Donegal — week of Mon, 5 Dec

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 5 Dec – 11 Dec 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 39 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Air Transport Agreement

2022-12-07 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 76–46

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-12-06 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–53

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 7 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to ensure that the persons who used the Dunkineely general practice will be affected as little as possible given its closure; and if he will ensure that there is sufficient cover in the region. [60147/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason that long-term illnesses such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not included in the long-term illness scheme; if he will review this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60225/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for cognitive behavioural therapy at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61169/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the responsible community service for a home support package for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61203/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding finding a replacement GP to take over the general practice in Dunkineely, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61339/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason that the nurse on Arranmore Island is no longer dedicated to the island on a full-time basis; the steps that are being taken to address the resulting decline in services on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61342/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when approved home support will become available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61412/22]
Social 5 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a fuel allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60785/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for fuel allowance applications by month for 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60786/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for each Intreo Office in County Donegal under the supplementary welfare additional needs payment to date in 2022; the number of applications approved and the number refused; and the current processing times in weeks in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60787/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff allocated to community welfare sections in each Intreo Office in County Donegal to process all supplementary welfare applications; if she is satisfied that sufficient staff are available to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60788/22]
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision in respect of a fuel allowance application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61204/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if handover of a road to Donegal County Council could be arranged so as it can be properly maintained (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60296/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if teachers in a Gaeltacht school lose any of their allowances where the parents vote to end the practice of immersive education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61566/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the ongoing failure of his Department to meet forestry licence issuance and afforestation targets consistently. [61322/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in budget 2023 to support young farmers. [61336/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that if a person and their partner or spouse are non-resident and live in Northern Ireland, where that person has an Irish income and pays Irish tax, that the person is taxed as a single person; his views on same, with respect to issues of equity and tax disadvantage for the person concerned. [61565/22]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding schemes that he plans to introduce in 2023 to support the Irish fishing fleet and the wider seafood sector and that have been developed in line with the recommendations of the “Report of the Seafood Task Force - Navigating Change”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60709/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and if this matter will be brought to international arbitration. [60539/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist it with the cost of fuel crisis, similar to the supports brought in by other EU member states. [60559/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the documented recovery of the species within the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, in recent years. [60540/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal; and the services to be provided there. [60707/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a senior occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal; when the position is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61540/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that has been paid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61472/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of capital that has been repaid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61473/22]