Meath West — week of Mon, 18 Mar

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Mar – 24 Mar 2024 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 29 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 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 1 vote · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Education 2 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education if she can indicate a definite schedule for when a permanent build project (details supplied) will start construction; when it is scheduled for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11566/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education to indicate if the construction of a school (details supplied) will be completed and the school operational for the 2025 / 2026 school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a progress update on the plan to provide supports to the Forgotten Farmers; if he can provide a definite schedule for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12298/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health when funding will be released to fund the agreed pay increase to Section 39 workers funded by the HSE (details supplied) including the backdated element of the pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/24]

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 1 vote · 25 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 25 total

Children 14 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many parliamentary questions forwarded by him to Tusla are awaiting response, due to industrial action or other circumstances; and how many of those questions were submitted by this Deputy. [11690/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the occasions and dates upon which he has met with representatives of the voluntary sector providing care and accommodation to children in State care. [11691/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to instances where children seeking asylum in Ireland have ended up sleeping in tents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11692/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of properties his Department has purchased for the purposes of accommodating refugees or asylum seekers since he took office; how many of those properties are currently occupied; and how many are vacant. [11693/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who have died while either in State care or known to child protection services in each of the past 11 years; and if a breakdown can be provided on cause of death or suspected cause of death. [11694/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons residing in the direct provision system currently who have been granted asylum in the State but are economically unable to leave the direct provision system. [11695/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on Tusla’s Residential Childcare Strategy, launched in January 2022; the targets for the introduction of 31 voluntary beds in the first two years of the strategy (2022 and 2023) and an additional 79 places by the statutory and voluntary providers during the lifetime of the strategy; and if he will detail the number of beds/places introduced in the voluntary and statutory providers since the strategy was launched. [11696/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there will be an independent investigation into the leaking of the Attorney General’s referendum advice to the media the day before the referendum. [12883/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2024, when a reply will issue to this Deputy; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [13391/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children are currently in special emergency arrangement accommodation; if a breakdown can be provided on how many are children in the care of the State; how many are children in Ireland seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13413/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of those children currently in special emergency arrangement accommodation, sourced by Tusla, the cost from January 2023 to date, split between children in the care of the State and children in Ireland seeking international protection. [13414/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which suppliers of emergency accommodation for young people in State care he has met with since September 2023; and the dates on which those meetings took place. [13415/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which suppliers of regulated residential services for children/young people in State care/aftercare he has met since September 2023; and the dates on which those meetings took place. [13416/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a copy of the Tusla report which found that a company providing special emergency accommodation to children in State care had fabricated pre-employment checks and Garda vetting of staff, which has been heavily referenced in the media in recent times. [13417/24]
Housing 4 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a local authority has the authority to make a decision to approve a local authority home loan application even after rejection by the Housing Agency for not meeting non-EU/EEA applicant residency criteria of the credit policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12382/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or the Housing Agency ever reviewed any actuarial and statistical data in regard to the residence criteria for difference in treatment for non-EU/EEA applicants; if so, if he can provide a copy of the data along with the source of the data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12383/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the composition of housing units (details supplied) that is, one bed, two bed and so on; the overall monthly cost to the State; and the average rental cost per unit. [12438/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many of the allocations from the social housing list in Ireland are currently leased units; the average rent per unit, per month, per composition; and the amount this costs the State on a monthly basis. [12439/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals made to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, for each year from 2010 to 2023, for the following offences/offence categories, in tabular form. [12477/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals made to the Garda Juvenile Diversion Programme, which were not accepted by the programme in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, for offence categories (details supplied), in tabular form. [12478/24]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if there will be an independent investigation into the leaking of the Attorney General’s referendum advice to the media the day before the referendum. [12882/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the training CAHMS staff are receiving in terms of providing care on gender and transgender issues to children; who is providing the training to CAHMS staff; and if he will provide a link to the contents of this training. [12910/24]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 27 February 2024 (details supplied), if there is an estimated timeframe the Minster envisions for this scheme to be rolled out. [12443/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 3372 of 7 February 2024, when a response will issue; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [13389/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 7 February 2024, when a response will issue; the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [13390/24]