Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 19 Jun

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Jun – 25 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Flood Insurance Bill 2021

2023-06-21 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for fairness in the market for property insurance, and to provide for related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 69–53

Voted for 1 Joe Flaherty

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-06-20 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 60–55

Voted for 2 Joe Flaherty · Peter Burke

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Robert Troy

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 1 vote · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Health 2 questions
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update and dateline as to when the new GP only thresholds will be increased (details supplied). [29789/23]
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to provide specialised Parkinson's nurse specialists into the communities to work alongside community nurses. [30322/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-06-21 Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if art is a core subject for secondary schools, or if it is based on numbers. [29907/23]

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 3 questions
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a hip replacement surgery for a person (details supplied) through the national treatment purchase fund. [29422/23]
- 2023-06-21 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [29947/23]
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health to address the long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment in Westmeath. [30442/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the defective apartments and duplexes redress scheme; the stage of the establishment of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29325/23]
- 2023-06-21 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when specific turf cutting compensation scheme payments will be issued (details supplied). [29974/23]
Rural 2 questions
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to bring forward a new broadband connection point programme; and if she will consider Mount Temple hall, County Westmeath for inclusion on a new round of the scheme. [29261/23]
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on community enhancement grants for County Westmeath. [29691/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the key messages of his Department’s recent publication: Future-proofing the Public Finances – the Next Steps. [30039/23]
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the vulnerabilities the public finances face from a revenue perspective. [30040/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure taxi drivers who rent their plate are represented when filling the current vacancy on the advisory committee on small public service vehicles. [30296/23]
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport his views on the fact no new taxi plates are being issued despite figures from his Department that indicate 131 new licences issued per month from September 2022 to March 2023. [30297/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline all steps currently being taken to tackle the abuse of older persons within society; and the specific measures being taken to deal with fraud which is particularly targeted at older persons. [29265/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-06-21 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently expedite a school works application for a school (details supplied). [30054/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-06-21 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend a community employment scheme placement for a person (details supplied). [29911/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-22 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the advanced manufacturing facility committed by IDA Ireland for Marlinstown, Mullingar. [30233/23]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of community pharmacies services. [29175/23]
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the representative bodies he and his Department have engaged with as part of the review of community pharmacies services, the representative bodies that remain to be engaged with, and the timeline for such engagement. [29176/23]
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health his and his Departments engagement to date with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform in relation to an increase in dispensing fees for community pharmacies to €6.50 per medicine. [29177/23]
- 2023-06-20 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing dispensing fees of community pharmacies, to a flat fee model of care being reimbursed at €6.50 per medicine. [29178/23]