Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 3 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Oct – 9 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 57 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022

2022-10-06 · 1 vote · Govt (Housing)

A bill to provide that Irish Water shall be known only as Uisce Éireann

full description

A bill to provide that Irish Water shall be known only as Uisce Éireann; to provide for the reorganisation of Uisce Éireann, the separation of Uisce Éireann from Ervia, the removal of Ervia’s functions relating to Uisce Éireann, and for those purposes to make certain amendments to the Gas Act 1976, the Water Services Act 2013, the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013, the Water Services Act 2017 and certain other enactments; to make further provision for the board and chief executive officer of Uisce Éireann; to amend the accounting and reporting requirements of Uisce Éireann; to provide for accountability by Uisce Éireann to a Committee of Dáil Éireann; to provide for the transfer of certain staff, rights and liabilities and records from Ervia to Uisce Éireann; to provide for the dissolution of the Water Advisory Body; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 4–6

Voted against 1 Joe Flaherty

Did not vote 5 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

Defective Concrete Products Levy

2022-10-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–60

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

The motion · motion passed 72–59

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Sorca Clarke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 2 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Foreign 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the competition for the new election-monitoring roster will be advertised; the locations in which it will be advertised; the number of election monitor positions that are planned for the new roster; the training courses that are recommended for entry to this roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48160/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will advise on a payment for a person (details supplied). [48579/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Education 6 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48051/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied). [48052/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied). [48054/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied). [48055/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied). [48056/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a school bus ticket will be issued to a person (details supplied). [48057/22]
Health 5 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when the former temporary, now permanent clerical officers who worked in accident and emergency departments in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar during Covid will receive their Covid bonus (details supplied). [48405/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication of the Action Plan for Disability Capacity Review; if details of the action plan will be included in the forthcoming plan for Budget 2023; his views that immediate action on this plan is required in order to meet the essential needs of service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48972/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed disability support breakdown as part of the Budget 2023 announcement; and if he will ensure that information is provided on existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports that will be provided for in Budget 2023. [48973/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when Section 39 HSE staff can expect to receive the €1,000 HSE bonus payment. [48976/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied). [49252/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that a driving test appointment is provided as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied). [48142/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will request an urgent review of driving test services be carried out given the unprecedented backlogs in the system; and if he will give consideration to allowing instructors to sign-off on the driving competency of applicants who have completed the required 12 lessons until such time as the waiting times have significantly reduced. [48145/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a Medical Board of Appeal case by a person (details supplied). [49081/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an urgent update regarding the replacement of the Medical Board of Appeal (details supplied); and the way in which appeals are currently being progressed in the absence of the Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49024/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will approve the 2% pay rise for An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48189/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of hours per week which one can work if approved for 50% partial capacity (details supplied). [48581/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if the Electoral Reform Bill 2022 has been enacted. [48005/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a 2020 areas-of-natural-constraint appeal by a person (details supplied). [47902/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 29 total

Defence 7 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if refurbishment works have commenced at a building (details supplied) at Renmore Barracks. [48234/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the amount that has been spent on the refurbishment of Custume Barracks, Athlone in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the nature of works that were carried out in each of the years in tabular form. [48235/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing chemical biological, radiological and nuclear suits for the Permanent Defence Forces in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [48236/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the engagement that he has had with military management and his Department regarding a report that five apprentice electrical artificers who upon completion of their block placement were offered permanent employment and their defence contracts were bought out by the company with whom they were on placement. [49359/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the complaint made to the European Committee of Social Rights registered on 9 August 2022 by the European Organisation of Military Associations and Trade Unions against Ireland to seek just conditions of work and to achieve adequate compensation for members of the Defence Forces who work on public holidays and to secure overtime payments for additional hours worked; his views on this complaint; and the actions he and his Department plan to take to rectify this situation. [49009/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence in view of the increase in capital funding of €35 million in budget 2023, his plans for national security investment under his remit. [49010/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if he will publish the complete list of capital works planned following the announcement of an additional €35 million in capital funding in Budget 2023. [49052/22]
Health 7 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health about the availability of STI-testing kits in CHO 8. [48237/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of breasts pumps available in each maternity unit in tabular form. [48238/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number and type of therapist posts that are currently advertised; and the average length of time to fill therapy posts by therapy discipline. [48239/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the extended free contraception scheme will come into effect. [48356/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the extended free general practitioner care for children will come into effect. [48357/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the engagement that he or his Department have had with general practitioners and organisations representing general practitioners; and the additional resources that will be provided to general practitioners in order for them to meet the needs of those that are now eligible for the extended free contraception scheme. [48358/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the engagement that he has had with general practitioners and organisations representing general practitioners; and the additional resources that will be provided to general practitioners in order for them to meet the needs of those now eligible for the extended free general practitioner care for children given that many in rural communities are struggling currently to get a general practitioner or to obtain an appointment. [48359/22]
Foreign 4 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he met with his New Zealand counterpart during the recent UN General Assembly week. [48242/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit Germany before the end of 2022. [48243/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Iranian Ambassador to Ireland (details supplied) regarding the death in custody of a person who was arrested for wearing their hijab incorrectly, the subsequent protests across Iran and any concerns that he may have for Irish citizens currently residing in Iran. [49011/22]
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement that he has had with the newly appointed UK Secretary of State regarding the outcome of the election and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont. [49012/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of each category of public order training courses that were provided to gardaí in the Westmeath and Roscommon-Longford Garda division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [48245/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if any capital works projects that are funded by her Department also received EU funding in each of the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the amount of EU funding received per capital works projects. [48248/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach what bilateral meetings he held during the recent UN General Assembly week. [48251/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the whole-term equivalent staff by job title working in the geological survey division of his Department as of 1 January 2021 and 27 September 2022, in tabular form; the number of vacancies currently in this division; and when will these vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [48244/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the number and location of sheltered bus stops that have been installed since 1 September 2021. [48233/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements that have been made for those renting a room in the landlord's property in cases in which there is no obligation for the property owner to register with the Residential Tenancies Board to ensure that they can avail of the newly introduced rental tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48588/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has met formally with a person (details supplied) to date in 2022. [48240/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the bilateral meetings she has had with her EU counterpart to date in 2022. [48241/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when parents can expect their childcare costs to reduce by the 25% in the national childcare scheme as per Budget 2023. [48360/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of social workers that graduated from respectively third level colleges in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [48249/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2023 in the budget for the senior alert scheme, which was increased by 15%. [48250/22]