Mayo — week of Mon, 23 Jan — Watch Them Work

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jan – 29 Jan 2023 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 38 questions · 6 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2023-01-25 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–72

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Capacity in the Health Services

2023-01-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 68–58

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 68–59

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Forestry Sector

2023-01-25 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 55–5

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Abstained 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-01-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–38

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 5 votes · 10 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 10 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to support small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3058/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance the industries that are the main contributors to income tax and corporation tax; the percentage of the 2022 tax receipts these industries accounted for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3057/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Finance if he is willing to extend the eligibility of the temporary business energy support scheme to include farmers and rural publicans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3031/23]
Tourism 3 questions
- 2023-01-25 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she intends to provide additional financial assistance to an organisation (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3659/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans she has in place to protect Ireland's tourism, given that 55,000 hotel rooms are assigned to Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3629/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures her Department has committed to in 2023 to increase film production in Ireland; if she will support future investment along the Wild Atlantic Way following the huge success of a film (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3628/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delays in the publication of measures considered by the rural water working group for inclusion in the 2022-2025 multi-annual rural water programme; when the framework for local authority submissions will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3631/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the schemes available in County Mayo for the delivery of affordable housing; the affordable housing targets for 2023, and progress in the delivery of affordable housing schemes in Castlebar and Ballina; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3630/23]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [2028/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure the electric vehicle charging network in rural counties such as Mayo is comprehensive and user friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Mercury Renewables (Services) Limited Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable energy project in West of Ireland

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Mercury Renewables (Services) Limited Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable energy project in West of Ireland
Irish Hairdressers Federation Budgetary matters
- VAT to be reduced to 5% for the Hairdressing Sector

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul Lawless — Aontú 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 14 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 14 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3004/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Mayo University Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [3005/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE for primary care orthodontic services in County Mayo by year from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3006/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in County Mayo. [3007/23]
Finance 3 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance the assessments that have and will be undertaken with regards to the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears, CCMA, including the suite of alternative repayment arrangements; his plans to give the code full legal effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3100/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify that a special needs assistant is not a qualifying or eligible profession for flat-rate expense allowances; the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3099/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the potential impact of change to company vehicle benefit-in-kind rules from 1 January 2023 on workers and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62121/22]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the total allocation under the Student Assistance Fund provided to each higher education institution for the past three academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider extending the €1,000 fee reduction to students who have moved courses and were required to pay higher fees as a result of repeating a year at undergraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/23]
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if plumbing apprentices who fail the colour vision test are unable to continue with the apprenticeship even if they can benefit from corrective lenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new-build social homes that were delivered in 2022 in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3719/23]
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the recently announced Celtic tiger building defects redress scheme will apply retrospectively; if the same terms will be extended to homeowners in County Mayo and other counties effected by mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3718/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-01-24 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the allocation under budget 2023 for InterTradeIreland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3218/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-01-26 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the challenges Ukrainian refugees are experiencing in accessing car insurance due to the non-recognition of previous driving experience and claims history; the steps he is taking to ensure equitable access to car insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3827/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Mercury Renewables (Services) Limited Energy and Natural Resources
- Renewable energy project in West of Ireland