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
0 votes ·
2 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked2 total
Transport1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the regulation of e-scooters in the community. [17161/23]
Health1 question
2023-04-20Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if the pandemic recognition payment has been paid to nursing staff working for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18719/23]
Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
48 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked48 total
Health12 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if pain management patches can be supplied to a person (details supplied). [16440/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently review an application for nursing home support by a person (details supplied). [16519/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason local social services groups are currently being denied access to the HSE clinic at 81 Derrygreenagh Park, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath (details supplied). [16633/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expansion of ambulance services in Athlone, County Westmeath. [16678/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [16807/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if children with autism are eligible to apply for a primary medical certificate; and, if not, if he intends to change the eligibility criteria to include people diagnosed with autism [16816/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of home help hours for a person (details supplied). [17181/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase accessible and timely access to genetic testing, and specifically to increase capacity and decrease wait times at the Department of Clinical Genetics of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. [17322/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [17840/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite a surgical appointment for a person (details supplied). [18332/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when changes will be made to the fair deal scheme to incentivise long-term nursing home patients to rent out their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to engage with HSE regarding provision of staffing for the new MRI scanner which is due to be delivered within next six weeks at the Mullingar Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17944/23]
Education6 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if her Department will work to progress the issuing of a Schedule of Accommodation for a school (details supplied) in its new building development as soon as possible, in order that it can proceed to the next phase of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17683/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite the provision of instructions to a school (details supplied) advising them of their current construction projects so that they might proceed to the tender stage. [17686/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of an application submitted by a school (details supplied) which is in dire need of construction to accommodate increased enrolment, improve school conditions and ease its patronage transfer under the pilot scheme for school reconfiguration for diversity. [17688/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of accommodation for a school (details supplied). [18148/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application for a new school building of a school (details supplied). [18149/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application for additional buildings of a school (details supplied). [18150/23]
Children6 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if someone in receipt of a blind welfare allowance from the HSE will continue to receive this allowance when their blind pension from the Department of Social Protection switches over to the State pension. [16711/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a childcare facility (details supplied) can urgently be considered for DEIS status. [16887/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with stakeholders in the childcare sector regarding unintended consequences of the new NCS funding model; his views on the perceived lack of flexibility with this scheme in terms of part-time childcare; and his plans to review the administration of this scheme. [17017/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the fact that under the new national childcare scheme, the capitation rate paid to services with level 8 graduates is far reduced from previous years; and if he has plans to review this situation in order to encourage the highest level of training possible within childcare settings. [17019/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the application for sustainability funding by a pre-school facility (details supplied). [17736/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the assisted capacity bill will be enacted. [18263/23]
Transport4 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that taxi drivers are presently only able to transfer their plates on the event of their death, not even upon retirement or in case of ill health; and his views on whether this is fair. [16535/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with taxi drivers who rent their plates, rather than owning them. [16586/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that, for the purposes of insurance, taxi drivers must include the plate owner on their insurance policy, despite the fact that the owner does not drive the cab, greatly increasing the cost of insurance. [16587/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that rents for taxi plates have increased significantly due to a lack of supply. [16588/23]
Housing3 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what decision-making led to declaring certain species on the open season list as being under threat; and what part the National Association of Regional Game Councils’ (NARGC) data on bag returns played in that process, if any. [16468/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if his Department will urgently correspond with an organisation (details supplied) regarding two derelict properties which are owned at Sarsfield Square, Athlone, County Westmeath. [17088/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the responsibilities for each director of service for housing in each local authority, in tabular form; his views on whether each directors sole responsibility should be housing given the size of the housing challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17300/23]
Agriculture3 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that Ireland does not default to a maximum limit of 220 kgN/ha under the mid-term review of the nitrates action programme with the European Commission, something that could have disastrous consequences for farmers; and how the mid-term review’s data will be affected by the lack of time that measures introduced in 2022 and 2023 have had to improve water quality. [16594/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he intends to introduce to help the sheep sector. [18488/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on negotiations with the EU on the possibility of an extension of the nitrates derogation in order to allow time for appropriate assessment of the effect of changes to previous regulations on water quality. [18487/23]
