Meath West — week of Mon, 23 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Oct – 29 Oct 2023 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 31 questions · 1 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 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Health Service Funding

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–58

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 75–59

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Neutrality

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–56

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

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 5 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Justice 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice the number and location of Garda stations closed over the period 2013 to 2023 to date, annually, in tabular form. [46337/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice the number and location of new Garda stations opened over the period 2013 to 2023 to date, annually, in tabular form. [46338/23]
Transport 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if plans are in place to extend the local hackney pilot scheme to further rural areas, in particular to areas of Westmeath, such as Clonmellon, Delvin, Raharney, which have no such service at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46349/23]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 5 votes · 28 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 28 total

Justice 7 questions
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the locations of entry of people who have applied for international protection in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [46784/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the locations where people have made their application for asylum in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [46785/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the location of residence of each applicant for asylum in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [46786/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of those coming to Ireland to seek asylum who are coming through the North of Ireland. [46787/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many people already in Ireland under a student visa, holiday visa and so on have applied for asylum in each of the past five years and to date in 2023. [46788/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many people who have come through or are in the asylum application process and are resident in Ireland have criminal records; and how many people who have come through or are in the asylum application process and who were resident in Ireland have been sent home in each of the past five years and to date in 2023 as a result of having a criminal record either gained abroad or in Ireland. [46800/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many asylum applicants have failed the asylum application process in each of the past five years and to date in 2023; and how many of this cohort have left Ireland and-or have been removed from Ireland in the corresponding timeframe. [46801/23]
Social 4 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46376/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the disability allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46375/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a case on behalf of a person (details supplied), given the length of time the original application is on the system. [46861/23]
Taoiseach 4 questions
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the State apologies issued by Taoisigh in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023. [42621/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [44812/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Political Community meeting in Granada, Spain. [46373/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023 [44815/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 17 October 2023, what actions she has undertaken to investigate spare seat capacity on the school bus in question from Ballivor to Longwood, County Meath, when it has been confirmed to parents at a local level that there are five spare seats on the bus; her reasons for stating there are no spare seats; who informed her; if she will apply practical common sense in allocating those spare seats to the students referenced without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46774/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide an analysis to date of the number of school transport tickets allocated that are not being utilised and the consequent number of spare seats for the school year 2023-24, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46798/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 17 October 2023, what actions she has undertaken to investigate spare seat capacity on the school bus in question from Ballivor to Trim, County Meath, when it has been confirmed to the parents at a local level that there are spare seats on the bus not used; her reasons for stating there are no spare seats; who informed her; if she will apply practical common sense in allocating a spare seat to the student referenced without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46916/23]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage increase in the cost of farm fertiliser in each of the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46377/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department collates statistics on the number of persons who obtain a green cert qualification; and, if so, if he will provide a year-by-year breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46378/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]
Children 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a bus service for a facility (details supplied) will be reinstated; and the number of persons who used this service, per week when it was available. [46226/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is planning to locate asylum seekers in Coole, County Westmeath, and in Castlepollard, County Westmeath; if so, how many; their country of origin; their gender and age bracket; if he or his Department have engaged in any consultation whatsoever with the communities; and what funding will be provided for community resources in each case. [46791/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many patients in receipt of high-tech medications are eligible for bio-similar medicines but have not opted to be switched to them; the estimated savings that could be achieved if all patients who were eligible were switched to bio-similar medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46564/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many healthcare professionals are employed within each HSE region, including psychiatrists, psychologists and multidisciplinary support service professionals with expertise in forensic learning disabilities; how many of the recommendations were acted on following a report in 2005 by the Forensic Learning Disability Psychiatry Working Group, ‘People with a Learning Disability Who Offend: Forgiven but Forgotten’, including the establishment of national forensic learning disability service; how many persons with a diagnosed learning disability have been referred to forensic learning disability services outside the State for each year since 2005 and the cost of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46811/23]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the start and completion timeframes for each localised flood relief scheme including Midleton, County Cork; and the reasons for the delays in completion of each scheme. [46876/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been under way; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund that has been spent; and to detail what the money has been spent on. [46792/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Nursing Homes Ireland Health
- NHI wrote to Ministers attached the PwC Report, requesting an urgent opportunity to meet and brief the Minister on the findings of the PwC Report