Donegal — week of Mon, 23 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Oct – 29 Oct 2023 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 25 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023

2023-10-25 · 1 vote · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

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A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance; and to provide for related matters.

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Health Service Funding

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–58

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 75–59

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Neutrality

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–56

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted for 1 Joe McHugh

Voted against 3 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Thomas Pringle

Did not vote 3 Charles Ward · Charlie McConalogue · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 4 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 13 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of spending allocated for mental health in the CHO1 region on a per-capita basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46725/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to domestic violence services in Donegal for each of the years from 2019 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46821/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in Donegal for each of the years from 2019 to 2024 on a per capita basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46822/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the departmental allocation of €708 million for the existing level of service in budget 2024, for example, demographics, PSP deal and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47181/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education who authorised and ordered an audit into increments payable to casual workers employed by educational training boards across the State; when the audit commenced; whether it has completed; what action was proposed as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47137/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when increments were last paid to casual workers employed by educational training boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47138/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education whether increments will be paid in the future to casual workers employed by educational training boards; if so, whether they will be backdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47139/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of properties in Donegal that are currently being used to accommodate refugees and those availing of international protection, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46700/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection availing of international protection in County Donegal currently, broken down by townland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46952/23]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on flood relief and flood defence schemes in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47026/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a breakdown of the departmental allocation of €708 million allocated for the existing level of service in budget 2024, for example, demographics, PSP deal, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47182/23]
Finance 2 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of mortgages eligible for the mortgage interest relief scheme announced in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47175/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of primary dwelling home mortgages with an outstanding balance of less than €80,000 at end-2022; and the estimated number of such mortgages that would otherwise have been eligible for the mortgage interest relief scheme announced in budget 2024, had the €80,000 outstanding balance limit not applied. [47177/23]

New lobbying 2 returns

British Irish Chamber of Commerce Budgetary matters
- Pre-Budget Submission
Family Business Network Ireland Limited Budgetary matters
- Pre-Budget Submission

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot avail of light therapy treatment for a skin condition at Letterkenny University Hospital. [46315/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer patients who had their chemotherapy treatment delayed at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [46930/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to confirm if the second permanent breast surgeon for Letterkenny University Hospital has been ratified and agreed. [46931/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for an operation from Galway University Hospital; if and when a referral was made from Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46997/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a full explanation of a recent incident (details supplied) involving European Union produce transiting through the North of Ireland for processing in the South, which subsequently led to an EU-wide food recall notice being issued; what protocol has been put in place by his Department to prevent such an incident occurring in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46991/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a fuel assistance support scheme for the fishing and aquaculture industries similar to such schemes that other European Union members states have implemented, given the increasing price of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46992/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consultation took place with the local community and with local stakeholders before the renewal of the North Inishowen Coast special area of conservation in recent months. [47164/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection when the medical assessment will be finalised for an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47108/23]