Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 7 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Nov – 13 Nov 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 55 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-11-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–74

Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

2022-11-09 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for re…

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A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 60–75

Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Home Care

2022-11-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–58

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

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 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Social 2 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on an appeal by a person (details supplied). [54906/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the payment of illness benefit to a person (details supplied); and if she will consider same for double payments. [55552/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Social 4 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) can be allowed without further delay. [54339/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if the qualification criteria for the fuel allowance payment have been expanded in Budget 2023 to include those in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit or illness benefit. [54412/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the current process for community supervisors applying for the ex-gratia payment; if her attention has been drawn to resource issues in the administrative process whereby her Department is unable to process any further applications until further notice; and the way that she plans to address these issues. [54949/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the contribution history of a person (details supplied); and if these contributions can be amended to entitle this person to a State pension (contributory). [55178/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a consultation appointment can be expedited for a person (details supplied). [54203/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment for initial assessment with a specialist in the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [54728/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a HPV vaccine is provided to a person (details supplied). [54969/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an assessment appointment for a person (details supplied). [55541/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the position of GP and dental surgeries with regard to the temporary business energy support scheme. [55639/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the date in 2014 that section 126 (2b) of the Tax Consolidation Act 1977 was amended; if there was a regulatory impact assessment carried out in advance of the amendment; and the rationale for the amendment. [54456/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance when the medical criteria for the primary medical certificate is expected to be updated. [55137/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the way in which designations are interpreted with regard to the ACRES scheme; if designations are accepted from bodies such as BirdWatch Ireland in a “hearsay” manner; and his views on whether such designations should not have any standing in relation to qualification for this scheme and that designations should only be accepted in writing from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [55015/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the appeals process for the ACRES scheme where an applicant feels an incorrect designation has been affixed to a landholding. [55016/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to a scheme whereby landowners can apply for assistance with cutting back roadside trees with ash die-back or other diseases that may cause an increased danger of falling trees on public roads. [55451/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the results of a recent thatched building survey undertaken by his Department; and if he will confirm if a substantial grant stream will be forthcoming on the back of this survey. [55052/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Department's plans to support the owners of thatched buildings with rising and crippling public liability insurance costs. [55053/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if special educational needs places at a school can be allocated to pupils (details supplied). [55194/22]
- 2022-11-09 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite a school bus ticket for a pupil (details supplied). [55902/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rights and recourse opportunities available to consumers who have been affected by substandard building or contractor works, or who have paid in advance for building works which have been left incomplete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54626/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he or any of his officials had any engagement with Bord na Móna on the employee share scheme. [54444/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department can ensure that transport solutions are put in place for the residents of an accommodation centre (details supplied), given the recent discontinuation of the Tullamore to Athlone service which provided links for these residents. [55233/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider the matter of the removal of the broadcasting levy paid by independent radio (details supplied). [55559/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that an application for registration of a foreign birth submitted in 2019 has yet to be processed (details supplied). [54440/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline all of the supports and grants currently available for community-funded childcare facilities that are registered for the ECCE and NCS programmes. [55277/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will include an organisation (details supplied) in the recently announced men's shed support allocation. [55509/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Defence 7 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if any study has been conducted or report prepared as to the suitability of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, as a location for the erection of portacabins to provide accommodation to those fleeing the war in Ukraine, given that many of the community groups operating from Columb Barracks have no access to water or sewage services. [54350/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if any study has been conducted or report prepared as to the suitability of Connolly Barracks, Longford, as a location for the provision of temporary accommodation to those fleeing the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54351/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the engagement that his Department has had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the mandatory retirement age of 50 years for those at the rank of sergeant across the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54717/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the engagement that his Department has had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the mandatory retirement age of 55 years for senior non-commissioned officers across the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54718/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the situation in the Defence Forces where at the rank of sergeant, there are over 400 vacancies from an establishment of 1,330; the steps that he is taking to rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54719/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the engagement he has had with Department officials and Defence Force personnel regarding the 325 personnel who purchased their discharge from the defence forces to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54720/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the engagement that his Department has had with PDFORRA and RACO regarding their efforts to seek clarification on the mandatory retirement age in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54721/22]
Social 5 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing school meals to every primary school by county in tabular form. [54349/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the consultation process under the review of child maintenance arrangements launched by her Department on 11 February 2021. [55003/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review of child maintenance arrangements will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55004/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the expected waiting time for an appointment with the Money Advice and Budgeting Service per centre in tabular form. [55012/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if any staff have been re-assigned to deal with the backlog in applications for the exceptional needs’ payment. [55013/22]
Environment 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a comprehensive update on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan. [47027/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of successful applicants to the Climate Action Fund in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47028/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the electricity credit, as part of the Government’s cost-of-living measures, can be applied for tenants who purchase their prepaid meter top-up cards directly from their landlord. [55362/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school children per county who are still awaiting a place on the school transport scheme in tabular form. [55005/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school children per county who are still awaiting a place on the school transport scheme in tabular form. [55006/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will provide an expected date for publication of measures agreed regarding the requests from Department of Defence for extensions on the mandatory retirement age at current pay and conditions for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54722/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any consideration will be given to removing the broadcasting levy paid by independent radio stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54348/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the Covid-19 booster vaccine by CHO area. [54723/22]