Meath West — week of Mon, 3 Oct

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Oct – 9 Oct 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defective Concrete Products Levy

2022-10-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–60

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 72–59

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

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 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if the investigation into the leaking of the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation has been concluded; if so, the findings of the investigation; and, if not, the estimated timeframe for the conclusion of that investigation. [47801/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a regional breakdown of the total number of persons currently unemployed in the State. [47787/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the total number of full-time farmers working in the State at present; and the corresponding figure for each of the past ten years. [47788/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons unemployed in Ireland, including the qualification and former trade or employment type of the unemployed person. [47789/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of persons who became unemployed in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; and if he will provide a monthly breakdown of the figure for each of the past 12 months. [47790/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [44624/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will consult with the National Transport Authority and Irish Rail in relation to the reason that the Sligo to Dublin rail service is excluded from the current review and public consultation process of enhanced and amended timetables; if the issue of peak services being regularly late and overcrowded in the greater Dublin area including the commuter towns in counties Meath and Kildare will be addressed; if there are plans to add additional capacity to the service; if the Leap card will be extended to Enfield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48015/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if an application by a student (details supplied) who is availing of special education transport will be processed without further delay. [48844/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claims for guardian’s payment; the reason that this payment was excluded from the Budget 2023 social welfare increase; if the situation will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48774/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-10-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans, if any, to allow graduate entry medicine programmes to become eligible for SUSI student grant support where students meet the income threshold; if he will indicate a timeframe for same, and in circumstances where students currently undertaking GEM programmes had not previously availed of the SUSI grant and meet the income threshold criteria, if they can avail of grant support for this academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49396/22]