Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 22 May

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 22 May – 28 May 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 30 questions · 0 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 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–67

Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

Hospital Waiting Lists

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

The motion · motion passed 67–55

Voted for 3 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 2 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy

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 4 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will advise when a Parkinson's nurse specialist will be assigned to the Westmeath area; and if any submissions were made regarding recruitment for this specialised area. [25072/23]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Social 6 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the tendering process for the provision of meals for pupils at a school (details supplied). [24031/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a decision on their social welfare appeal. [24126/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive the €200 cost-of-living payment. [24128/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare allowance appeal can be awarded for a person (details supplied). [24985/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer’s allowance appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied) and ensure an oral hearing is scheduled in advance of any decision. [25130/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the review and re-instatement of a carer’s allowance payment for a person (details supplied). [25395/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will make changes to the school bus route servicing an area (details supplied) [24750/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will alter the designated secondary school for an area (details supplied) with regard to school bus tickets. [24751/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will outline in detail the additional supports available in secondary schools for pupils with a diagnosis of autism; if there is a provision in place to offer regular engagement with speech and language therapy and reading supports; and if she will outline other ancillary services which can be availed of by pupils and parents to support a fair educational opportunity. [25347/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when Ireland will be making its official response to the European Commission on the pharmaceutical review; if he will provide an indicative timeframe; and the consultation he is making with industry in Ireland. [24960/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [25417/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any ongoing schemes to encourage GPs into rural areas to assist with the current shortage of GPs across rural practices and to assist our existing GPs in taking necessary time off. [25418/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will abolish the deposit interest retention tax on children's saving accounts. [24066/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of a recent decision by Tullamore Circuit Court to instruct a vulture fund to offer fixed interest rates, he will engage with vulture funds operating in Ireland to ensure this option with be offered to all customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24127/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Transport for Ireland Leap card does not work for both bus and train nationwide (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24165/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recourse an employee has when their employer does not pay sick pay and they did not make a claim to the Department of Social Protection. [24394/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a scheme to enable local authority tenants to apply for inter-county transfers [24401/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice given there are currently 857 missing persons and 44 unidentified bodies in Ireland, if he will consider establishing an independent body to review all the files to assist and supplement the work already carried out by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24962/23]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of hospitals not accepting referrals for patients who availed of the cross-border initiative for treatment, despite HSE guidelines which assure patients that should complications arise they have the right "to access the Irish health care system to put it right"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24197/23]