Louth — week of Mon, 5 Dec

What your Louth TDs did this week

Mon, 5 Dec – 11 Dec 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 29 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 Fergus O'Dowd · Peter Fitzpatrick

Voted against 3 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2022-12-06 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Fergus O'Dowd · Peter Fitzpatrick

Voted against 3 Ged Nash · Imelda Munster · Ruairí Ó Murchú

Did not vote 3 Erin McGreehan · Joanna Byrne · Paula Butterly

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ged Nash — Labour Party 2 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team in CHO8 area; if so, if he will provide a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60163/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of access to community neuro-rehabilitation teams in CHO 8, which impacts those living with neurological conditions within the Louth and east Meath constituency (details supplied); his plans, if any, for a community neuro-rehabilitation team to be set up in CHO 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60243/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants who have left posts at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda to date in 2022; the number and nature/discipline of the posts that are currently unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60846/22]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a policy issue raised by constituents regarding the new corporate sustainability due diligence directive (details supplied); if he will provide an update on his plans, if any, to seek a strengthening of this directive to ensure it applies to a wider range of companies and their overseas values chains; if issues regarding climate and justice are addressed; if obligations for companies in the financial sector are strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60789/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position that Ireland took at the 1 December 2022 meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council on COM/2022/71, the proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending EU Directive No. 2019/1937; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61441/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Primary Medical Certificate Board; the number of applications that are waiting to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60413/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60718/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-12-07 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for not including third-level students who are repeating first year in the scheme whereby student fees were reduced by €1,000 as part of the Government's cost-of-living support package; if he will provide a costing for the 2022-2023 academic year; if students in this category were to be included in the measure; if he plans to review the policy decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61259/22]

Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paula Butterly — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the Drugs Related Intimidation Reporting Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60618/22]
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the range of powers that gardaí have when investigating online hate speech, incitement to hate, online threats and intimidation; if she will outline any plans to enhance those powers for gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60617/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase the adoption of rooftop solar energy generation on farms. [61185/22]
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the finalised complete new forestry strategy will be published. [61184/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-12-06 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to the introduction of the licensed haulage emergency support scheme for the months of November to April as a specific support to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60553/22]
Health 1 question
- 2022-12-08 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by CHO 8 in Louth in 2022 to recruit and retain homecarers; the changes in the numbers of HSE-employed homecarers in the Louth area in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60541/22]