Meath West — week of Mon, 12 Jun

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Jun – 18 Jun 2023 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 49 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 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

The motion · motion passed 70–62

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

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 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 0 votes · 49 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 49 total

Housing 15 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been paid out under the vacant property refurbishment grant since it was established, broken down by county. [27201/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his strategy for bringing all vacant local authority housing back into residential use to reduce social housing waiting lists; the timeframe he has set by which this will be achieved nationally in each local authority; how many vacant social houses can be allocated to social housing applicants in each local authority within the next six months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27219/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the longest time spent by an individual or family in an emergency accommodation facility in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27396/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes by the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [27397/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social houses constructed by the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [27398/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of people who became homeless in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [27399/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of notifications of termination of tenancy issued to the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [27400/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of notifications of termination of tenancy issued to the Residential Tenancies Board in each of the past 12 months, in tabular form. [27401/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons currently in emergency homeless accommodation in the State; and the total number of available emergency homeless accommodation beds. [27402/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties owned by his Department which are currently vacant; and if he will detail the locations of these properties and the type of properties. [27403/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social or council houses owned by the State which are currently vacant in each county in the country. [27404/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the mental and physical health impacts of extended periods of stay in emergency accommodation. [27405/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who have applied for the derelict property grant, by county; and the amount paid out under the grant in each month since the grant scheme was established, by county, in tabular form. [27479/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who have applied for the vacant property refurbishment grant, by county; and the amount paid under the grant in each month since the grant scheme was established, by county, in tabular form. [27480/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the temporary time-limited waiver in respect of development contribution fees for self-build homes in circumstances where commencement of construction has already been under way outside of the period between 25 April 2023 and 24 April 2024 and not yet completed, and where the same increase in housing materials and labour costs are still incurred and being exacerbated by the ongoing cost-of-living crisis for self-build developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28210/23]
Social 7 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals receiving the supplementary welfare allowance in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [27394/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out in supplementary welfare allowance in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [27395/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications; the number of refusals on first application; the number of appeals; the number of requests for review; the number of successful and unsuccessful appeals and reviews respectively, for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27617/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a reply will issue from her Department to an email received on 31 May from a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28372/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors assigned to examining applications for domiciliary care allowance and the number of medical assessors assigned to examine DCA appeals, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if separate medical assessors are assigned to both the application and appeals process. [28391/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of deciding officers in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and the number of appeals officers assigned to assessing both applications and appeals, respectively for domiciliary care allowance. [28392/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if she can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28641/23]
Health 5 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 24 January 2023, if any price agreement has been reached between the HSE and a drug company (details supplied) for Sunosi in the treatment of narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnoea; if so, if he will provide an update and indicate a timeframe when the drug will be available in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27844/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the HSE sought to acquire any of the private nursing homes for use as HSE public community nursing homes prior to them being granted permission to transfer change of use for alternative accommodation other than for residential care of the elderly; if so, how many; if the HSE plans to acquire other private nursing homes which cease operating in the future for the purpose of elderly residential and nursing home care given the shortage of beds in the sector and the increasing ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28235/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; how many nursing homes have opened and closed in each of the past five years; how many nursing homes places are needed in the State now and for each of the next seven years; the average cost of a nursing home bed in the public and private sector; how many former nursing homes have become accommodation for asylum seekers; and the projected number for the next three years. [28259/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 9 May 2023, if he will increase the level of guaranteed ring-fenced annual funding for a meals-on-wheels service to an amount requested (details supplied) to ensure the long-term survival of a vital community service meeting the nutritional needs of a local elderly population in County Meath as outlined to the HSE in previous correspondence [28494/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28643/23]
Transport 4 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who waited either more than 3, 6 and 9 months for an NCT test in each test centre in the State, in tabular form. [27562/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will detail the ten longest lengths of time anybody has been waiting for an NCT test, of those currently waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27563/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28636/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to reply to email communication (details supplied) regarding the proposed bus gate on Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6 under the plans for the Rathfarnham to City Centre Core Bus Corridor. [28770/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current cattle, sheep and pig population in each county in the State, in tabular form. [27711/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine by how much the Government intends to reduce the national herd; within what timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27712/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28642/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has undertaken a study to determine the number of individuals in energy poverty or who are in arrears as a result of high energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27392/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28634/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected in the NORA levy, excise duty, carbon tax, and VAT on fuel in the past five years, in tabular form. [27391/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28637/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if she can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28639/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if "You've Got This", book 1 is a Junior Cycle SPHE text book for children in schools; if students will be taught that gender identity is separate from sex and that this is the only correct answer allowed according to this book; if she agrees that children in 1st year should be taught this, as the book states that sex is "assigned at birth", but that they can decide their own gender; if she agrees that students should be taught as the book states that students are told to undertake 'matching activities' where people not feeling gender confusion are described as 'cisgender'; if she can reference the scientific basis for this education; and if she will detail whether she has undertaken any impact assessments of these changes in the curriculum. [28766/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can guarantee to a person (details supplied) that four home care hours will become four 'actual' hours rather than 'pending' hours prior to the end of this month. [28493/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address three specific matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) [28496/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28633/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28635/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27816/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28638/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if she can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28640/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28644/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if she can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines for civil and public service workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28645/23]