Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 19 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Feb – 25 Feb 2024 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 29 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Commissions of Investigation (Amendment) Bill 2023

2024-02-21 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend and extend the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 and to provide for related matters

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 56–73

Voted for 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services

2024-02-21 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–60

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

The motion · motion passed 71–61

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

2024-02-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–60

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024

2024-02-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 42–89

Voted for 1 Claire Kerrane

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Agriculture 8 questions
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on afforestation levels under the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8331/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the delays relating to payments under the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8332/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Shannon Callows flood scheme; if he is aware of ongoing issues raised by those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8505/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the women farmers' capital investment scheme under TAMS 3; if there will be review of eligibility criteria for the scheme given low numbers of approved applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8153/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to bring forward a solution for the group known as forgotten farmers in view of the fact that details of the scheme were supposed to be published in quarter 1 of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8152/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what consideration his Department has given to measures to support succession and generational renewal in agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8155/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what recent engagement he has had with regard to the residential zoned land tax and the potential impact of same on land actively being used for agricultural purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8156/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with suckler farmers following announced changes to SCEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8154/24]
Children 3 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when full local community-based neurorehabilitation teams will be in place in CHO2, as committed to be delivered in 2023; when recruitment will begin to put these teams in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of vacancies/vacant posts within children's disability network teams; the nature of the posts; and how long each post has been vacant in counties Roscommon and Galway, in tabular form. [7541/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update following correspondence issued to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters stating that the long stay contribution legislation is currently receiving attention, the outcome of this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7542/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 9 November 2023, the number of active dentists on the dental scheme for medical card holders in both counties or if there are none; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7539/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the total cost spent by the HSE on contractors for maintenance work (details supplied) in 2023. [7712/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the Green Paper on Reform of Disability Payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7802/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Finance to advise under the bilateral agreement between Ireland and the United States, if a U.S. citizen living in Ireland who is paying taxes in the U.S on a social security disability and Union pension is expected to also pay taxes in Ireland, and therefore pay taxes in both countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to providing flexibility on the deadline for hedge management activities, given challenging weather conditions in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-02-21 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on special education teachers, SETs, following changes to the SET hours allocation model; if consideration has been given to the impact these changes may have for children who access SET supports; if she will review the decision, given the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8140/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice how many citizenship ceremonies are planned for 2024; the expected months for citizenship ceremonies in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8624/24]

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 0 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 31 January 2024, when his Department will have the IT system in place to pay those persons who are part of a partnership arrangement (details supplied) who have applied under ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7527/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants who are part of a farm partnership have received payment under ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7528/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail, in tabular form, the peer reviewed research reports his Department relied upon in the definition of organo mineral soil and the maximum depth of 30 cm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail, in tabular form, the peer reviewed research reports which prove that native woodlands sequester more carbon on peat soils that conifers, taking account of the full life cycle of the timber used in construction, etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7668/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if peat lands excluded from the afforestation scheme in the new forestry programme can potentially be used for other farming purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7669/24]