Justice2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who presented at Irish airports without a valid passport during each consecutive month since Covid restrictions were lifted; to outline the procedure in place to deal with such persons; and if such persons arrived from a country covered under the Dublin convention, as well as the number of people denied entry into Ireland under the Dublin convention since Covid restrictions were lifted. [18013/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the actions that he has taken to deal with the prolonged delays in the probate office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18014/23]
Foreign2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what work Ireland is doing to improve the condition of human rights in Pakistan, and to protect opposition leaders there from being unjustly arrested or harmed. [16461/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite an application for citizenship through the foreign births register of a person (details supplied). [18632/23]
Environment2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps his Department is taking to stop the decline of trout and other fish stock in the River Inny, which has been hurt by recreational fishing and slowed the fishing tourism business along the river. [16458/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the competition that is present in the electricity market in Ireland; the components the ESB still has full control over; and his views on whether the current set-up of the electricity provision system is the best suited to encouraging robust competition in the market. [16540/23]
Finance2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering schemes to refund homeowners who have recently installed PV systems the VAT that they have paid, given they were unaware that the PV scheme would be amended and would not have known they could have waited to avail themselves of the 0% VAT rate. [17307/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on a primary medical certificate appeal by a person (details supplied). [18107/23]
Social2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an invalidity appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied). [16670/23]
2023-04-18Deputy 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. [18025/23]
Rural2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding will be open to applications. [18031/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on steps being undertaken by her Department to address connectivity issues on some sites with the WIFI4EU system. [18098/23]
Public Expenditure1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason the National Lottery requires that small retailers, wishing to be agents of the lottery, put up a lifetime deposit rather than a deposit for only a number of years until they can gauge how business performs at their location. [16550/23]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his Departments efforts to resolve pension issues across the university sector (details supplied). [18145/23]
New lobbying1 return
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society LimitedHealth
Information Day held in Buswells Hotel for members of Oireachtas to drop by and hear about the work of Meals on Wheels services in their constituency and raise concerns on the funding of the service
Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
18 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked18 total
Education7 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if her Department is considering aligning the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages for primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16827/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education given the profound difficulties experienced with the school transport system in 2022, the changes she plans to introduce for primary, post primary, children with special education needs and the special transport grant for the upcoming 2023/2024 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17765/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Counties Longford and Westmeath that have had school buildings/refurbishment/extension works approved; and the number of those approved works that are delayed at present, in tabular form. [16477/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of middle management positions in primary schools which were removed or scaled back during the austerity years that have been reintroduced per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18804/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of middle management positions in secondary schools which were removed or scaled back during the austerity years that have been reintroduced per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18805/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools that do not have a home economics teacher in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [18807/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the initiatives, if any, she intends to roll-out to ensure that the number of special needs teachers matches the number of students who need them. [18808/23]
Health3 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health in relation to the mobile breast screening units that will not return to Mullingar and Athlone until the end of 2023, the number of women who were scheduled to attend these units for screening who will now have to make the trip to Tullamore to avail of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16658/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that healthcare assistants who are qualified above QQI level 5 do not need to repeat or obtain a QQI level 5 qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16825/23]
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who provide services under the general medical card scheme, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [16826/23]
Housing3 questions
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Westmeath in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18699/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Longford in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18700/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the development of two marinas at Nutgrove Marina, Williamstown, and Whitegate, County Clare, as these marinas appear to be outside the jurisdiction line; and if there is either an encroachment licence or a lease in place with Waterways Ireland. [18806/23]
Justice2 questions
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice if he will review in its entirety the application under the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme by a person (details supplied). [18262/23]
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of sexual assaults reported in Irish hospitals in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18810/23]
Foreign1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has contacted the new leader of the Scottish National Party, Mr. Humza Yousaf, with a view to meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16456/23]
Environment1 question
2023-04-18Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the recently released 2023 report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which calls for emissions to be reduced by half by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16455/23]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2023-04-20Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of vacant lecture positions per National University and subject in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18809/23]
New lobbying1 return
Irish Rural Link Co-Operative Society LimitedHealth
Information Day held in Buswells Hotel for members of Oireachtas to drop by and hear about the work of Meals on Wheels services in their constituency and raise concerns on the funding of the service