Meath West — week of Mon, 29 Jan — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 29 Jan – 4 Feb 2024 · 3 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

2024-01-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 108–15

Voted for 3 Damien English · Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages

2024-01-31 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 48–74

Voted for 1 Johnny Guirke

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023

2024-01-31 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

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A bill to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; to provide for expanded pathways to parentage for parents of donor conceived children.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–54

Voted for 2 Damien English · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022

2024-01-31 · 1 vote · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to enable a person who is at least 18 years of age to have possession, for the person’s personal use, of either or both cannabis and…

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A bill to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 to enable a person who is at least 18 years of age to have possession, for the person’s personal use, of either or both cannabis and cannabis resin that in each case does not exceed a specified amount and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–56

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza

2024-01-31 · 3 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 70–63

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–72

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 71–62

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 7 votes · 3 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Finance 1 question
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Finance if he can outline in detail the external review process of Insurance Ireland's Code of Practice due to take place in January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4723/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education what specific supports or allowances are in place for those with cancer-related cognitive changes, also referred to as brain fog or chemo brain, while sitting State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4725/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to outline the plan to continue with the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme beyond December 2023; the next steps for the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4700/24]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 6 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Children 6 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many reports or notices IPAS has received for each of the past five years from management at contracted asylum seeker accommodation centres requesting help for residents in terms of mental health issues, violent behaviour or addiction; and what steps or actions have IPAS undertaken to help residents in those circumstances. [4232/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of local authority integration teams, LAITS, in place; what local authorities have full LAITs in place; the amount of money given to each local authority in 2023 for LAITs; and the amount of money given in 2024 for LAITs. [3770/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been furnished with the protected disclosure to Tusla, referenced in a media article (details supplied); and if he will instruct Tusla to release the protected disclosure, with appropriate redactions, to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3846/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has St. Johns House, Tallaght undergone a change of use from a passport processing office to accommodation for asylum seekers; and if his Department discussed this change with any of the workers. [3944/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail all of the buildings that were bought by his Department to house people from Ukraine, International Protection applicants and people within the Direct Provision sector; if he will detail how many of these buildings are in use for those purposes and how many are in other uses and how many are idle. [3945/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail how many rapid build accommodation units have been built to house people from Ukraine to date. [3946/24]
Defence 4 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the restrictions he intends placing on Defence Forces representative associations; the reason he believes that a Defence Forces representative association or a representative of such association should be prohibited in law from making a public statement or comment concerning a political matter [or question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy] of the Government or a Minister of the Government or on the merits of the objectives of such policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason he has moved to legislate with the General Scheme (Defence) Amendment Bill 2023 for the prohibition of membership of a representative association for two named appointments (Director of Military Prosecutions and Military Judge) in complete contravention of the finding of a Government appointed adjudicator within the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme, whose ruling was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in June 2023 and has not been overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4044/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at end December 2023; how many of these personnel are in full-time induction training, recruits, two star training, cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non deployable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/24]
- 2024-01-31 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what steps his Department is taking to increase recruitment and retention within the Defence Forces. [4514/24]
Transport 4 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport how many times persons have donated to the Red Cross through the prompt on the Irish Rail website in each of the past 30 months; and the value of total donations per month, in tabular form. [3772/24]
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has conducted any analysis of the impact of fare reductions on the number of people using public transport, in particular rail travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4301/24]
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has given any further consideration to the idea of a rail line from Navan to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/24]
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the enormous number of bus cancellations on the NX and 109 bus services through Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4167/24]
Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3975/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3974/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the investigation into a matter (details supplied). [2774/24]
Health 3 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the items and the quantity of items and their value that were bought for in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to deal with the Covid crisis that are being stored by his Department all of the country; and if he will detail where these items are being stored. [3941/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) is being used to store items bought to deal with the Covid crisis; if it is his intention to continue use of the centre for the purpose of storage; and when he will finally allow the centre to be used for a community purpose. [3942/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the budget for medical compensation for each year since 2010. [3943/24]
Rural 2 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what steps her Department is taking to tackle dereliction and vacancy in rural towns and villages. [3978/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund, announced in May 2023, that has been spent to date; the projects on which it was spent; the counties in which the money was spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3979/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to detail if the gardaí have carried out any investigation into the number of people who have received deportation orders but have not self-deported; and if the gardaí have carried out this research, will she provide me with a copy of the report or detail the findings of this research. [3947/24]
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many times Gardaí have made an official request to management of IPAS accommodation centres seeking to find out information about people who had received a deportation order (details supplied). [4233/24]
Finance 2 questions
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount and nature of all tax paid by domestic property funds and all foreign-owned property funds in Ireland and Irish real estate funds, real estate investment trusts, REITs, undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, UCITS, and exchange-traded funds, ETFs, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4168/24]
- 2024-02-01 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total amount taken in by the Government on tax on electricity and tax on fuel, including petrol, diesel, home heating oil and so on, in each of the past ten years. [4169/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-01-30 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county in each of the past ten years; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type currently under investigation of those residing in the State, and those residing outside the State, by country; the cost to the State of all fraudulent claims and legal investigation costs for the same time period, per year of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3771/24]