Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 12 Jun

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Jun – 18 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 116 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Retained Fire Services

2023-06-14 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 71–62

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

The motion · motion passed 70–62

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022

2023-06-14 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to remove the lower minimum wage rates imposed on those employed between the ages of 16 and 20

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–59

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 2 Matt Carthy · Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Niamh Smyth

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [26402/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island dialogue all-island women's forum civic initiative. [26403/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [26404/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department has established the number of students in an area (details supplied) requiring a special education placement who have not yet secured such a place for first year at second level commencing September 2023; the measures that will be introduced to ensure places for such students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27105/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the present position regarding the provision of SEN accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28962/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the progress to date in relation to providing additional permanent accommodation and upgrade existing accommodation at a school (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28963/23]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of his most recent discussions with the political parties in Northern Ireland in relation to the need to have the Assembly and the Executive restored at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28844/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the outcome of his most recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland concerning legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28845/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress to date in the roll-out of the National Broadband plan in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28878/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the proposals, if any, there are to have additional publicity programmes regarding the need to deal with the proliferation of littering problems throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28877/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the provisions relating to substitute consent (Part XA) and section 37L of the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022 will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/23]

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 · 54 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 54 total

Defence 28 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the additional funding that will be provided in the Defence Forces budget in order to realise Government commitments in respect of the Commission on the Defence Forces in both capital and current allocations for each of the years 2023 to 2028, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27634/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on participation in PESCO projects of which the State is a project member; the cost associated to date; the benefits yielded; the number of Defence Forces personnel involved; if they are stationed within the State or abroad, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28482/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on participation in PESCO projects of which the State has observer status; the cost associated to date; the benefits yielded, by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28483/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the Common Security and Defence Policy missions the State is currently participating in; the purpose/role of such involvement; the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed overseas, by mission or operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28484/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the United Nations missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently serving overseas; the number of personnel deployed in each case, by mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28485/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number Defence Forces personnel currently deployed overseas in total, per mission or operation, and the purpose of each deployment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28486/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the supports available to members of the Defence Forces, either from within the Defence Forces or from his Department, regarding career guidance to facilitate the transition from military to civilian life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28518/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons who retired from the Defence Forces in the years 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28519/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons medically discharged from the Defence Forces in each of the years 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28520/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons in receipt of a pension from his Department arising from their service in the Defence Forces, by age cohort of five-year increments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28521/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons in receipt of a pension from his Department arising from their service in the Defence Forces who received a medical discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28522/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the supports or allocations provided by his Department to veterans associations in each of the years 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28523/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of an additional 100 personnel in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28524/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if contracts related to the acquisition of two vessels from the Royal New Zealand Navy included any provision in relation to the procurement of additional vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28526/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the minimum crew complement required for Irish naval vessels at sea, by class (Beckett, Róisín, those acquired from the Royal New Zealand Navy); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28527/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total, capital and current allocations to his Department for the years 2017 to date; the commitments Government has made regarding the provision of increased funding to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28528/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of type APCs available to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the current programme for naval vessel replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his current intended timeframe to deliver primary radar; if he will report on the progress made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28531/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he intends to establish a joint cyber defence command; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28532/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital allocation and expenditure of the Defence Forces in the years 2020 to date, by domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28533/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Forces; the current numbers of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28534/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Forces, by rank, for the years 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28535/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of acquiring each Samuel Beckett class ship; if related contracts provided for the acquisition of any further ships; if so, if such are still valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28536/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of acquiring two ships from the Royal New Zealand Navy; when these ships are expected to enter service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28537/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the works it is intended to carry out in relation to two ships acquired from the Royal New Zealand Navy; the projected cost of such works; his intended timeline in relation to such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of the 130 recommendations contained in the Commission on the Defence Forces, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28539/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of non-disclosure agreements that have been signed with members or former members of the Defence Forces in each year from 2010 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28626/23]
