Donegal — week of Mon, 13 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Feb – 19 Feb 2023 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 50 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019

2023-02-15 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–76

Voted for 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Voted against 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 73–57

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Emergency Housing Measures

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Cost-of-Living Supports

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

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 7 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 7 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Health 6 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for endocrinology appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital per month for each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the paediatric care for a child (details supplied) can transfer to another hospital closer to their new home having moved address; the process to apply for such a transfer of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7638/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a date will be provided for the inquiry regarding sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7525/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when the option will be available in County Donegal to administer IV antibiotic therapy in the home setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7714/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7849/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a healthcare worker (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic payment bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7959/23]
Finance 4 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the excise rate, and its components, applied to natural gas for household use, in terms of both euros per gigajoule and per MWH at GCV, in the years 2016 to 2022 inclusive; and the scheduled rates for 2023 to 2025 inclusive. [6992/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the minimum excise rate that may be applied to natural gas for household use, in terms of both euros per gigajoule and per MWH at GCV, under the Energy Tax Directive. [6993/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if any measures are in place to require payment service providers to reimburse victims of authorised push payment fraud or scams; if any code is in place regarding reimbursement or compensation by payment service providers to victims of authorised push payment fraud or scams; if the Central Bank of Ireland has regulatory powers under legislation to require payment service providers to reimburse or compensate victims of authorised push payment fraud or scams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7020/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total compensation paid by payment service providers and payment institutions to victims of authorised push payment fraud in each of the years 2016 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8018/23]
Environment 3 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline available funding for retail food businesses to install energy saving measures and energy saving equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7327/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline available funding for businesses carrying out the installation of energy saving measures and energy saving equipment in retail food businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7328/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if grant funding to aid the implementation of environmentally friendly and energy efficient changes is available for a business (details supplied) in County Donegal; the application process to access such funding if available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7573/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been brought to the significant delays in the Donegal court system; if plans have been made to address this problem; if he has considered appointing an additional judge for Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7729/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí that are stationed in County Donegal broken down by station for each of the last ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7805/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has given consideration to the location of a new veterinary school; and his views on whether any newly established courses will be internationally accredited. [6885/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if, in discussions with the EU Commission, the Government has raised the extending of the Peace IV Programme in order that projects that received funding can be completed; if he is aware that work will not begin on a project (details supplied) due to delays in An Bord Pleanála and in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage jeopardising almost €12 million in EU funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7587/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the PSO flight from Donegal to Dublin has been cancelled 12 times in 12 days with significant disruption caused to passengers, many of whom were to attend medical appointments in Dublin; the action he has and will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8028/23]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 5 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning to base a minor injuries clinic at Carndonagh Community Hospital or elsewhere in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal. [7381/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the HSEs plans for improving the delivery of primary care diagnostic services across County Donegal in the time ahead.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7382/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 29 March 2022, the way a person who was seconded from a public sector employee role to a front facing vaccination centre administration role during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout programme can finally receive their pandemic payment bonus, given that the HSE, is advising they are ineligible to apply to it given they were not an employee of the HSE and their public sector employers are unsure where to reclaim the bonus from if they were to pay it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State applied for the Covid-19 pandemic bonus; the number of persons who have been paid the Covid-19 pandemic bonus; the number of persons who have applied for the bonus and are still awaiting payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when capital funding will be made available for the provision of long-term day care services in Carndonagh, County Donegal [7632/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the rollout of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the rollout phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7698/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the rollout of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the rollout phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7699/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2022; the number of people waiting over six months to access off-the-job training; if the backlog is believed to be impacting registration numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is acceptable for his Department and the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to fail to respond to repeated correspondence from this Deputy over the last month on a matter of real public concern to the people of County Donegal regarding the proposed reduction in opening hours in the NDLS office in Letterkenny and other locations; and if he will ensure that his Department and the RSA will issue a response to the concerns raised. [7228/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW will meet with the elected members of the Inishowen municipal district, Donegal County Council, as they have requested, to examine how the flood defence works at Burnfoot, County Donegal, can be advanced more speedily, in order that eight families can be returned to their council homes that were vacated for safety reasons after the August 2017 flood in the area. [6607/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British Government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to the 12-mile limit around Rockall. [7145/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the members of the National Standards Authority of Ireland panel who drafted IS-398:2013; and the members of the National Standards Authority of Ireland panel who drafted IS-398:2017. [7640/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will task the Housing Agency and or Donegal County Council to engage with holiday homeowners in Donegal and Mayo to establish the number that would make their homes available to families with defective concrete block homes who have to find temporary accommodation while their homes are being demolished and rebuilt. [7634/23]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the serious concerns in the fishing industry regarding the limitations of the voluntary permanent cessation scheme; and if he will urgently establish the amount of unspent money within the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Ireland and seek permission from the European Commission to reallocate this to persons who have lost their livelihoods as part of a fair and reasonable decommissioning scheme. [7808/23]