Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 22 May

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 22 May – 28 May 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 47 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 53–66

Voted for 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Voted against 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–67

Voted for 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Voted against 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Hospital Waiting Lists

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

The motion · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if he will ensure an adequate consultation process with the relevant representative groups following the publication of the firearms expert committee report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22902/23]
- 2023-05-25 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. [25049/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if he is satisfied that the present Garda Síochána structures are adequate and sufficiently responsive to meet the security needs of communities, particularly in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25050/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection when the Social Protection Annual Report for 2022 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24441/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will review the PRSI contributions system in order that adult dependents who have worked in the home may be entitled to full future social welfare benefits, such as the recent €200 cost-of-living support payment; if she will provide a full explanation for the reason that adult dependents and others with insufficient PRSI contributions who have worked in the home were not entitled to the recent €200 cost-of-living support payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24440/23]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when his Department will publish a new strategy statement. [23215/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [23216/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure an adequate level of services in a disability service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25182/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if additional supports will be introduced for the private nursing home sector, particularly for smaller-scale providers; the proposals, if any, to introduce a stabilisation fund; when a review of the fair deal scheme will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25044/23]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed EU nature restoration regulation has been considered at the Council of Agriculture Ministers; if so, the proposals he put forward; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25213/23]

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 4 votes · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Defence 7 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the benefits he considers are associated with membership of the Chiefs of European Navies (Chen); the conditions of membership; the resources that Ireland are obliged to input into Chen on an ongoing basis; the financial costs associated with membership of the organisation in 2020, 2021, 2022 and estimate for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24601/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of accommodation dwellings in Defence Forces ownership, that are currently unoccupied at each location; the estimated average cost of refurbishment to a liveable condition, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24602/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on Ireland's participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace programme; the current activities that Ireland are participating in as part of the programme; the financial cost associated with membership in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and estimate for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24603/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on Ireland's participation in the European Union's Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO); the obligations this puts on Ireland; the financial cost associated with membership in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and estimate for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24604/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on Ireland's participation in each individual Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) operation of which Ireland is a part of; if such projects are time limited or indefinite in nature; the expected benefits accrued arising from participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24605/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on Ireland's participation in the Common Security and Defence Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24606/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the acquisition of two ships by the Irish Naval service; the cost of purchase, transport and refitting; the works that are to be carried out and timeframe for refitting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection her proposed timeline regarding the development of administrative and IT systems to facilitate the provision of pensions to carers. [24659/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection her proposed timeline to introduce legislation facilitating the provision of pensions to carers. [24658/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will establish a comprehensive review of the outworking of the immigrant investor programme. [25188/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he has concluded his deliberations on the report into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will now establish an independent inquiry into the actions of all relevant State agencies in respect of this case. [25187/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of new afforestation in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the projected total for 2023. [25192/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new forestry programme, including when it is expected that new applications will be accepted into the scheme. [25193/23]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 9 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a cataract operation. [24724/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24869/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24870/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24871/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24872/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24873/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography, ERCP, in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24874/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24875/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram, ECG, in the RCSI Hospitals Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24876/23]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person's (details supplied) single farm payment was effected last year; if he would reconsider the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24807/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person's (details supplied) GLAS scheme has been reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24808/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a persons' (details supplied) GLAS application was not looked at favourably; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given the detrimental health effects, there are plans to ban glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25108/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on insurance reform issues which fall under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25107/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for uninsured driving in 2022. [25106/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their foreign birth registration; the reason they are waiting since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24841/23]