Galway East — week of Mon, 20 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Mar – 26 Mar 2023 · 4 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 16 questions · 0 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 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

Voted against 1 Seán Canney

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

Eviction Ban

2023-03-22 · 4 votes

A sub-amendment · motion passed 93–56

Voted for 3 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

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

A sub-amendment · motion failed 72–78

Voted for 1 Seán Canney

Voted against 2 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon

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

The motion · motion passed 83–68

Voted for 3 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

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

The motion · motion passed 83–68

Voted for 3 Anne Rabbitte · Ciarán Cannon · 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 5 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Social 4 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether counting gross income instead of net income in fuel allowance means assessment is fair, given that net income is a fairer representation of the actual weekly income of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13700/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the exclusion of women born before 1 September 1946 from the total contributions approach to contributory pension, which allows for up to 20 years home caring periods, represents discrimination on the grounds of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13729/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the exclusion of people not in receipt of a social protection payment from the sale of residence disregard, particularly in circumstances in which the treatment of this disregard has resulted in a large overpayment arising against the estate of a deceased person is unfair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13735/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if people who did not qualify for the fuel allowance in advance of starting a community employment scheme can now access the payment as the thresholds have changed, or if there is a mechanism in place to allow this to happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13806/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will introduce a pension scheme for An Post workers employed since 1984 when An Post was changed to a semi-State company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12737/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has given approval to a request by a company (details supplied) for pension increases for its pensioners payable from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14582/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the proposals by the Firearm Expert Committee to impose additional conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13593/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if he will commission a fully independent review of how to strengthen and reform the Data Protection Commission to ensure that it is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if plans exist to remove the temporary prefab buildings of the neurology unit in GUH; the plans that exist to allow neurology consultants to continue to see their patients; where this will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12316/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the electric charging point located at unit 4, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, which was installed in 2022, will be available for use by the public and employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12854/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of difficulties experienced by farmers applying for the fodder scheme who were informed online that their applications were submitted and were later told that the application had not been received (details supplied); the number of farmers that are affected by this problem; his plans to address such problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12839/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) whose REAP scheme ended in January 2023 can apply for the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13446/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that landlords whose property is located within a rent pressure zone and where the rent was historically low cannot now raise the rent to match other rented properties in the area and are being penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will support a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [13539/23]