Meath West — week of Mon, 15 May — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 15 May – 21 May 2023 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 23 questions · 90 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023

2023-05-17 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to impose certain prohibitions and restrictions with respect to the investment by the National Treasury Management Agency of the assets of the Ireland Strategic Investmen…

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A bill to impose certain prohibitions and restrictions with respect to the investment by the National Treasury Management Agency of the assets of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in undertakings which appear on the UN Database of companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land; to require the Agency to ensure that such assets are not invested in such an undertaking (and, where it becomes aware that an undertaking in which such assets have been so invested by it is, or has been on the said UN database, to divest the assets of that fund from such investment); and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 67–55

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 0 questions · 25 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 25 returns

Age & Opportunity Justice and Equality
- (1) The call to establish an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People and (2) the need for a campaign to raise awareness and combat ageism
Environmental Pillar · 2 returns Environment
- Calling on elected representatives to support greater ambition within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration
- The need to reform the legal mandates of Coillte, Bord Na Móna and other public bodies
Insurance Ireland Banking and Financial Institutions
- On behalf of members, providing input into debate on access to financial services
Premier Lotteries Ireland Designated Activity Company Public Expenditure and Reform
- Briefing on the operation of the National Lottery and the allocation of Good Causes funding
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited Health
- Access to cystic fibrosis medicines in Ireland
Hanover Media Strategy Limited Health
- The landscape for innovative and precision medicines in Ireland.
LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Health
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022
Irish Cancer Society · 4 returns Health
- Psycho-oncology services
- Cancer Treatment Delivery
- National Screening Services
- Daffodil Day 2023
Age Action Social Protection
- Email to all TDs and Senators about the lost spending power of the State Pension
Prosper Meath CLG Health
- Invitation to Prosper Meath's 40th Anniversary Events
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 6 returns Environment
- Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Land Use Change Issues
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Balancing Climate Action and Food Production
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Accurate Calculation of Emissions & Removals
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - The Risk of Carbon Leakage
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - New Funding
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Environmental, Social & Economic Sustainability
Irish Wildbird Conservancy Marine
- Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy & Supporting the Low Impact Fishers of Europe's call for an all-round and comprehensive response to implement Article 17
Youth Work Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- Briefing for all Oireachtas members on our work with an emphasis on constituecnies with members, flyer with 3 "asks" distributed on RSE Curriculum change, youth work funding and Youth Mental Health
Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Get Rare Aware - asking politicians to press government to deliver on Prog for government promise: Supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm · 2 returns Health
- Engaged with the House of the Oireachtas Commission and elected representatives on an initiative to support the parliament in becoming Autism-Friendly
- Engaged with the House of the Oireachtas Commission and elected representatives on an initiative to support the parliament in becoming Autism-Friendly

