Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 29 May — Watch Them Work

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 29 May – 4 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 49 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023

2023-05-31 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability

full description

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–74

Voted against 4 Brendan Smith · Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 67–64

Voted for 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Voted against 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Home Ownership

2023-05-31 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–65

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 2 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26717/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is satisfied that sufficient courses in cybersecurity are available in the further and higher education sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26397/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress to date in advancing collaboration on a North/South basis in the provision of further education throughout this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26398/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of illegal units of medicine that have beendetained by the HPRA; if plans are in place for the HPRA to be given more powers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the independent Radiation Therapist Review; how this review will align with the National Cancer Strategy; if the review will include measures to tackle the vacancies of radiotherapists across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26696/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the impact assessments that are being carried out in relation to the proposed EU Nature Restoration Regulation concerning the use of farmland and food production; if such assessments are being factored in to the overall national response regarding this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25212/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give further consideration to a possible restructuring of the capitation grant scheme for primary schools to provide for additional support for smaller schools, which have particular challenges in meeting increasing costs and which are dependent on a small school community to raise funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26953/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in developing new accommodation and services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27033/23]

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 3 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Children 8 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are in place for working parents who cannot source placements in childcare facilities for their children due to full capacity. [26036/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide respite care services for children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [26035/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional home support hours can be provided to a person (details supplied) who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and has significant associated needs and who currently receives 4.25 hours per week in home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26264/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the eligibility criteria to access respite care for children with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan will be amended; and the proposals to expand the number of respite care places for children in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [18554/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26775/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26776/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26777/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment with the children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26779/23]
Health 7 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the visit by representatives of the National Ambulance Service to Israel was officially sanctioned; if so, by whom and for what reason; the cost associated with the visit; if he considers such a visit to be appropriate, given the ongoing breaches of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 April 2023, when a response from the HSE will issue. [25667/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) will be permitted to transfer from their current position to take up the offered post in the public nurse team in County Cavan, in view of the personal difficulties created by the long commute involved with their current positing and the fact that they have completed their ‘time owed’ within CHO7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when the necessary motorised wheelchair will be delivered to a person (details supplied) who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26265/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when the opening hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital will be extended to include weekends and public holidays. [26741/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of workers in the healthcare sector who applied for the pandemic unemployment bonus but have yet to receive payment; the number who were determined not to qualify; and the number of appeals received in relation to same. [26742/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a full-length pillow and an alarmed floor mat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26778/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of vacancies within local authority veterinary services; his proposals to ensure an adequate service across all local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time veterinary inspector positions; the number and duration of vacancies, by year 2017 to date, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently address the failure of local authorities to maintain the local authority veterinary service over the past five years; the actions that will be taken to fill vacant whole-time local authority veterinary inspector posts to maintain standards in food safety, animal welfare, and public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is co-equivalence in organic certification standards between Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of flour imported from Britain, separately organic and non-organic, in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25671/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to increase the promotion of Irish organic flour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25672/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has contacted the British Government to request the opening of a new inquiry into the abduction and murder of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25634/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the wedding abroad certificate application will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/23]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the process of selecting a higher education institute to facilitate increased capacity in veterinary medicine. [26749/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to develop and support further and higher education in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26748/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 19 March 2023, if the Local Government Management Agency has yet submitted draft codes of practice for the purpose of setting standards for the operation of CCTV and other mobile recording devices in order to deter environmental pollution and to facilitate the prevention, detection, and prosecution of littering (Section 33) and illegal dumping (Section 22) offences; when he expects to receive these draft codes; the timeframe in which local authorities can commence the installation of CCTV cameras in the vicinity of bottle banks and other waste collection locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25668/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the missions and-or exercises that he intended the Defence Forces to participate in which were precluded by the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25632/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of bookings on each Iarnród Éireann intercity service allocated for reservation online without a fee for free travel pass holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25669/23]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Children 2 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to improve the monitoring and oversight of disability services; if there are plans to introduce a statutory authority to audit disability standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the services for speech and language therapy; the current waiting list figures for this service; if he will provide an update on the recruitment of personnel to help with these long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25800/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get their appointment in Merlin Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if TAVI heart surgery will be upgraded to the highest priority for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26179/23]