Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 14 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Nov – 20 Nov 2022 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 58 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2022-11-16 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–68

Voted for 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022

2022-11-16 · 1 vote

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 120–13

Voted for 5 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Retained Firefighters

2022-11-16 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–61

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-11-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 67–46

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Public 8 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the level of funding for minor drainage works will be increased in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56458/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the likely timescale for the launch of the PEACE PLUS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56398/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date in implementing the national recovery and resilience plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56546/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the digital initiatives underway within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56547/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of projects funded under the Brexit adjustment reserve to date; the impact of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56575/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he is taking to manage the significant shift in inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions that are impacting public capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56576/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remaining actions that remain to be implemented as part of the Building Momentum pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56658/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total projected expenditure in 2022 in relation to assisting households and persons with the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56659/22]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will ensure that a proposal (details supplied) is given detailed consideration in the context of the further development of Ireland's tourism industry on a cross-Border and all-Ireland basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56963/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if specific funding along with the peace plus programme will be available over the next few years to develop cross-Border tourism projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56964/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that adequate capital funding is available over the next few years to assist in the provision of new and upgraded childcare accommodation to cater for an increasing population and also the loss of some childcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56985/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the proposed reforms to the national childcare scheme will take effect from January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the amendment of forestry regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57245/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the existing inspection programmes concerning maintenance of forests is adequate, given that the increasing incidents of falling trees are resulting in power outages and are causing serious problems for communities over large areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57246/22]

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Education 2 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 19 October 2022, the number of applicants for the school transport scheme in County Monaghan in 2022 who have yet to receive a bus ticket; the way that plans can be put in place to facilitate these students if this figure is not available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56275/22]
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an application from Cavan Monaghan ETB in respect of urgently needed additional accommodation for a college (details supplied) is processed speedily to allow for the new modular buildings to be available at the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56772/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 25 October 2022, the specific reason that a person (details supplied) who contracted long-Covid during their work as a nurse in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital has not yet been provided with special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56497/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the low availability of GP provision in the Carrickmacross area; the steps that he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56649/22]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on her engagements with RTÉ with regard to pay parity for Irish language workers within the broadcaster. [56642/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 1 October 2020, if the referenced review of the largescale sports infrastructure fund has been completed and the intended timeframe in which she intends to reopen the fund to facilitate new applications from local authorities for funds in support of constructing new swimming pools. [56641/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of participants in the National Parks and Wildlife Service farm plan scheme by farm system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56645/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements that he has had with the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the pensions of persons who were employed by Coillte having previously been employed as civil servants, in his role as a shareholder in Coillte; his position on reports that retirees have seen the purchasing power of their pensions substantially decrease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56646/22]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Social 6 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56274/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has to repay a pension payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56326/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is on illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56506/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for their working family payment to be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56624/22]
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56771/22]
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the HB1 application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56777/22]
Health 5 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment which was cancelled will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56194/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their registration number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56250/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update following on from the appointment of a person (details supplied) for a primary medical certificate recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56424/22]
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on a matter (details supplied) in relation to minor injury unit opening times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56764/22]
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1556 of 14 June 2022, if he will ensure that a facility (details supplied) receives funding to extend its property in the 2023 HSE estimates process; when a decision is likely on projects included in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56765/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a primary medical certificate appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56551/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the primary medical certificate appeal of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56553/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting over the advised 90 days on authorisation to commence trading as an insurance intermediary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56583/22]
Tourism 3 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the work completed under the safe-to-create programme. [56831/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the night-time economy support scheme. [56837/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [56836/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56545/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56552/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56434/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a further update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56548/22]
Children 2 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if support can be provided to a family resource centre (details supplied) in Killeshandra. [56881/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports that new mothers who are in employment lack suitable times and spaces to breastfeed or express breast milk in their workplaces; the measures that he proposes to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56882/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his approach to calls for pay increases to match rises in the cost of living; the way he will calculate the affordability of such calls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56284/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the appeals of persons (details supplied) can be accepted based on extenuating circumstances where an IT glitch played a role in their late submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56172/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposals relating to financial assistance packages for first-time buyers or renovators that have been brought to his Department for costing and consideration; if he is giving consideration to any such packages; if so, when they will be available for drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56283/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of a student grant appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56196/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite a driving test for an employee (details supplied) who cannot get to work unless they can drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57063/22]