Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 13 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Nov – 19 Nov 2023 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 34 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

2023-11-15 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–81

Voted for 1 Claire Kerrane

Voted against 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–81

Voted for 1 Claire Kerrane

Voted against 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

The motion · motion passed 117–10

Voted for 2 Claire Kerrane · Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

2023-11-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 80–60

Voted for 1 Denis Naughten

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Imposing Sanctions on Israel

2023-11-15 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 85–55

Voted for 1 Denis Naughten

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-11-14 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 78–38

Voted against 2 Claire Kerrane · Michael Fitzmaurice

Did not vote 1 Martin Daly

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 23 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Agriculture 16 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his response to reports of biodiversity levels in the Burren dropping sharply in the past ten months; if he is aware of this shift in results occurring since the transition of the Burren Programme to ACRES; if he will outline what engagement he has carried out with farmers and stakeholders in the Burren area in response to this update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49325/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the young farmer scheme, if there is any flexibility for farmers who are aged under 40 years and have a green certificate, but who have been on the herd number for more than five years, given that many young farmers may face time and financial restraints in completing their green certificate within this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49326/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the young farmers scheme with regard to the terms and conditions set out for the scheme which states that the scheme is implemented pursuant to relevant EU Regulation and will be operated by his Department if eligibility criteria requiring young farmers to have been a herd owner for less than five years is a requirement under the relevant regulations or can be adjusted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49327/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what measures are in place to encourage bodies (details supplied) to sell unplantable land to young farmers and new entrants to agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49363/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise what all-island mechanisms are in place to tackle and identify theft of farm animals; if he will advise on the engagement he has had with the Minister for Justice and with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49776/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration has been given to establishing an all-island system of identifying cases of TB and BVD; if he will advise what efforts have been made in this area in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49777/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement is being carried out with stakeholders in the commercial timber sector in response to concerns about planting restrictions under the new Forestry Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49893/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact assessment was carried out by his Department with regard to the 30 cm peat depth requirement under the new forestry programme; if he is aware that this requirement has effectively disqualified significant amounts of land for afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49894/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide figures on the number of forestry applications with ecology from September 2022 to date; if this information can be provided in tabular form, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49895/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on the average ecology processing times for forestry applications from September 2022 to date; if this information can be provided in tabular form, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49896/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 30 cm peat depth rule for afforestation under the new forestry programme is a requirement under EU state aid rules; if there is flexibility in how his Department can interpret this rule for the Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49897/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a review (details supplied) on his Department’s processes on forestry will be published, considering he advised in June 2023 that the final report was due to be delivered imminently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49898/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an overview of how his Department intends to promote the commercial forestry industry as part of the new Forestry Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49899/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who lost grazing will be supported by the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49966/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers along the River Suck and in the Little Brosna River will be included under the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49967/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the maximum limit of 15 hectares in the Shannon Callows Flood Scheme; if he will consider increasing this limit to 25 hectares to support a greater number of farmers affected by flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49968/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update regarding the establishment of a transfer/relocation scheme for teachers; what progress has been made on this issue; what is her intended plan to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49268/23]
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will advise on the refusal of school transport for a child with special educational needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50095/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide in tabular form, the number of premises connected to broadband under the National Broadband Ireland (NBI) roll-out in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of customers who signed up to NBI in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49970/23]
Finance 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance what measures are in place to provide farmers with fair facilities to resolve debt issues and ensure they can remain on their land; what he will do to protect farmers from repossessions undertaken by vulture and investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49357/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how many times the Shannon Flood Management Group met in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a special pardon for family carers who engaged in work (details supplied) during Covid-19, given the circumstances at the time and the small number of recipients who would be in this category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49386/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-11-15 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on CAMHS services in the State; if he will outline his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) following its submission which includes case studies outlining issues around availability of services for children with intellectual disabilities, extensive waiting times, and lack of early supports for children with ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50097/23]

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 1 vote · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Agriculture 4 questions
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that at a recent forest service training day in Killaloe, County Clare, the forest service representative stated that the new protocol or procedure for assessing and measuring peat-oregano mineral soil was trialled on 25 sites across Ireland prior to it being implemented as department policy and procedure, if he will detail, in tabular form, the counties in which the 25 sites are located; the dates on which the trial took place, per county; and the results of the trial, per site, detailing the areas plantable with FT 11 and 12, the areas plantable that did not require additional drainage, the areas unplantable due to the requirement for additional drainage, the areas plantable with all other forest types, per site, that did not need additional drainage, the time spent doing the trial on each site and all other details derived from the trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49359/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will organise for the industry to visit the 25 sites, or a portion of same, trialled by the forest service of his Department in the assessment of the new protocol-procedure for assessing and measuring peat-oregano mineral soil for training purposes, as the full results of the 25 sites are known to his Department and will make very good productive training and verification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49360/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, following the issuance of an afforestation technical approval for afforestation and a corresponding financial approval, and subsequent to ground cultivation taking place on a peat-oregano mineral soil site, that species selection needs to change from one forest type to another due to peat-oregano mineral soil depth, if this is a material change to an afforestation technical approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49361/23]
- 2023-11-14 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm as per a recent forest service training event in Killaloe, County Clare, on the new forestry programme, a department official stated that if peat depth is greater than 30 cm after cultivation is completed on a site that has received a valid technical and financial approval, that foresters should convert to another forest type such as FT1, and in such instances deer fencing allocation be available for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49362/23]