Meath West — week of Mon, 17 Oct

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Oct – 23 Oct 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 37 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 2 Damien English · 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 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 0 votes · 37 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 37 total

Children 12 questions
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of indications received by his office in recent weeks, from early childcare providers, stating that they will have to close their business in the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52200/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the mental health survey carried out by an organisation (details supplied); if so, if he will provide details of the findings of the survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52201/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will respond to correspondence from this Deputy’s office dated to August 2022; and the reason that he has not responded to date (details supplied). [52202/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the entity that is responsible for the physical maintenance of direct provision centres. [52203/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the conditions of a building with broken windows and caged windows to the rear of a building (details supplied) which is operating as a direct provision centre; if asylum seekers are currently living in the building; if they were ever living in the building; if so, the date upon which they vacated the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52204/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will seek a proper debate in Dáil Éireann on the topic of historical child abuse within the foster care system. [52206/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is expected that the Farrelly Commission of Investigation will produce its final report. [52207/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide statistics of the death rate among persons under 18 years in Ireland; and the death rate among persons aged under 18 years who are in State care, both residential and fostering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52208/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that he is undertaking to reduce the death rate among asylum seekers within the Internal Protection Accommodation Service. [52209/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that his Department is taking to reduce child poverty and child homelessness. [52210/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that he is taking to reduce the death rate among children in State care, in both residential care and fostering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52211/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider issuing a State apology to members of the Travelling community regarding the systematic abuse, racism and discrimination that they have endured for decades under successive governments, particularly in the form of legislation which sought to prevent Travellers from travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52212/22]
Health 8 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he or his Department have ever received any data, evidence or information from a drug manufacturer (details supplied) that indicates that its Covid-19 vaccine was ever tested in terms of its ability to stop the transmission of Covid-19. [51421/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born with life-limiting conditions in each of the past ten years in Mayo University Hospital. [51584/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of babies referred for end of life care services in each of the past ten years in Mayo University Hospital. [51585/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of days in the past two years that a bereavement midwife has been available in Mayo University Hospital. [51586/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of days in the past two years that a bereavement room has been available in Mayo University Hospital. [51587/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cybersecurity structures currently in place within the health service; the number of persons who are employed in cybersecurity in Ireland; and the annual budget. [52158/22]
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of nurses who have retired before reaching retirement age in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [51706/22]
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of nurses currently on sick leave; the number who cite stress as the reason for their leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51705/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will assist those whose mortgages have been sold by their banks to vulture funds in accessing fixed rates from the new owners of these mortgages (details supplied). [51462/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no TARIC codes, or appropriate codes for ancient coins, and that collectors and dealers are having problems getting them shipped to Ireland from the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if he will see if the matter can be addressed. [51629/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many people are being charged VAT on the import of books from England after Brexit as it would seem An Post do not recognise the TARIC code and are charging the customs on the parcels; and if he will examine the matter and find a resolution for this issue. [51665/22]
Education 3 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans for parents of school-age children who have no access to public buses to offset the price of this service (details supplied); and if she will examine the options for these families and possibly discuss with Bus Éireann regarding the possibility of servicing the area. [51946/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of grants that were allocated for indoor ventilation and mobile HEPA air filtration systems since 2020 to schools; and if she will provide details of each of these grants, in monetary value and geographical area, in tabular form. [52199/22]
- 2022-10-19 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that the developing school post at a school (details supplied) in County Meath is retained, the loss of which would result in the amalgamation of classes and increase class ratio size in a town which has a growing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52309/22]
Social 3 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if the €500 disability support grant will be accessible to a person who has recently signed up to a course and is paid through bodies like Louth and Meath Education and Training Board; and if she will consider these people when making the payments. [51568/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing time and backlog in terms of the number of applications for new invalidity pension claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51148/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing time and current backlog in terms of the number of appeals for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51149/22]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [50010/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [51564/22]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps that are being taken by his Department to assist young people in aftercare, that is persons who have left Tusla residential or foster care placements at the age of 18 years, who are in further or higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51338/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons that have qualified for a SUSI grant this year; the number of persons whose applications for a SUSI grant have been rejected and the number of students for whom a decision has yet to be reached on their grant application. [51337/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will increase the number of buses that are placed on the Navan NX route (details supplied). [51454/22]
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is taking a minimum of 19 weeks in County Meath to get an invitation to book a driving test (details supplied); if he has plans to resolve this issue; and if he will fill any and all vacancies in the section given that the delays are due to a staff shortage. [51926/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-10-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have resigned for each of the past five years. [51294/22]
- 2022-10-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the total number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on active duty in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [51621/22]