Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 13 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Feb – 19 Feb 2023 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 38 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 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

The motion · motion passed 73–57

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Emergency Housing Measures

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

The motion · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Cost-of-Living Supports

2023-02-15 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

The motion · motion passed 74–57

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Social 2 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to introduce short-term illness benefit for the self-employed. [6822/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the carer’s benefit allowance to a person (details supplied). [7338/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a long-standing offer of accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6799/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an offer of accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6800/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding a facility (details supplied), given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6801/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health when cardiopathy will be listed and covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7358/23]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Health 7 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure patients who suffer with amyloidosis can be approved on the long-term illness scheme. [6539/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the criteria for people availing of the NPTF in order that anyone waiting in excess of six months can self-refer to a private hospital similar to people who opt for cross-border treatment. [6602/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when section 39 staff can expect to receive the €1,000 Covid bonus payment; and if his Department has issued guidance to section 39 employers on the application process. [6878/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred to a suitable care unit on the request of their social worker. [7017/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain cariban; the reason the drug not be prescribed by a GP on the DPS, given the majority of women do not see a consultant until after 12 weeks (details supplied); the current standard practice in other EU countries; the steps pregnant women should take to help with the extreme nausea and vomiting for the first 12 weeks or until the drug can be accessed; and the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the DPS to date, in tabular form. [7452/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a further change to the fair deal guidelines on the family home to incentivise more homes to be rented out. [6615/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [8017/23]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current position with regard to the electric vehicle, EV, centre of excellence at Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [6613/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address an issue with regard to Safe Pass online courses which may slow the number of applicants successfully obtaining a Safe Pass; and if he is aware that there are 500 possible Safe Pass questions and no written information booklet for applicants to revise. [7194/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the third level fee supports which are currently in place for students who came to the country as asylum seekers and have been granted permission to remain through the regularisation scheme, if there are any plans to make such students eligible for SUSI supports for the coming academic term; and if he is aware of any specific scholarships which such students could avail of. [7384/23]
Justice 3 questions
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the status of the progression of the naturalisation process for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice his plans on reforming asylum seekers process; the number of additional staff to be hired; the way applications can be processed more efficiently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6616/23]
- 2023-02-16 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the actual number of people deported on foot of a deportation order in each of the last 12 months; the number of these that were deported for criminal convictions and or being a threat to the State or not meeting the permission to remain criteria. [7442/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the network infrastructure map in relation to the published contract with broadband provider National Broadband Ireland (details supplied) is functioning in full; if it is currently accessible, as described, by service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll-out of fibre broadband to a business (details supplied). [7232/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of the ash dieback replanting scheme. [6545/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is currently considering funding supports for landowners to cut down dangerous roadside trees and to replant an equivalent amount elsewhere on their land holding. [6546/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if people in receipt of carer's benefit are informed in adequate time before the payment ceases to enable them to submit an application form for carer's allowance to avoid a period of no payment. [6601/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he might be in a position to establish new family resource centres in areas with a high need. [6603/23]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Defence 4 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of complaints of sexual assaults, sexual harassment or rape made against serving members of the Defence Forces per rank, by other members, in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7092/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of bullying complaints that have been made against serving members of the Defence Forces, per rank, by other members in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7093/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total number of complaints made against serving members of the Defence Forces, per rank, by other members in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [7094/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the temporary pause on post 1994 corporals and privates that have reached or are approaching mandatory retirement age for discharge remains in effect or if following any review, has been cancelled [7621/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the total number of people on outpatient waiting lists at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar in 2022. [6496/23]
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on outpatient waiting lists at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar in 2022. [6497/23]
- 2023-02-15 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if given the population, Athlone is being considered as a location for the provision of a hospital. [7622/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-02-14 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the official figures published by the Irish Prison Service which indicate that the combined capacity across Irish prisons has reached 100%; and his Department's plan to deal with this issue. [6498/23]