Sligo-Leitrim — week of Mon, 27 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Sligo-Leitrim TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Feb – 5 Mar 2023 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 25 questions · 1 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 Martin Kenny

Voted against 2 Frankie Feighan · Marc MacSharry

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

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 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 2 Marc MacSharry · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

National Ambulance Service

2023-03-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–58

Voted for 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 2 Marc MacSharry · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

The motion · motion passed 71–59

Voted for 1 Frankie Feighan

Voted against 2 Marc MacSharry · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 2 Eamon Scanlon · Marian Harkin

Eamon Scanlon — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Frankie Feighan — Fine Gael 4 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Health 6 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to children with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for which key services and supports available to children with autism in County Roscommon stay in place for each child once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to teenagers and young adults with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe that key services and supports available to teenagers and young adults with autism in County Roscommon stay in place for each young person once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10061/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to adults with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10062/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe that key services and supports available to adults with autism in County Roscommon stay in place for each adult once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10063/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the number of children with autism in County Roscommon that are waiting for primary and secondary school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10056/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the number of school places that will be made available in County Roscommon for 2023 and in 2024 for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10057/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider advising Bus Éireann's school transport section to move a student collection point in (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10362/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the lifetime of this Government a pilot study or a report by a competent organisation into a possible narrow tax incentive scheme for owners/developers of town centre buildings in some rural counties incentivising them to develop same into modern commercial premises with over the shop apartments/living accommodation with an emphasis on recreating modern, high BER rating homes and commercial units (details supplied). [9580/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Transport the plans his Department has to incentivise private car park owners, restaurant, hotel leisure centres and so on to provide commercial EV charging at their facilities, especially in rural towns and villages across Ireland, which would support tourism and EV owners and continue the encouragement to people to consider EV cars when presented with the opportunity to change their vehicle. [9593/23]

Marian Harkin — Independent 0 votes · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting specific supports in place for the sheep sector, which is currently in crisis. [10294/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of establishment grants and premiums paid, by county, in each of the years 2016 to 2022 from the State's afforestation scheme. [10312/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of establishment grants and premiums paid to farmers in each of the years 2016 to 2022 from the State's afforestation scheme. [10313/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of establishment grants and premiums paid to non-farmers in each of the years 2016 to 2022 from the State's afforestation scheme. [10314/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any proposals or plans in place regarding carbon credits valuation certificates for farmers and herd number owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10430/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of his Department’s plans to establish a national centre for research and remembrance, if he will outline the timeline for the plans. [10412/23]
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of his Department’s plans to establish a national centre for research and remembrance, how an individual (details supplied) will be able to participate in the process. [10413/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-03-01 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a commissioner for ageing and older people. [10295/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-03-02 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Transport if he will work with the NTA to increase the frequency of bus services on the S2, Sligo to Rosses Point route, to cater for the very significant increase in passenger numbers due to refugees being accommodated on the Rosses Point Peninsula. [10437/23]

New lobbying 1 return

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

Martin Kenny — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have resigned from An Garda Síochána, by county, between 2022 year end and February 2023, in tabular form. [9782/23]
- 2023-02-28 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda vehicles were either equipped as standard, or retrofitted with operational dash cam technology, by year, between 2019 and 2022, in tabular form. [9783/23]