each of the past five years. [46689/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of hate crimes that have been recorded in each county for each of the past five years. [46690/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of operational members in An Garda Síochána who have an automatic number-plate recognition device; and the proportion that this number is of all Gardaí who require the device. [46691/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of buildings that are in the ownership, use or rental of her Department in which non-essential lighting is left on overnight; the estimated total cost of same; if she plans to request that all non-essential lighting is switched off after work has ceased. [46960/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken any research into the avian flu HPAI; if the flu poses a risk to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number, size and cost of properties owned by the HSE or his Department that are not in use. [47721/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born suffering from addiction to drugs or alcohol in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47791/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the cyberattack experienced by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic; the estimated total cost of repairing the damage done by the attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47793/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to reports indicating that the Residential Tenancies Board has spent millions of euro on a computer system that is not working; if he has requested the details of the work that has been carried out for this cost; and if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that most estate agents have to input the full details for the past 20 years for each tenant they ever had and that the system is not working and has dropped many of these files. [46953/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications that have been made under the home loan scheme. [46924/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that illness benefit is not included in the SUSI special rate award of eligible Department of Social Protection payments in circumstances where the payment is claimed over a longer period; his plans, if any, to review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46895/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that are in place for students who live away from home under the age of 23 years to ensure that they can carry on with their studies (details supplied). [47071/22]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps her Department is taking to promote Sliabh na Calliagh at Loughcrew, County Meath, as a tourism destination. [46930/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount her Department has spent on Galway 2020; the number of times she has met with representatives of Galway 2020 since she took office; and the dates on which those meetings took place. [46931/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will seek to reverse the decision to make the positions of one full-time permanent teaching post and three SNAs redundant at a school (details supplied) to maintain future need for the school given its wide catchment area and planned move to Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46593/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make a partnership agreement document and the accompanying European Commission assessment, which is referenced in a newspaper report (details supplied), available to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47785/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers or agricultural workers who have sought jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit or family income support in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [47786/22]