Meath West — week of Mon, 4 Mar

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Mar – 10 Mar 2024 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages

2024-03-06 · 3 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–74

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–77

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 45–65

Voted for 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Voted against 1 Damien English

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-05 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 1 Johnny Guirke

Did not vote 2 Aisling Dempsey · Peadar Tóibín

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 4 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 15 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10467/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10468/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10469/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10470/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10471/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10472/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic; the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10480/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10481/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10482/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10483/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10484/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people triaged as non-urgent who attended a symptomatic breast disease clinic the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within 12 weeks of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10485/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the reason student nurses subsistence payments of €500 per year promised for 2023 onwards, have still not been received leaving a current shortfall of €1,000 per student and leading to additional financial pressure for these students; if there is a current schedule to provide these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10617/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for homecare packages in County Meath, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2023, in tabular form. [11239/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for homecare packages in County Westmeath, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2023, in tabular form. [11240/24]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 3 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Tourism 4 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salary amount that was paid to the secretary general of her Department in each of the past ten years. [10177/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual salary of the highest paid employee of her Department. [10178/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date upon which her Department’s former secretary general left their role. [10179/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the pension/lump sum entitlements of former Secretaries General of her Department. [10180/24]
Housing 4 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the local authority home loan scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants to date, by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 28 March 2023, if his Department is collecting data on the number of applications, both successful and unsuccessful within the age category of 45 to 70 years for the local authority home loan scheme from commencement of the scheme to date; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for the scheme to each local authority for each year to date, by age of applicants between age 45 and 55 years and between the ages of 55 and 70, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10196/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of successful and unsuccessful non-EU/non-EEA applications for the local authority home loan scheme for each year to date, in tabular form. [10197/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 20 February 2024, if a Stamp 4 is required for non-EU/Non-EEA applicants within the credit policy for the residency eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan scheme; if so, the reason there was no reference to this in the reply; the reason this information is not publicly listed in the eligibility criteria on the website local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/24]
Children 4 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the mother and baby homes institutions payment scheme has not yet opened to survivors, despite the legislation pertaining to same having been passed by Dáil Éireann twelve months ago; if his Department has undertaken any research to determine how many survivors of mother and baby homes die each year, or how many have died since the passage of this legislation, but before the opening of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10185/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons who were placed in hotels and bed and breakfasts due to the lack of alternate care placements available to them in each of the past five years; the gender and ages of same; the average length of time that the children and young persons had to reside in hotel and bed and breakfast type accommodation; the alternate care provision that was eventually provided for the children and young persons concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the age of the youngest child admitted to special emergency arrangement accommodation in each of the past three years, and to date in 2024, and the age of the youngest child currently residing in special emergency arrangement accommodation. [10473/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the date, the location and the participants of meetings he has held with the providers of State care to children in the past four years. [11352/24]
Health 3 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to detail the cohorts of asylum seekers that are entitled to a medical card; if an entitlement to a medical card guarantees a person a place on a GP list; and if he is concerned that given that many citizens cannot get on to a GP list, this policy could be damaging to social cohesion. [10160/24]
- 2024-03-06 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many doctors are being investigated by the Irish Medical Council or any other body under the responsibility of his Department; and his plans to investigate the 82% of Irish healthcare workers who have declined a Covid vaccine or a Covid booster since last September. [11004/24]
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he has investigated the potential misuse of ambulances for personal use within the NBS; and the number of ambulance vehicles parked outside offices during the day or being used to drive to and from work by staff. [11218/24]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [8796/24]
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [8795/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-03-05 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport what actions the Road Safety Authority plans to take to reduce the long waiting times in queues on the MyRoadSafety portal where a driving test applicant wants to book any of the cancelled short notice slots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10220/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education for any update regarding the Educate Together school that is planned for the site of the old fire station in Georges Place, Dún Laoghaire; and if there is a timeline for the proposed building. [11398/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-03-07 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if former members of the Catholic clergy are entitled to a contributory pension if their bishops did not sign them up on the scheme. [11232/24]