Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 2 Oct

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 2 Oct – 8 Oct 2023 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 59 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Childcare Fees

2023-10-04 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–62

Voted against 2 Claire Kerrane · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

An Garda Síochána

2023-10-04 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–66

Voted against 3 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-10-03 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 72–56

Voted for 1 Denis Naughten

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Agriculture 9 questions
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if further flexibility will be provided regarding the announced extension to the slurry spreading deadline, with consideration of weather conditions and engagement with the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42170/23]
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on his Department's approach to map acres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/23]
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cheesemakers who are registered producers; the number who have ceased operating under their licence number over the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42629/23]
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the progress made regarding derogations for small producers in the context of Statutory Instrument No. 22 of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42630/23]
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that ammonia is exported to Britain in liquid form; if he will provide details on the reason that it is permitted for use in Ireland only in granular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42653/23]
- 2023-10-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, with regard to the Indecon report entitled Review of Certain Aspects of the Irish Horse Racing Industry, he will provide an update on the provision of a seat on Horse Sport Ireland for a northern representative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43016/23]
- 2023-10-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the seat of the Northern Ireland Horse Board on the Horse Sport Ireland breeding and production advisory council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43017/23]
- 2023-10-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department engaged with the Northern Ireland Horse Board regarding provision of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43018/23]
- 2023-10-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how his Department engages with non-governmental bodies and private companies on compiling and distributing information leaflets to farmers, such as the example of a recent leaflet distributed to farmers across the State (details supplied) and the GDPR rules around sharing information from a private company in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what services are available to young adults who require an assessment (details supplied) where the young adult can no longer access child and family psychology services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43345/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to reimburse parents who are forced to have their children seen privately in order to access assessments and therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43346/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, in tabular form, the Members of the Steering Group established to develop a National Centre for Research and Remembrance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43347/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education how many school bus services in Galway county are currently not running due to lack of drivers or lack of buses; how many children are affected as a result of these challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42340/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on plans to introduce new supports, to follow that provided under Caranua, for survivors of institutional abuse; what supports this will include; when they will be available to survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43344/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-10-04 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures his Department is taking to expedite broadband rollout in south Roscommon; if broadband will be rolled out before the estimated date of 2027; the measures in place to improve connectivity and phone signal in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42990/23]

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 2 votes · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Finance 5 questions
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance to provide, in tabular form, a sectoral breakdown of the estimated annual costs to the Exchequer of reverting to the previous temporary 9% VAT rate for tourism-related industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance to provide the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of creating a specific 9% VAT, as opposed to the current 13.5% VAT rate, which would apply only to food sales, be it restaurant, takeaway, hotel food sales and so on, assuming that bed and breakfast deals would simply attract the current rate of 13.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43337/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted a balancing exercise to determine the impact of the reversion of temporary VAT rate of 9% to the current VAT rate of 13.5% for tourism-related activities, in the context of reduced employment, closures, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43338/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has not conducted a balancing exercise to determine the impact of the reversion of temporary VAT rate of 9% to the current VAT rate of 13.5% for tourism-related activities, in the context of reduced employment, closures and so on, if it will do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/23]
- 2023-10-05 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has considered splitting VAT rates on accommodation between rural accommodation providers and urban accommodation providers, given the vast differences in rates and price gouging being engaged in by some urban accommodation providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43340/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/23]
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 740, 744, 748, 754, 760, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, and his reply, in stating that he wants to ensure that the farmer deferential benefits farmers directly and exclusively, if other landowners recognised and registered as carrying out a farming activity in other sections of his Department are not actually recognised as farmers by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/23]
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 740, 744, 748, 754, 760, 772, 773, 776 and 778 of 20 September 2023, to provide necessary documentation to show that considerations were made regarding the implications of the farmer definition as it appears in the scheme document, considering the clarifications sought by stakeholders; to confirm that his Department has not changed any of the rules on farmer definition since the launch of the scheme document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42158/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-10-03 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 26 September 2023, if he can confirm whether he or persons (details supplied) consulted with the Commission for Public Service Appointments prior to issuing said order; if so, if there is any documentation evidencing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42684/23]