Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 20 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Mar – 26 Mar 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 79 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2022

2023-03-22 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educa…

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A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 to grant additional functions to the Inspectorate to examine and report to the Minister on the prevalence and standard of individual educational plans for children with special educational needs on an annual basis; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 78–73

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

Eviction Ban

2023-03-22 · 4 votes

A sub-amendment · motion passed 93–56

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

A sub-amendment · motion failed 72–78

Voted for 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Voted against 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

The motion · motion passed 83–68

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

The motion · motion passed 83–68

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Foreign 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures that will be implemented to eliminate delays in the processing of foreign birth register applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13121/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of any recent discussions he had with the United States authorities regarding the need to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish and have an appropriate visa programme put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14556/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the British Foreign Secretary concerning the difficulties that will be caused by the proposed electronic travel authorisation scheme as that legislation is currently framed; if he is aware of the concerns of some people travelling across the Border on this island on a regular basis, both residents and visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14557/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of a school building project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14317/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the implementation of the new pay deal for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the progress on the schools decarbonisation pathfinder programme; the number of schools are part of the programme; if there are plans to increase the number of schools in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14187/23]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [11295/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Britain and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [12838/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will give urgent consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13135/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that adequate funding is allocated to a local authority in 2023 to advance proposed road projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14562/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can clarify, In relation to the rules and guidelines provided by him to local authorities to purchase homes with tenants in situ; the position of a tenant , in receipt of housing supports, facing eviction on grounds of sale but where the local authority are refusing to consider purchasing the home because the tenant, while registered with this local authority, and is actually housed in the jurisdiction of a neighbouring county and local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14373/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can be considered for a local authority home loan where exceptional circumstances pertain in relation to one of the conditions of the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14554/23]
Defence 2 questions
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the role the Defences Forces play in fulfilling the security needs of the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14235/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he plans any review of existing defence structures in the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14234/23]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the outcome of discussions she has had with her counterpart in the British Government concerning the difficulties that will arise for the tourism sector on an all-island basis if the proposed electronic travel authorisation scheme is implemented as proposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14558/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a new sports capital programme will be announced at an early date in view of its importance in assisting sporting organisations to modernise and develop additional facilities, which are much-needed in many communities and across different sporting disciplines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14576/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in advancing a project to provide additional accommodation at a health care facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14585/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health when the outstanding Covid bonus payments will be made to health care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/23]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the details of funding allocations made to date under the BREXIT Adjustment Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13119/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in providing a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14546/23]

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 21 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 21 total

Health 6 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 733 of 31 January 2023, if he will provide an up-to-date timeframe in which a person (details supplied) will be awarded the pandemic bonus payment given that they were a frontline worker at a nursing home until its closure in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12397/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the projected timeframe in which a system will be in place to facilitate processing of the pandemic special recognition payment to those who worked with a company that has since ceased trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12686/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be delivered to provide legal recognition to both parents who have children through surrogacy either in Ireland or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13093/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13168/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the civil registration offices that remained operational during the Covid pandemic restrictive periods; the centres in which staff were awarded the pandemic special recognition payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13736/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the reason staff at the civil registration office north east that were not awarded the pandemic special recognition payment, considering that staff at other similar centres were awarded the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13737/23]
Agriculture 5 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps a farmer should take if they are a participant in the Beef Data Genomics Programme and wish to switch from the use of a stock bull to artificial insemination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12672/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis upon which creosote fencing will be banned from April 2022; if a derogation is or had been available if arising from European Union regulation or directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13821/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strands available under TAMS for fencing; the allocation to such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13822/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to ensure an adequate supply of fencing for agricultural purposes in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13823/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of any need for fencing in equine settings to be creosoted; the basis of such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13824/23]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 29 September 2022, if her Department's review of the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund has been completed; if a report of the review will be completed; if she intends to reopen the fund to provide for the development of public swimming pools in towns such as Carrickmacross; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13265/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 31 January 2023, if there is an updated timeframe for the completion of the national swimming strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13266/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of income derived to the Exchequer from the Immigrant Investor Programme, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12557/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice when the short-stay visa appeal by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13186/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the National Road projects for which 2023 funding is dependent on match funding from EU sources such as the Connecting Europe Facility, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13755/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 March 2022, if he will report on the progress made implementing a State-wide local authority agricultural inspection programme in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13825/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an electoral identity card, issued by the Electoral Office of Northern Ireland, will be accepted as photographic proof of identity for Irish citizens residing in the six counties, who do not have a driving licence or passport from another country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13179/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he intends to introduce reforms arising from a case (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12385/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to restore the title of early childhood care and education rather than early learning and care, considering the former title is recognised across the EU and internationally and reflects the important role that providers play in the education of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland investments that have been made over the past five years; the number that had Enterprise Ireland board oversight, including board seats or a supervisory role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/23]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long on a hospital appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13455/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for their special recognition bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14393/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14493/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the rollout of the Department's digital strategy for schools; the implementation of training around online safety and the safe and ethical use of digital technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13945/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the recent announcement to teach transgenderism in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13946/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance if the 0% VAT rate introduced on newspapers on 1 January 2023 was passed on to the consumer with a price reduction, given the price of nearly all newspapers has remained the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13629/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting on an appeal decision for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13541/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) will be given priority in their driving test as they require it for work. [14276/23]