Donegal — week of Mon, 18 Mar

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Mar – 24 Mar 2024 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 52 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-20 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 70–61

Voted for 1 Charlie McConalogue

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

Charles Ward — 100% RDR 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Charlie McConalogue — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pat the Cope Gallagher — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 23 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Finance 10 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the mortgage interest tax credit which have been rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability. [12154/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the mortgage interest tax credit which have been rejected on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared to 2022. [12155/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of applications to the mortgage interest tax credit which have been unable to receive the full 20% relief under the credit on the grounds that an applicant does not have a sufficient income tax liability despite their mortgage interest costs being higher in 2023 compared to 2022. [12156/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of successful claims to date under the mortgage interest tax credit relief. [12157/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the value of money disbursed to date under the mortgage interest tax credit. [12158/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of Ireland's bid to host the EU Anti-Money Laundering Agency; the breakdown of this cost including advertising and so on. [12495/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the 471 high-quality apartments at a location (details supplied) which are identified as being available on the basis of first refusal to Ireland's bid for the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, will still be available to the State on that basis. [12496/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the goods and services subject to the second reduced rate of VAT; the revenue generated through VAT for each good and service subject to the second reduced rate of VAT in 2021 and 2022; and the projected revenue generated through VAT for each good and service subject to the second reduced rate of VAT in 2023 and 2024. [12686/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has received from his Departmental officials or the Revenue Commissioners an estimate, range of estimates or data enabling an estimate of the Exchequer impact of Pillar 1 and Pillar 2, respectively and separately; if so, when such estimates were provided; the details of those estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13093/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2024 of not proceeding with scheduled increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel on 1 April 2024, 1 August 2024 and 9 October 2024. [13556/24]
Health 6 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a CORU application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11539/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will commence chemotherapy treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11641/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health in light of a care facility (details supplied) declaring that diabetes care for type 1 diabetes in Letterkenny University Hospital is in crisis, if he plans to address the situation; if he will meet with stakeholders to address the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12252/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of delays in processing blood tests at LUH; the impact this will have on services; if steps are being taken to address the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12450/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 30 January 2024 (details supplied), when a full HSE response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13072/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 28 November 2023, when a full HSE response will issue to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/24]
Education 5 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if a child (details supplied) can get accepted into a school in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11866/24]
- 2024-03-20 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nach dtugtar aitheantas do leanúnachas oidis trí Ghaeilge maidir le hiarratais ó dhaltaí a bhfuil an Ghaelscolaíocht críochnaithe acu agus atá ag lorg córas iompair scoile chuig an nGaelcholáiste is gaire, seachas chuig an meánscoil is gaire, dá dtithe. [12012/24]
- 2024-03-20 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais cad é an fáth nach bhfuil córas iompar scoile ar fáil do dhaltaí atá ag iarraidh freastail ar an Gaelcholáiste is giorradh dófa seachas an meánscoil is giorra, ach go h-áirithe i gcás ceantracha Gaeltachta, súid atá tar éis oideachas tré Ghaeilge a bheith aca san mbunscoil. [12013/24]
- 2024-03-20 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais ccén fáth nach dtugtar aitheantas leanúnach d’oideachas trí Ghaeilge nuair a dhéanann iardhaltaí Gaelscoile iarratais agus iad ag lorg córas iompair scoile chuig an nGaelcholáiste is gaire dá dteach seachas chuig an meánscoil is gaire dá dteach. [12022/24]
- 2024-03-20 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nach bhfuil córas iompair scoile ar fáil do dhaltaí atá ag iarraidh freastail ar an nGaelcholáiste is gaire dóibh, seachas ar an meánscoil is gaire, go háirithe i gcás limistéir Ghaeltachta, agus ina gcás siúd a fuair oideachas trí Ghaeilge sa bhunscoil. [12023/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to comments made by him on Budget Day (details supplied), what support are available to households that do not qualify for the mortgage interest tax credit on the grounds of insufficient income or income tax liability; if a scheme has been developed in concert with the Department of Employment and Social Protection in line with the aforementioned comments and; if not, the status of this commitment. [12691/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application has been made to move Ukrainian refugees into accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13115/24]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 2 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to wait almost two months for further cancer treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital for an aggressive, terminal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12930/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a dedicated outpatient neurology service is provided by a consultant neurologist at Letterkenny University Hospital to avoid the need for neurology patients in Donegal to have to travel long distances for care. [13481/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and his consular officials will engage with their counterparts in India to ensure that the family of a person (details supplied) will be granted their ongoing request to remotely view the trial of the person accused of their murder in India, on compassionate grounds, considering the inordinate delays in this trial, now approaching seven years. [12020/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to introducing similar tax exemptions for petrol purchased by fishermen as is available when they purchase marine diesel. [12091/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason engineers from the housing agency are overruling the professional recommendations of engineers acting on behalf of defective concrete block homeowners in Donegal, for applications to the enhanced defective block grant scheme, at a time when the NSAI is still reviewing IS 465, amidst growing internationally peer reviewed scientific evidence, that IS 465 is not fit for purpose. [11958/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice her views on the resources available to the State and to the relevant authorities to pursue a person who is avoiding the order of a court to comply with a child maintenance order for over nine years; if agencies and Government departments can cooperate and share information on the person in question, in order that they can be brought to justice, as would be the case in other circumstances. [12027/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the landings of fish, by species at each pier and harbour across the State in each of the years, 2007 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [12083/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the CDNT team in Donegal east has no office of its own, a 65% staff vacancy rate and key leadership positions unfilled; and if she will urgently examine all options to resolve this crisis as soon as possible, including pooling resources with other CDNT teams in the county, until the vacancy rates improve. [11926/24]