Galway East — week of Mon, 13 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Feb – 19 Feb 2023 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 14 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 1 Seán Canney

Voted against 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

The motion · motion passed 73–57

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Emergency Housing Measures

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

The motion · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Cost-of-Living Supports

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

The motion · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seán Canney — Independent 7 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 7 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he can provide clarity for pregnant women on the process of how to obtain cariban through the drugs payment scheme, given that the drug is necessary to prevent extreme nausea and vomiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps that his Department and or the HSE has taken to ensure all abortions carried out legally in the State are properly notified to the Minister for Health in accordance with section 20 of the Act and made publicly available in the annual report, following on from the underreported abortions in the official report issued in 2022. [7184/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the way the cyber-attack and Covid-19 so severely impacted the collection of notifications for abortions in 2021 but not the requests for reimbursements related to abortions paid to GPs. [7185/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he will publish the report of the three-year review into Ireland's abortion law in view that he has now received the report. [7186/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when front line workers in an organisation (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7986/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when secretarial support will be provided at the neurology clinic in UHG; if he is aware that 400 patients who have been seen at the clinic have not had their letters sent to their GPs updating them on patient information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8035/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the status of R2-zoned residential lands; if they will be liable for the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6989/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will remove the planning requirements from the short-term accommodation register given that it will have a very negative consequence as many short-term lets cannot afford the cost of the planning process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7095/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the graded/banded employment will be approved for workers in Waterways Ireland following the decision by Waterways Ireland to allow such grading and banding of employees for remuneration reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7981/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the changes proposed by her Department to professional development courses for primary school teachers outside of school time; the impact it is having on teachers; the consultation that was had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6618/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the changes to summer courses will have for teachers as they now require online courses to have 8 hours synchronous time, increasing to 15 hours by 2025; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that this is causing for teachers who have childcare responsibilities during the summer; the rationale for the change; if it will result in fewer teachers being able to access summer courses; if she will reconsider the change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6991/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider amending the SUSI terms and conditions to ensure that students whose parents were working and became ill and accessed illness benefit are not discriminated against in the system, in that if the household income is low enough, they will be able to access the special rate of grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/23]