Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 14 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Nov – 20 Nov 2022 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 25 questions · 0 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 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

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 3 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy · Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Retained Firefighters

2022-11-16 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–61

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-11-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 67–46

Voted for 1 Joe Flaherty

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

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 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Tourism 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which a club (details supplied) can apply for assistance with its excessive energy bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56571/22]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Social 5 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the case of a person who worked in the Civil Service for 16 years, only ceased working when they got married, cared for an elderly relative for 20 years and has been declined a State pension (contributory); her further views on whether this is fair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56520/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has received the marriage bar report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality in relation to the effect the marriage bar has on the pension entitlement of women; when the report will be considered; and when she will be in a position to address the inequities which currently exist in relation to same. [56521/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection when a permanent solution will be in place for the replacement of the social welfare office in Castlepollard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56695/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether smaller schemes are at a disadvantage to bigger urban schemes when it comes to pathways to work (details supplied). [56697/22]
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if the applications by persons (details supplied) for PPS numbers can be processed without delay, given that they are awaiting same in order to open a business. [56845/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [56115/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [56116/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if some persons who were employed at a privately run nursing home during Covid that has closed are eligible for the Covid bonus payment (details supplied). [56193/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied) will be scheduled for orthodontic treatment through the HSE scheme for school aged children. [56224/22]
Tourism 4 questions
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 301 of 16 December 2021, when her officials will furnish her with the review of the LSSIF considering that confirmation was given that officials had met with all successful grantees of the last LSSIF and that the review would be completed early in 2022. [57241/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €86.4 million that was approved under the last LSSIF that has been drawn down to date. [57242/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any of the applicants that were approved funding under the last LSSIF decided not to proceed and informed her Department of their decision. [57243/22]
- 2022-11-17 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the monetary value of the five projects that appealed under the stream 1 of LSSIF; and the value of the one project that appealed under stream 2 of the LSSI. [57244/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if school bus tickets can be issued to pupils (details supplied). [56270/22]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Public 4 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020. [56742/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the maximum amount of water, without increasing the risk of flooding, has been released through Ardnacrusha and Parteen weirs to date in 2022. [56743/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pinchpoints in the Shannon Callows area that have been removed to facilitate the natural flow of water in times of flooding. [56744/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pinchpoints between Athlone and Meelick that have been removed to date in 2022. [56745/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of second level schools by county that have facilitated an education programme (details supplied) in the years 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [56746/22]
- 2022-11-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of second level teachers who have taken part in teacher training programmes funded and delivered by organisations (details supplied) in the years 2021 and to date in 2022. [56747/22]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2022-11-16 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [54853/22]