Sligo-Leitrim — week of Mon, 23 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Sligo-Leitrim TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Oct – 29 Oct 2023 · 4 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 9 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 2 Frankie Feighan · Marc MacSharry

Voted against 2 Marian Harkin · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 1 Eamon Scanlon

Health Service Funding

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–58

Voted for 2 Frankie Feighan · Marc MacSharry

Voted against 2 Marian Harkin · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 1 Eamon Scanlon

The motion · motion passed 75–59

Voted for 2 Frankie Feighan · Marc MacSharry

Voted against 2 Marian Harkin · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 1 Eamon Scanlon

Neutrality

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–56

Voted for 2 Frankie Feighan · Marc MacSharry

Voted against 2 Marian Harkin · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 1 Eamon Scanlon

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted for 2 Frankie Feighan · Marc MacSharry

Voted against 2 Marian Harkin · Martin Kenny

Did not vote 1 Eamon Scanlon

Eamon Scanlon — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Frankie Feighan — Fine Gael 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Marian Harkin — Independent 5 votes · 7 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 7 total

Social 3 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider an increase in the top-up payments to the CE, TUS and RSS schemes in line with the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46365/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for widow’s pension will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46170/23]
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the dates of payment of social welfare payments for Christmas week and the week up to the end of December 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46907/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to remove funding for new treatments and medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in home help provision (details supplied); what measures are being put in place to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47119/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for increasing supports to social farming, given the huge and proven benefit to those participating in social farming programmes. [46851/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the application for PGI status for boxty. [46642/23]

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

Martin Kenny — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Transport 1 question
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of spending on public transport per capita for each county between 2017 and 2023, in tabular form. [46852/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-10-25 Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the spend on ambulance services across Sligo and Leitrim between 2017 and 2023, in tabular form. [46855/23]