Meath West — week of Mon, 27 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 27 Nov – 3 Dec 2023 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 30 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)

2023-11-29 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 49–69

Voted for 1 Johnny Guirke

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

Neutrality

2023-11-29 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 46–74

Voted for 1 Johnny Guirke

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–51

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

The motion · motion passed 73–52

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023

2023-11-29 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 110–17

Voted for 3 Damien English · Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-11-28 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 75–54

Voted for 1 Damien English

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 6 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Health 1 question
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to indicate the HSE grading system genetic counsellors fall under; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52758/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration has been given to establishing a postgraduate university course for genetic counselling in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52759/23]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 3 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Justice 10 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of a domestic violence incident in each county, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [51884/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of flights arriving into each international airport in Ireland that have been attended by immigration officers as passengers disembark; how many passengers travelled without passports and documentation; their country of origin; how many were detained, and how many were denied entry and placed on return flights, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52053/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many passengers arriving into each international airport in Ireland were found to have false passports and documentation at the point of entry, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [52054/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners currently serving a custodial sentence in the State where a declaration was made to the courts and/or the prison services as having an official diagnosis of a disability or health condition under categories (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52442/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons served with the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 in the State where a declaration was made to the courts as having an official diagnosis of a disability or health condition under categories (details supplied), in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52443/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will publicly release a report commissioned by her Department in 2021, A Rapid Evidence Review of Knife Crime; what recommendations were contained in the report; how many were acted upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52915/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice when she expects the Final Report of the High-Level Review Group of the Role of An Garda Síochána in the Public Prosecution System to be approved for publication by the Government; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52916/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to explain the scope and purpose of the research Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System commissioned by her Department in 2022; and when it will be finalised for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52917/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of flights which have been chartered by the State in the past five years to return failed asylum seekers or those denied entry to the country back to the point of origin, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52918/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who took work-related stress leave and those who resigned from the force citing post-traumatic stress disorder as a reason for both; what supports are available from the State to current and former members of An Garda Síochána suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52920/23]
Transport 4 questions
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department intends to implement the recommendations of the All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review Report published this summer; the next steps following the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52081/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progression of the Dublin MetroLink; the costs incurred on the project to date; and the planned completion date. [52080/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport when construction of the Boyne Greenway will commence. [44818/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport 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]
Social 3 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for disability allowance. [52180/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person who applied for disability allowance before Christmas, but will not receive a decision until after Christmas, will be entitled to back payments to the date of application; and whether these back payments will also include the Christmas bonuses, lump sums and fuel allowance entitlements which accompany the disability allowance. [52181/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when a response will be issued by her Department to this Deputy in relation to a query regarding a household benefit claim (details supplied). [52207/23]
Health 3 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of private nursing homes by county owned by domestic and international private investment firms, respectively; the names of each investment group; and the number of years of ownership of each nursing home. [52221/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in completing the development of the primary care centre in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo; the reason the development on the project has ceased, given it was due to be operational in 2021; the person or body responsible for the delay; the steps the HSE is taking to recommence building works; at what stage are negotiations between the HSE, the main contractor and sub-contractor; when building works will recommence on this project; if there is an update on the completion date; and if he will provide a copy of the building contracts. [52392/23]
- 2023-11-29 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there has been any engagement with the HSE with regard to funding Daisy Hill Hospital or access of southern patients to the hospital; if so, if he will detail how much investment the Government will provide; how many patients and what type of southern patients will have access to Daisy Hill Hospital; and if the Government has decided to provide funding, if there is any particular blockage to the delivery of funding. [52599/23]
Education 3 questions
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of concessionary students, by county, who are still without transport this year, who would have previously availed of it in past years, in tabular form. [52065/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department has taken to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52064/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education 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]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of the ambassadors to Ireland that he has met with since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52083/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times he has visited the North of Ireland since he assumed office. [49270/23]
- 2023-11-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list the occasions where he has met with or spoken to the Israeli Ambassador since he took office. [49271/23]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the recent fall in corporation tax revenues has raised challenges in terms of public expenditure for his Department. [52076/23]
- 2023-11-28 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will list the occasions over the past twelve months in which Government Departments have requested additional funds from his Department; the purposes of these requests; which ones were granted; and which were refused. [52077/23]