Cork North-West — week of Mon, 4 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Cork North-West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Mar – 10 Mar 2024 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Planning and Development Bill 2023

2024-03-06 · 6 votes · Govt (Housing)

A bill to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development

full description

A bill to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development; to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interests of the common good; to provide for the licensing of events and control of funfairs; for those purposes to repeal and replace the Planning and Development Act 2000; to amend certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–6

Voted against 1 Aindrias Moynihan

Did not vote 2 John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–6

Voted against 1 Aindrias Moynihan

Did not vote 2 John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–5

Voted against 1 Michael Moynihan

Did not vote 2 Aindrias Moynihan · John Paul O'Shea

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–5

Voted against 1 Michael Moynihan

Did not vote 2 Aindrias Moynihan · John Paul O'Shea

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–5

Voted against 1 Michael Moynihan

Did not vote 2 Aindrias Moynihan · John Paul O'Shea

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 2–6

Voted against 1 Aindrias Moynihan

Did not vote 2 John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

2024-03-06 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

Voted against 3 Aindrias Moynihan · Michael Creed · Michael Moynihan

Did not vote 1 John Paul O'Shea

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–77

Voted against 2 Aindrias Moynihan · Michael Creed

Did not vote 2 John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 45–65

Voted against 2 Aindrias Moynihan · Michael Creed

Did not vote 2 John Paul O'Shea · Michael Moynihan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–51

Voted for 3 Aindrias Moynihan · Michael Creed · Michael Moynihan

Did not vote 1 John Paul O'Shea

Aindrias Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Rural 4 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the up to date position for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10362/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of the negative impact of the new qualifying criteria on rural roads under the local involvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10363/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what plans are in place to ensure that the LEADER Programme is expanded to include targeted sectors in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10360/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the approvals to date by the local action groups of funding for projects under the LEADER Programme by Cork County action groups; the amount of expenditure to date on projects by Cork County local action groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10361/24]
Environment 3 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Communication to provide the electric credit announced in Budget 2024 to an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10772/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the recent negative impact surrounding reverse vending machines at retail locations not accepting some plastic bottles under the deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11111/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to contact all local authorities to ensure their involvement in installing reverse vending machines at civic amenity sites or equivalent sites nationally in the next planned phase of the deposit return scheme development and roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/24]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagement with the current ongoing talks to ensure a ceasefire, and that unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for the people of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagement to date with his UK counterparts on the recent court decision in Northern Ireland on the Northern Ireland legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11108/24]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of the estimated 10,700 short-term rentals expected to leave the tourism market upon the introduction of the short-term tourist letting register in each of the Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11321/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a county-by-county breakdown of where the estimated 10,700 short-term rentals expected to leave the tourism market upon the introduction of the short-term tourist letting register are located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11322/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the current plans to upgrade the 233 bus route to provide an improved public transport service to the villages of Killumney, Aherla, Cloughduv, Kilmurry and Crookstown (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10345/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a risk assessment has been carried out on the impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to communities providing broadband connection points that are now being exposed to commercial rates evaluations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11289/24]

John Paul O'Shea — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the basic income support for sustainability scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the complementary redistributive income support for sustainability, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10392/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the Eco-scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10393/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the agri-climate rural environment scheme, by county; the total number of farmers paid in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of payments in euro paid out for 2023 under the forestry grants and schemes, by county; the total number of payees in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when the new extension will open at St Joseph's Hospital, Millstreet, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for medical card holders to access deep brain stimulation treatment from the initial first appointment to the procedure date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10573/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice when she expects that the provisions of the Garda Síochána Recording Devices Act 2023 will be fully implemented. [10877/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice when An Garda Síochána will become responsible for the granting of authorisation to install and operate CCTV. [10878/24]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the consequences for all of Europe if Russia is allowed to prevail in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how Ireland is working with the EU partners to stop battlefield goods and technology reaching Russia and to combat the circumvention of sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10847/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to each county under the 2023 CLÁR programme, including any allocations whose announcement has taken place in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10373/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department is investigating the use of new technology which has been developed for energy storage capacity on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 on 27 February 2024, and the reply given, if he could provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the 333, 309 taxpayer units that had made rent tax credit claims as of 22 February 2024. [11456/24]