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 0 votes · 23 questions · 25 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Education 4 questions
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if her Department has conducted any study of the rate of drop out from second level education; if so, if she can provide the statistics on the number of students who left school early in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23210/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department has taken to mitigate the impact of inflation on the standard of living of teachers. [22564/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if the OECD 'Education at a Glance' Report, which ranked Ireland 36th out of the 36 countries in terms of investment in second level education as a percentage of GDP, has been drawn to her attention. [22563/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to increase the number of Travellers who sit the Leaving Certificate exam each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23211/23]
Foreign 4 questions
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland contributes financially to the RAF air defence arrangement with the UK; if so, the percentage and total funding allocated to this arrangement from Ireland's defence budget annually; if he will provide a breakdown for each of the past ten years of the percentage and total amount spent, in tabular form; the total amount the State has contributed to the UK financially since the start of this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23147/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 4 May 2023, the national processes to which he refers by which the Chair of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy was appointed; the number of other persons who were considered in appointing a Chair to the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; and who made the final the decision to appoint a person (details supplied) to the role of Chair. [23944/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of stakeholders that will take part in the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; when details of the speakers and participants will be made public in advance of the forum; where a list of such stakeholders can be viewed by members of the public; the number of spaces that are reserved for members of the public to attend the forum in-person; the way in which public participation will be publicised; if he will consider running a media campaign through broadcast, print and online media to inform members of the public of their right to participate in the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23945/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the Government’s consideration of joining a NATO subsea group would breach Ireland’s neutrality as reported (details supplied); and the estimated cost to the State to finance membership of the NATO subsea group. [23946/23]
Health 4 questions
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health what progress is being made in appointing an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22985/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an up-to-date timeframe as to when he expects the statutory home support scheme to be finalised and operational. [22986/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted an up-to-date assessment of the ongoing effects of the impact of isolation on the mental health and wellbeing on the elderly population arising out of the Covid pandemic; the supports that are available to elderly people in this regard; how are these supports communicated and publicised to the targeted group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22987/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has informed himself and can provide data for each of the past five years regarding the number of complaints reported to the HSE and HIQA with respect to end of life care for elderly people in both public and private healthcare settings; if he can provide a breakdown on the number of investigations which took place on foot of reported complaints for both public and private healthcare settings; how many of these complaints were upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22988/23]
Defence 3 questions
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has undertaken a study to determine the number of staff at the Defence Forces that are living below the poverty line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22662/23]
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the consultative forum on international security policy. [22661/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on whether the Government’s consideration of joining a NATO subsea group would breach Ireland’s neutrality as reported (details supplied); and the estimated cost to the State to finance membership of the NATO subsea group. [23947/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the impact the lifting of the eviction ban has had on homelessness numbers. [22657/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the impact building cost inflation is having on the construction of houses. [22656/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the value of bridging loans for affordable houses being paid on an interest-only basis, referenced in a recent report from his Department; the number of these houses being leased by his Department to AHBs; the estimated value of these houses; the average rental income generated per home; who the owners of these homes will be at the end of the mortgage term; and if he will clarify the total amount of interest paid on these homes to date. [23905/23]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she or her Department have tried to quantify the number of Irish speakers in the State; if she has identified any increase or decrease in the figures since she took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22659/23]
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the work that is being undertaken by her Department to promote the Boyne Valley as a tourism destination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22658/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Eirgrid has informed him of the change of the status that the North-South Interconnector is no longer a project of common interest; if so, when this was communicated to him; and if he will provide a copy of any such communication. [22639/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-05-16 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine alternative transport options and timetabling for persons (details supplied) with disabilities attending a day service in Meath where in certain cases service users are spending up to two hours each way per day travelling to and from the service; if he will introduce financial assistance towards petrol costs in circumstances where parents have to provide transport to help reduce the length of travel time daily; and if such travel expenses will be included under the terms of the personalised budget for people with a disability. [22637/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-05-18 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fines that have been enforced for each year of the existence of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission's existence; and the total euro value for fines enforced by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission for each year of its existence. [23891/23]

New lobbying 25 returns

Age & Opportunity Justice and Equality
- (1) The call to establish an Independent Commissioner for Ageing and Older People and (2) the need for a campaign to raise awareness and combat ageism
Environmental Pillar · 2 returns Environment
- Calling on elected representatives to support greater ambition within the negotiations with the European Commissions on the proposal for a regulation on Nature Restoration
- The need to reform the legal mandates of Coillte, Bord Na Móna and other public bodies
Dignity4Patients Justice and Equality
- Indemnity Fund held for victims and survivors of Michael Shine
Premier Lotteries Ireland Designated Activity Company Public Expenditure and Reform
- Briefing on the operation of the National Lottery and the allocation of Good Causes funding
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ALLIANCE - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LIMITED Children and Youth Affairs
- Advocacy on Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2023
Home and Community Care Ireland Social Protection
- Campaign to change eligibility rules for social welfare benefits
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Ibec's 'For Peace + Prosperity' Campaign
LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Health
- Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022
TG4 Communications
- An Ghaeltacht a bheith ainnithe mar an réigiún do ardú réigiúnach S481
Age Action Social Protection
- Email to all TDs and Senators about the lost spending power of the State Pension
Prosper Meath CLG Health
- Invitation to Prosper Meath's 40th Anniversary Events
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 6 returns Environment
- Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Land Use Change Issues
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Balancing Climate Action and Food Production
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Accurate Calculation of Emissions & Removals
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - The Risk of Carbon Leakage
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - New Funding
- IFA Thomond Park Declaration on Climate Action - Environmental, Social & Economic Sustainability
Irish Wildbird Conservancy Marine
- Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy & Supporting the Low Impact Fishers of Europe's call for an all-round and comprehensive response to implement Article 17
Irish Council for Civil Liberties Justice and Equality
- Hikvision CCTV in Oireachtas
Youth Work Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- Briefing for all Oireachtas members on our work with an emphasis on constituecnies with members, flyer with 3 "asks" distributed on RSE Curriculum change, youth work funding and Youth Mental Health
Irish Beef and Lamb Association · 2 returns Agriculture
- Eoin Donnelly sent 9 questions for PQ’s to Peadar Tobin TD on 3rd March.
- Eoin Donnelly contacted text Peader Toibin on 20th March '23 to follow up on progress on the PQ’s sent in on the 3rd March.
Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Get Rare Aware - asking politicians to press government to deliver on Prog for government promise: Supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin
Irish Penal Reform Trust Justice and Equality
- IPRT attendance at Mental Health Reform event in Mansion House to engage with TDs/Sentaors.