Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 7 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Nov – 13 Nov 2022 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 47 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 2 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

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 2 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Home Care

2022-11-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–58

Voted against 2 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport when he last met the CEO of Iarnród Éireann; the topics discussed; and when the next meeting is scheduled. [55365/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Connecting Ireland initiative, including an overview of the time and status of procurement for services for rural areas scheduled to be implemented in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55710/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his Department's engagement with the Department of Rural and Community Development regarding co-funding the local improvement scheme, given his Department used to have responsibility for this scheme and the significant demand on the scheme with regard to rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55709/22]
Housing 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to allowing HAP recipients who fall behind in rent payments to pay arrears through an affordable weekly payment; the reason that the process requires that HAP recipients must pay the amount in full as with local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54637/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider reviewing the Planning and Development Act 2000 in relation to public consultations where a licence is sought. [55095/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the emergency management and fire and public safety Bill 2020; and when this Bill will proceed to the next Stage. [55367/22]
Social 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection with regard to recipients of disability allowance who are currently taking part in community employment scheme, if those recipients will be eligible for the one-off payment for disability-related supports due in November 2022 due to their underpinning entitlement to disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54381/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the maximum rate of payment per child per day for breakfast-snack were increased to €1, cold lunch to €2, dinner to €2.75 and hot meal to €3.90 under the school meals programme. [55363/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff working in the INTREO centre in Carrick-on-Shannon as of 1 November 2020 and 1 November 2022, in tabular form; and if she will outline the geographical area that this centre covers. [55364/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to make changes to broaden access to support under the disabled driver's scheme, and in particular accessing a primary medical certificate, given the lack of any other mobility supports to individuals; if he will consider looking at the Disabled Drivers and; Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54673/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Ombudsman's report entitled 'Grounded: Unequal access for people with disabilities to personal transport schemes - a commentary by the Ombudsman'; his views on whether the medical criteria in order to obtain a primary medical certificate are excessively restrictive; if he plans to act in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54674/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 20 September 2022, if a response will be provided to this query; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54782/22]
Foreign 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times that the Irish Consul General and or Vice Consul in San Francisco have visited Seattle in Washington state to date in 2022; and the purpose of each visit in tabular form. [55366/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if repeating first-year students are eligible for the fee reduction announced in budget 2023, in cases where a student has changed course after one year and is now a first-year student on a course; if he will set out the guidance for which students have been deemed eligible for the fee reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54106/22]

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the date his Department intends to issue the €1,000 Covid-19 pandemic bonus payment to section 39 agency staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54110/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine the booking facilities old age pensioners currently have to use in order to travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55843/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the different tax exemptions available for young farmers and for all farmers; if he has secured European Union approval to continue the exemptions, following his budget 2023 speech in which he outlined that he was seeking same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55844/22]