Foreign 12 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response and proposed actions to the harsh anti-LGBTQ measure signed into law recently in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27273/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to submit a written statement to the International Court of Justice in respect of the planned advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27645/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagements with the Government of Iran, including at ambassador or embassy level; whether he has raised concerns regarding human rights abuses during these engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28481/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the allocation to overseas development aid in each of the years 2017 to date; the corresponding percentage of GNI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28525/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he will introduce to ensure that the issuing of passports can be expedited in urgent cases. [29060/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the recent incursion of Israeli forces into Ramallah; his engagements with his EU counterparts on this matter; and if he has raised objections with the Israeli Government. [29061/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his recent engagements with representatives of the British Government. [29062/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has given consideration to the opening of a passport office in Northern Ireland. [28848/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeline to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [28846/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the intended timeframe to hold a referendum in relation to voting rights in presidential elections. [28849/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the Ukrainian government. [28850/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of GNI allocated to overseas development aid in the years 2017 to date. [28847/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the towns which currently must limit housing development due to inadequate waste water treatment capacity, in tabular form; the proposed timeframe for delivery of adequate waste water treatment facilities at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27946/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Uisce Éireann will take charge of the wastewater system at Sliabh Dubh, Corduff, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, to facilitate Monaghan County Council's taking-in-charge of the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Uisce Éireann will take charge of the waste water system at Drumakelly, Annyalla, County Monaghan, to facilitate Monaghan County Council's taking-in-charge of the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 102 of 16 May 2023, if final approval can be speedily confirmed in respect of the application for capital funding under the additional school accommodation scheme by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27817/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the number of students from Monaghan who availed of the school transport scheme in 2022/2023; the total number of late applicants; the number of late applicants who were subsequently facilitated with school bus places; and the number of school bus places that her Department plans to provide for in 2023/2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27943/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 25 April 2023, the number of children who were referred to Kilbixy Paddocks for respite who were subsequently excluded from the service in each month since January 2020; the number in each month that had commenced the service before being excluded; the number from each month that were offered alternative respite supports that matched the hours and days provided in Kilbixy Paddocks; the average timeframe for this alternative to be provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28026/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 25 April 2023, if it is the intention that a child (details supplied) will be provided with alternative weekend day-respite services following their exclusion from those services at another centre; the proposed timeframe for this alternative respite to be provided given their exclusion from the centre at the beginning of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28027/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if he will endeavour to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives an urgent orthopaedic appointment at Navan Hospital, considering the significant pain and discomfort that they are currently experiencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27086/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the engagements or training missions abroad engaged in by the Irish National Ambulance Service in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the purpose of such delegations; the officials or Ministers who provided sanction to such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27941/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected timeframe for completion of the North South Interconnector; the number of landowners that will be affected by the development; and the number therein that have given approval for their lands to be used for this purpose. [28549/23]
- 2023-06-15 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the enacting of legislation that will permit local authorities to install CCTV cameras in the vicinity of bottle banks and other waste collection locations. [28550/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if any mechanisms exist to provide VAT refunds to those people in receipt of supply and installation of solar panels for private dwellings between January and April of this year; if any consideration has been given to such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27999/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that his Department or State agencies has provided to a factory (details supplied) at Carrickmacross, County Monaghan; if he will provide any interactions that his Department and State agencies has had with the company involved; when the factory will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27089/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if a factory (details supplied) in Carrickmacross was part of any application for the immigrant investor scheme; the details of any application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27093/23]

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 7 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has not received their diagnosis letter from a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27333/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a letter from their consultant in Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27468/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get a letter from a doctor in Cavan General Hospital with their diagnosis to apply for assistance technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27470/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27474/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) is waiting so long to get their appointment in Monaghan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27830/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason (details supplied) is waiting on an appointment in the Mater Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28412/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not got their pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28460/23]
Rural 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the constituency of Cavan-Monaghan will benefit from the recently announced outdoor recreation and infrastructure scheme. [28325/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to relaunch the connected hubs voucher scheme. [28326/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the weekly service of community welfare officers visiting towns has not been resumed in Cavan since Covid (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27602/23]