Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 12 Jun

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Jun – 18 Jun 2023 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 47 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Retained Fire Services

2023-06-14 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 71–62

Voted against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

The motion · motion passed 70–62

Voted against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

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 against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Agriculture 18 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to his Department from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve in 2022 and 2023; the areas to which his Department has allocated this funding, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27305/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme; how many applications have been received for the scheme and how many have been approved; the amount of payments that have been made under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how much of the announced €1.3 billion for forestry that is from core expenditure; how much additional funding is in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27307/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture Sector will open for applications in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27580/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received for the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector in 2021 and 2022; the number of applications accepted and the number refused, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cow and calf pairs, per applicant, on which payments were made under the BEEP scheme in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27714/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of BDGP herds not included in BEEP-S in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline, in tabular form, the number of bovine animals slaughtered and processed at Department-approved processing plants from both factory-owned and factory-controlled, that is, farmer-owned, feed units, CFUs, during the period 1 January 2023 to 1 June 2023; to categorise and break down the number of slaughtered cattle in this period under various subheadings, details supplied; the total tonnage of saleable meet yield on a weekly basis between the period 1 January 2023 to 1 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the European Commission has reverted to his Department with any questions or requests for further information in relation to the forestry programme application which was submitted in April; if so, the dates on which such requests or questions occurred; if any such questions or requests have been dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28314/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the projected timeline for the completion of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) attaching to the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28315/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that there are no differences in the procedure or process through which private tree felling licences and Coillte tree felling licences are administered by the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28316/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise when the fodder support scheme will open for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28404/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to expanding the fodder support scheme to applicants who did not participate in the scheme in 2022 or 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28405/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the fodder support scheme in 2022 and 2023; the number that were accepted and rejected in each year; if he will provide this information, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28406/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants to the reconstitution scheme for ash dieback from 2013 to date and the reconstitution and underplanting scheme (ash dieback) from 2020 to date; if he will advise the number of applications and funding allocated per year per scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28407/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding reports of 'severe' penalties should ACRES scoring deadlines not be met; if he will advise what measures are being taken to ease the pressure being placed on farmers and farm advisors to have land scored by the current August deadline given the app for advisors to do so has been delayed during what is already a very busy period for applications to the scheme; if consideration has been given to extending the scoring deadline into September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28456/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of his Department's spending of EU CAP funding in 2022, after meeting all direct farm payments for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28463/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many applications to the investment aid scheme for the development of commercial horticulture there were in 2022; how many were successful and how many were rejected, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/23]
Housing 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on plans for a 'right-sizing' scheme; if this will support older people who own their own homes and are not on the local authority social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28276/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to develop housing for older persons to allow them to downsize their own larger home where said older persons own their own home and are not on the local authority social housing list, to support this cohort to live independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28277/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide update on efforts to reduce and eliminate rhododendron ponticum; if he will introduce incentives to eradicate the plant on moorland that pays house owners in moorland areas to replace rhododendron ponticum hedges with non-invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education when a school project (details supplied), waiting since March, will progress to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28280/23]
- 2023-06-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will advise regarding a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28666/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance the full-year cost of extending consanguinity relief and acceleration of wear and tear allowances for farm safety equipment relief in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27585/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a list of HSE-run residential care homes for persons with mental health difficulties and an acquired brain injury in the State; how many beds are there in the State for such residential places for these vulnerable persons to support them, especially when care at home can no longer be provided as parents get older; what plans are there to increase these places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28278/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he has plans to develop housing for older persons where they can live independently but in a safe community, given that older people want to downsize and offering housing suitable for them; if he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when a further update will be provided regarding the establishment of a new veterinary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27897/23]

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 3 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is honouring the brokered Management Transformation Framework Document delivered in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27464/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the implementation of the outcome of industrial relations mechanisms through the WRC for the purposes of ensuring the smooth transition of water services to Uisce Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27465/23]
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will intervene and instruct the local authorities to commit in writing that all earnings will be paid to workers who remain in their local authority after 2026, as no loss of earnings was agreed at the time by CCMA and the LGMA (local authority representatives); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27467/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in the application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied), who applied in February 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28454/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the WRC is no longer fit for purpose in the Government's eyes; the implication for all employees across all sectors, public and private, especially if they see Government bodies belatedly disrespecting the WRC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27466/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the plans her Department has in place to accommodate students with learning difficulties to have the option of having two or three different levels in the Leaving Certificate examinations, having already had the option and ability to complete the Junior Certificate examinations at three different levels, in order that all students, regardless of abilities, are no longer discriminated against and can attain a Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27570/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied ) who is a retiree of the HSE will receive their arrears of payment under the recent pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27746/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-06-13 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the technological university development fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the technological university transformation fund (TUTF) on 31 August 2023; what level funding is going to be made available under the new TUT fund; if the Technological University (TUS) who merged more recently will be treated equally with the TUS which merged earlier; if he is open to keeping in place funding for existing supports which are in place at this very important juncture in the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27601/23]