Donegal — week of Mon, 24 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Oct – 30 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages

2022-10-26 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 126–8

Voted for 5 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh · Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Finance Bill 2022

2022-10-26 · 1 vote · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

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A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance including the regulation of customs; to make provision for supports to certain sectors of the economy; and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 78–55

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Social and Affordable Housing Supply

2022-10-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–54

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 79–55

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-10-25 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway; if the referral is an emergency referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52816/22]
- 2022-10-25 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the downgrading of health services on Arranmore island, for example the current community-registered nurse is not on the island full-time and there is no public health nurse, leading to people waiting longer for treatment and having to go to the mainland more often; his views on whether this is appropriate at a time when the population of the island is increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52906/22]
- 2022-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will obtain an appointment for occupational therapy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53721/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-10-27 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any efforts will be made to provide an organisation (details supplied) based in County Donegal with an alternative source of funding after the foundation has been informed by Pobal that it can no longer avail of the vital funding that it requires. [53605/22]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist the industry with the cost-of-fuel crisis, in the same way that other EU member states have done so. [53262/22]
- 2022-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made, along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and if this matter will be brought to international arbitration. [53098/22]
- 2022-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the documented recovery of the species within the Irish exclusive economic zone over recent years. [53099/22]
- 2022-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to updated advice to lift the prohibition of targeting, retaining on board, transhipping or landing spurdog or picked dogfish in 2023 from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas; if Ireland intends seeking a quota for this species in 2023 subject to a lifting of the prohibition by the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53216/22]
Housing 3 questions
- 2022-10-26 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that he can take to protect second-hand homebuyers from purchasing homes with defective concrete blocks, given the growing number of homes and counties affected across the State; and if he has engaged with the legal, engineering and estate-agent representative bodies on this issue. [53715/22]
- 2022-10-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the legislation or regulations that limit the reconstruction of homes with defective blocks to the same footprint as the original house, in order that some homeowners have the option of building on their adjacent land holding and remaining in the existing home while their new home is being constructed; and if he appreciates that families with a person with a disability will struggle to find suitable temporary alternative accommodation and that this may be a workable option in some instances. [54060/22]
- 2022-10-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning corruption in Donegal; and the actions that he plans to take arising from this report. [54068/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-10-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the review his Department have undertaken on restoring Irish Government funding for the City of Derry Airport and the Derry to Dublin airlink to reflect the fact that 40% of the passengers using the airport are from County Donegal; and if he will confirm the dialogue that has taken place between his Department officials and officials in An Taoiseach's Department to examine financial investment in the airport under the shared island unit. [54048/22]
- 2022-10-27 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the Irish Government is still committed to co-funding the upgrade of the A5 road in the North of Ireland, as stipulated in the St. Andrew's Agreement, and pending the go-ahead for the project. [54049/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-10-26 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53759/22]