Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 17 Oct

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Oct – 23 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 34 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages

2022-10-19 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 9–118

Voted against 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 1 vote · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Social 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 20 September, if she will provide further details regarding a payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51116/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on an application by a person (details supplied) regarding a pension. [51674/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when the staff at a nursing home (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52007/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if retired pensioners from the UK living in Ireland are exempt from paying the prescription charge under the EU Social Security/Bilateral Agreement with the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52047/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the supports that are available for commercial solar energy; if there are plans to increase these supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51552/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a capital project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51270/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the reduced VAT rate of 9% on all electricity bills issued after 31 October 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52307/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Defence if there is a review of the contract for Army sergeants who turn 50 years of age and their retention in the armed forces; the plans, if any, to retain these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52304/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a pupil (details supplied). [52373/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Social 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if the new income guidelines for fuel allowance coming into effect on 23 January 2023 will apply to a couple (details supplied) where one person is over 70 years and is in receipt of a State pension (contributory) but their spouse, while in receipt of a qualifying payment of carer’s allowance, is under 70 years. [52048/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the current average length of time to process probate. [51875/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a former agency worker (details supplied), now permanent HSE employee, will receive their pandemic bonus payment. [51432/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline any supports or tax reliefs available to assist patients who have to avail of hearing aids. [52088/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a student has to repeat a year in college due to ill health will receive the €1,000 cost-of-living payment of tuition regardless of the SUSI position on issuing grants for a repeat year. [52322/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application to the community centre investment fund of a facility (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52485/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Education 8 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the consideration being given to the residents of counties Longford and Westmeath who await places on school transport, given the additional funding available to the school transport scheme to provide temporary additional capacity. [51346/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the engagement that she has had with Bus Éireann, private bus operators and school boards of management in relation to the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51730/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if it is the intention to increase the grant payment for behavioural support to a school (details supplied) given that this post is not considered a public service post and has not increased in 17 years while school employees such as SNAs and teaching staff are due to receive a 6-7% pay increase in the coming 12 months. [51958/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if it is the intention of her Department to fund the position of behavioural analyst for a school (details supplied) after June 2023 when the current contract is due to expire; and the amendments or considerations that have been given to ensure that the notification date of rolling contracts forward is made to the school at an earlier point in the year to allow for planning by the school. [51959/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools identified as non-compliant with the provisions of the 2015 Arbitration Agreement in relation to school secretaries and caretakers employed by the schools through the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52454/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of voluntary secondary schools and private schools which receive assistance in the form of the capitation grant to provide for secretarial caretaking services from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; the system used to decide the allocation to each school to allow them to meet the particular needs of their school; the supervision utilised to ensure that persons employed in these roles are appropriately renumerated and have the relevant employment conditions applied in each situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52455/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount made available to pay school caretakers in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52456/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount made available to pay school secretaries in respect of the capitation grant scheme from 2019 to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [52457/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a grant will be provided for the installation of wood pellet stoves in residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51345/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if consular assistance is being provided to Irish citizens in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine; if any Irish citizens in Russia have sought advice from his Department or embassies; and if there are plans to issue advice regarding travel to Russia. [51731/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of members of the National Library Service in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form. [51347/22]