Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 22 May

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 22 May – 28 May 2023 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 61 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 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 54–67

Voted for 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Hospital Waiting Lists

2023-05-24 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 67–55

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

The motion · motion passed 67–55

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 47 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 47 total

Agriculture 33 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm targets for land use associated with the growing of crops for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and his proposed measures to reach those targets. [24055/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise regarding a specific focus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been changes to the Export Health Cert process; if he will advise specifically with regard to certification of poultry and its transport to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received payments under the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2022 under each category and payment rate; the average number of hectares on which land was claimed in each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24448/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the sheep welfare scheme in 2022; the number of breeding ewes on which payment was made; the rate of payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the tillage incentive scheme from March 2022 to date, in tabular form by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the fodder incentive scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24452/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in receipt of TAMS III, by county, under each category of the payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24453/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of ex gratia funding for animal welfare organisations allocated in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24454/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the target, by year, for the adoption of low emissions slurry spreading (LESS) technology; the intended allocation under TAMS to support same; the target number of farmers in receipt of such funds, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24455/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding amount allocated to TAMS by year from 2014 to date; the amount that was allocated and expended in relation to low-emission slurry spreading, LESS, technology; the number of applications and refusals in relation to LESS technology, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24456/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme participants who exited the scheme in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24457/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who received payments under the areas of specific constraint islands scheme in 2022, under each category and payment rate; the average number of hectares on which land was claimed in each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24458/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers availing of the nitrates derogation; the total number of cattle in the herds of those farmers; the total hectarage on which basic payment was claimed, that is, grassland per county from January 2022 to date, in tabular form. [24459/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers thought to currently comprise the category known as the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24460/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of fodder, hay or silage produced under the fodder support scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; the percentage of fodder that the scheme contributed to overall fodder supplies in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24465/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of tillage produced under the tillage incentive scheme in 2022 and to date in 2023; the percentage of tillage that the scheme contributed to overall grain supplies in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of CAP Pillar 1 funds, in bands and by county from 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24467/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef environmental efficiency programme - sucklers in 2022 in which one-, two-, three- and four-cow and calf pairs were weighted; the payment received, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24468/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the beef data and genomics programme in 2022 with herd sizes of one, two, three, four and five; the average payment received; the average hectarage of such herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24469/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme participants by county in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24470/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of organic farming scheme participants who exited the scheme in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24471/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who participated in both the beef environmental efficiency programme - suckler and the beef data and genomics programme from January 2022 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24472/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department has had with farmers who have been negatively financially impacted by abolishment of the BurrenLife scheme and the move to ACRES; the action that has been taken to address these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise the measures that his Department have put in place to reduce administrative issues arising from the application process for the basic income support for sustainability scheme and the related eco-scheme and complementary redistributive income support for sustainability scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of farmers receiving notification of significant reduction in payments under the new basic income support for sustainability and related schemes in comparison to the previous basic payment scheme; the supports that are being offered to farmers who have received a payment reduction in real-terms and who rely on these payments to meet outgoings, loans and bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he had examined the range of crops included in the tillage incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24912/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to extend current supports to address ash dieback; if he will outline additional measures his Department is taking to support forestry landowners in removing affected trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the plan to provide supports to the forgotten farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25141/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forestry programme; if he can provide a timeline for when it is expected that state aid approval will be reached from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25113/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding will be allocated to the national liming programme, given the level of applications received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25112/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on delays to the basic income support scheme, and areas of natural constraints scheme; the action his Department is taking to ensure payments are made on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25110/23]
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional supports being provided for the sheep sector, given that the Brexit adjustment reserve was not used to provide much-needed supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25114/23]
Social 6 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the limit of off-farm earnings in farm assist by €5, €10 and €20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24398/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the depreciation of assets for farm assist to 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24399/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the capital disregard of farm assist to €36,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24400/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost to increase the amount of income disregarded in respect of the farm assist scheme to 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% and 70%, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24642/23]
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the proposed legislation to bring forward changes to the child maintenance system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24763/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will include new agricultural schemes as eligible payments for farm assist, given that a significant number of schemes have changed under the new CAP; if she will provide a list of schemes which will be included under farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25134/23]
Rural 3 questions
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the manner in which her Department supports agricultural shows; the individual shows supported; the allocation and expenditure from 2018 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24420/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local improvement scheme; the number of applications that were received and approved, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25131/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications that have been received by her Department under CLÁR funding; the number of successful applications and the number rejected, by county, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25132/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on Local Link services in rural areas; if there are plans to expand services to ensure there is connectivity along the Wild Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24229/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the specific tax reliefs available to farmers which are due to expire in 2023/2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24421/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the State Examinations Commission to introduce access to extra time for dyslexic students in Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24760/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide figures on HSE spending on private companies providing home care services in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that he is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in retained firefighter services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25057/23]

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in light of recent developments pertaining to the withdrawal of several racecourses from an organisation's (details supplied) proposed media rights deal with two companies, he will review the applicability of section 10 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, due to the infringement on the exclusive property rights of racecourse owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25200/23]
- 2023-05-24 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 to introduce an appeals mechanism, in order to provide for independent recourse for complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25201/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-05-23 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1061 of 21 March 2023 and 163 of 9 March 2022, when a decision will be made in the application for naturalisation for an Indian national (details supplied), married to an Irish citizen since 14 February 2010, who submitted a naturalisation application in 2020 and has, to date, not received a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24049/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-05-25 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 18 April 2023, which to date remains unanswered, the reason for this; if he will confirm whether a person who owns a derelict house and who wishes to avail of the vacant property refurbishment grant, and as a result of the structure being damaged beyond repair, demolishes the house, is eligible to apply for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/23]