Mayo — week of Mon, 20 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Mar – 26 Mar 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 51 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 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Eviction Ban

2023-03-22 · 4 votes

A sub-amendment · motion passed 93–56

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

A sub-amendment · motion failed 72–78

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 83–68

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

The motion · motion passed 83–68

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 5 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Foreign 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends providing additional funding and resources to the Emigrant Support Programme to help remove barriers facing returning Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12748/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to open a Passport Office in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14283/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the services that are available to provide help and support for returning and returned Irish immigrants to secure their UK state pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14284/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown on the amount of subsidy administered for type A, B and C determinants by each local authority for group water schemes, in tabular form, listing the number of group water schemes under each local authority's remit and the total subsidy allocated annually from 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12352/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections undertaken by each local authority administrating a subsidy towards the cost of group water schemes; the number of enforcement notices issued to recover a subsidy not meeting terms and conditions of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12353/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that proper oversight on the financial governance and regulation of group water schemes is in place by local authorities; if group scheme audit accounts are independently checked by the Local Government Audit Service to which the claim relates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12354/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late application will be accepted for the ACRES scheme on exceptional circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has instructed the QMAC to examine measures to strengthen the management arrangements for the 2023 mackerel hook and line fishery given the unjustifiable inequity of the present Irish mackerel quota allocation arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14127/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has instructed the Quota Management Advisory Committee to examine measures to strengthen the management arrangements for the 2023 mackerel hook and line fishery given the unjustifiable inequity of the present Irish mackerel quota allocation arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14287/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that since 9 November 2022, Ireland has become the only country in Europe that requires a short-stay visa from Colombian citizens; the measures is he taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12747/23]
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the status on the appointment of a county registrar in County Mayo in view of the retirement of the outgoing registrar in March 2022. [14285/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will outline her discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan delivery and Reform on the provision of additional capital to support the schools building programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14089/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the provision and availability of facilities is a core issue in the implementation of a quality physical education programme for primary schools; and the immediate steps she will take to address this problem. [14090/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to implement a national hydrogen strategy; if he will provide an update on the working of the interdepartmental working group to generate a hydrogen economy, create jobs, grow, and decarbonise the country. [12694/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-03-22 Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he outline the budget available within his Department to secure a replacement Government jet, which is recommended to be replaced in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14141/23]

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include ileostomy bags in the long-term illness scheme. [14456/23]

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul Lawless — Aontú 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Education 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the length of time a school (details supplied) has been vacant; her Department's plans for the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13294/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the reason for the review of the extension project at a school (details supplied); and when that review will be complete. [14245/23]
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if the commitment to deliver the new extension at a school (details supplied) will be delivered upon. [14244/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, speech and language therapists, social workers, nurses employed at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13202/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of people employed and whole-time equivalents at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13203/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an appointment, the number of people on the waiting list, and the number of people waiting over a year, with CAMHS mental health intellectual disability, community mental health teams in community healthcare west, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13204/23]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for scaling back the Governments research and development target from 2.5% of GNP to 2.5% of GNI*; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12991/23]
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason for scaling back the governments R&D target from 2.5% of GNP set out in Innovation 2020 to 2.5% of GNI* in impact 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12992/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a timeframe for introducing energy support grants for businesses that rely on oil and/or LPG that are excluded from the TBESS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12980/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-03-21 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options that are available to pyrite homeowners who have a second property available but which needs repairs; if they can avail of the croí cónaithe grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13850/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-03-23 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of premises in County Mayo; the number of premises that have had National Broadband Ireland surveys completed in County Mayo; the number of premises in which National Broadband Ireland surveys are ongoing in County Mayo; the number of premises that have been certified as suitable for internet connection in County Mayo; the number of premises that have been connected in County Mayo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14430/23]