Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 27 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 57 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022

2023-03-01 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021

2023-03-01 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background

full description

A bill to provide for prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a person's social and economic disadvantaged background; for those purposes to amend the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 69–55

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

National Ambulance Service

2023-03-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–58

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

The motion · motion passed 71–59

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

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 4 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Environment 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the process he intends to employ in order to fill the vacancies on the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland, together with a timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9872/23]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 43 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 43 total

Health 7 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment in St. James’s Hospital. [9561/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [9721/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the particular years in question in relation to possible discrepancies in the administration and charges of the fair deal nursing home support scheme. [9888/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ASD assessment for a child (details supplied). [10089/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the services that are in place in County Westmeath for children with autism when they reach 18 years of age. [10142/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason proof of payment for procedures through the cross-border directive has to be provided to the cross-border office to secure reimbursement (details supplied). [10600/23]
Transport 5 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the NTA to review the bus stops in Milltownpass, County Westmeath, to ensure they are in the correct location and to erect bus shelters at these locations. [10205/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that he will not sign any amending Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ 1951 scheme given that the independent actuary of the 1951 Committee of Trustees has confirmed that the 1951 scheme now meets the minimum funding standard provisions of the Pensions Act 1990 and is solvent. [9683/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Córas Iompair Éireann to provide a detailed explanation on a matter (details supplied), including all of the outstanding information sought by the statutory Committee of Trustees of the 1951 scheme. [9684/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are being taken to reduce overly-long waitlist times for driving tests with the Road Safety Authority. [9781/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/23]
Tourism 5 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital funding will be open to applications. [9717/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the funding ceiling for clubs will be raised in the forthcoming round of sports capital funding. [9718/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify whether a club that has already been approved for a sports capital grant can repurpose this grant to an alternative purpose, provided the alternative purpose is eligible for funding. [9719/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a club can reapply for a second tranche of sports capital funding for a project it already received funding for in 2021 (details supplied). [9720/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10556/23]
Housing 5 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the extension of the first-home scheme will be introduced; if the extension will be open to first-time self-builders who already own a house; and or if it will be for first-time self-builders who do not currently own a home. [9671/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when outstanding pay rises for public servants will be paid. [10096/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidelines local authorities and ABP must consider when assessing an application for on shore wind turbines. [10203/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to ensure self-catering tourist accommodation providers operating from their primary place of residence in rural sections of rent pressure zones will be exempted from the specific planning permissions required under the Short-Term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022; and if accommodations, through granted planning or planning exemptions, will be made for self-catering properties in which bedrooms are not attached to the main home, but are still indivisible parts of the property folio. [10228/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish protocols for dealing with local communities in advance of establishing direct provision centres in any area and a forum for ongoing engagement following the establishment to ensure integration. [10202/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend legislation to ensure properties held in trust can receive payment for accommodating Ukrainians. [10354/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10545/23]
Rural 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify issues with regard to the €2,000 payment to an organisation (details supplied); and in particular whether, if branches do not manage to claim the payment, the excess funding will be distributed among other branches. [9873/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the rural regeneration schemes will re-open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10204/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10554/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that are currently being taken to embrace hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels by his Department. [9844/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10555/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education where the administrators of a school (details supplied) can direct their concerns regarding ongoing developments at the school site, including the refurbishment of the septic tank to foster further construction onsite. [9744/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10547/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the contributory pension appeal by a person (details supplied), and if an oral hearing can be arranged. [9871/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) do not qualify for fuel allowance. [10150/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection who arrived in Ireland to date in 2023 having come from another European country; and the number who were returned under the Dublin Convention. [10353/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10552/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a further update on the implementation of the recommendations from the food vision beef and sheep group; and if he has given consideration to concerns raised through the sector regarding the reduction of suckler cow numbers and the inclusion of the diversification and extensification schemes. [10405/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that a union (details supplied) is able to obtain an appropriate insurance quote that would allow for the running of any road, off-road and circuit racing on the island of Ireland in 2023, seeing as the union has, as of yet, been unable to obtain any such quote. [9762/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital projects undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10548/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10546/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10549/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Self Catering Federation Tourism
- Registration for Short-term legislation Bill (STTL)

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 13 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health If he will provide details of all autism-specific services available for adults in County Westmeath; the types of services available; and the waiting list for each service for each appointment type. [9581/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ophthalmologist registrars working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2021, 2022, and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [9582/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies by job title at St. Joseph's Campus, Longford; and when each vacancy will be filled, in tabular form. [9583/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the list of Hospitals that used outsourced private cardiology services for both diagnosis and treatment. [9584/23]
Justice 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the ratio of psychologists to prisoners, per prison, at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9522/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who were on waiting lists to access psychology services at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9523/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank attached to each divisional public service vehicle inspectors as of 20 February 2023. [9586/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on personnel security within its stations and trains in 2022; and the additional funding that will be allocated for same in 2023. [9588/23]
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the reason working taxi licence owners cannot pass on their licence until death; and the proposals to amend this to facilitate transfer of ownership during the lifetime of the owner upon incapacitation or retirement. [10269/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland will have a trade mission to Spain in Quarter 2 2023. [9587/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke formally with his South Korean counterpart during the recent Munich Security Conference. [9585/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that were carried out at both Cathal Brugha and McKee Barracks in 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023; the nature of these works; and if each capital works project is completed or still ongoing. [9589/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applicants to the commis chef apprenticeship level 6 programme in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [9590/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Self Catering Federation Tourism
- Registration for Short-term legislation Bill (STTL)