What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Nov – 27 Nov 2022 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 49 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance Bill 2022
2022-11-23 · 4 votes · 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.
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 58–74
Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke
Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 53–79
Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke
Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy
An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–75
Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke
Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy
The motion · motion passed 78–58
Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke
Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022
2022-11-23 · 1 vote · Independent PMB
A bill to provide for a sui generis Debt Management Protocol for the farming sector— A. to provide for the disaggregation of lands charged with repayment of farm debt into two p…
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A bill to provide for a sui generis Debt Management Protocol for the farming sector— A. to provide for the disaggregation of lands charged with repayment of farm debt into two parcels, the "Farmlands" and the "Farmhouse", B. that debt secured on the parcel designated as the farmhouse be governed by the legislation, general law, and regulatory codes of conduct pertaining to a debtor's principal place of residence, and to take account of the special position of any co-owner thereof, C. for the role and regulation of receivers as credit servicers and as agent of the debtor, D. that possession and sale of the farmlands by the secured creditor be deferred until after a moratorium affording the debtor space and time to engage in preparation of a proposal of a "Farm Debt Settlement Arrangement”, E. further provisions relevant to early discharge of farm debt, following the approach of Directive (EU) 2019/1023, F. that the said measures be modelled on the company examinership provisions in the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990, as to a moratorium and otherwise, but also reflect the provisions in the Personal Insolvency Acts, 2012 to 2015, regarding the Court's discretion to enforce on creditors a Farm Debt Settlement Arrangement proposal which modifies the terms of the secured loan but also satisfies section 71(1)(d)(i) and section 115(A)(9)(e) and (f) of the said Acts as to fairness for each class of creditors, and allows the farmer a fresh start for a farm with ongoing viability, G. for measures to open access to cross border liquidity for second mortgages at sustainable cost, and H. for the option of returning overindebted lands to State ownership in the interests of the patrimony, food security and the climate change agenda.
The motion · motion failed 64–72
Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke
Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy
Declaration of a Housing Emergency
2022-11-23 · 2 votes
Amendment again put: · motion passed 72–63
Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke
The motion · motion passed 72–61
Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke
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 7 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total