Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 27 May

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 27 May – 2 Jun 2024 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 82 questions · 7 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Neutrality and the Triple Lock

2024-05-29 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 68–45

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

The motion · motion passed 68–44

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

Did not vote 3 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 19 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 19 total

Housing 6 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that persons licensed to cull deer will be able to continue such services and that such licences will not just be made available to large-scale operators and exclude one-person licensed services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23719/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Nature Advisory Committee, as recommended in the 2021 Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will be established; the reason such a delay has occurred in establishing this committee which can provide a structured forum for consultation with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in establishing a sustainable hunting of wild birds stakeholder forum; the timeline for its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that there is proper consultation with all stakeholders when consideration is being given to amendments to the Open Seasons Order; if he will ensure that mechanisms are put in place in his Department to meet such commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will increase the income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income eligibility limits for social housing for areas such as Cavan and Monaghan as the present limits are unrealistic and are depriving families on relatively low incomes the opportunity to apply for social housing when in such instances these families will not meet the criteria for home loans or mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24363/24]
Health 4 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medication as recommended by Children's Health Ireland will be made available at an early date for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23723/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if the reason private health insurance companies only cover the cost of a stay in psychiatric hospitals for maximum 100 days with unwell and vulnerable patients in the middle of a treatment plan having to be discharged on the 100th day will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23750/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that new facilities (details supplied) will be provided in all hospitals and in other major health care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he will give urgent and detailed consideration to the issues outlined by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice when it is proposed to re-establish the Firearms Consultative Panel to ensure a structured forum for regular and inclusive engagement between policymakers and organisations representing firearms users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24103/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if all formal requests from An Garda Síochána and the Government since 2021 for intelligence and other co-operation from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom authorities relating to bombings in this jurisdiction in 1972 and 1973 have been fully facilitated; if An Garda Síochána is satisfied that no further information held by the PSNI or the UK authorities has been withheld or is outstanding following these specific requests relating to those heinous crimes committed more than 50 years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24234/24]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration is being given to the development of new tourism amenities on a cross-Border basis in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress to date in developing new tourism amenities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24357/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new childminding regulations will be published; the proposed implementation date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/24]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23693/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there are so many reviews of persons’ entitlements to carer’s allowance causing stress and some costs in preparing submissions (details supplied); her views on whether carer’s allowance plays a major role in reducing admissions to residential care and is a major saving on the State, taking into account that the majority of people want to remain at home, with supports, if at all possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24461/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the pension of a person (details supplied) to ensure they are receiving the correct grade/scale and rate of pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24466/24]

New lobbying 1 return

Comhlámh Foreign Affairs
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ

Cathy Bennett — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

David Maxwell — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Matt Carthy — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 26 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 26 total

Foreign 9 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23645/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the French government; if he has discussed current civil unrest in New Caledonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23647/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Moldova; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23648/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications received in 2023 and to date in 2024, by month; the number of applications whereby a witness was unavailable and as a result the Passport Service required a new witness form to be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23649/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 1 May 2024, the amount allocated to multilateral international organisations in 2024, by organisation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24088/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of embassies operated by his Department in 2023; the total operating cost for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24089/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of consulates operated by his Department in 2023; the total operating cost for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24090/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the allocation to the emigrant support programme in the years 2019 to 2024, by year, in tabular form; the projects supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24091/24]
Defence 8 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount expended in relation to EU peacekeeping missions in the years 2008 and to date in 2024, by mission, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24087/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current total number of Defence Forces personnel; the allocation under Budget 2024 in relation to sustaining that cohort; the targeted number of recruits in 2024 and related additional allocation; the cost of increasing the number of personnel to 9,500; the cost of further increasing the number of personnel to 11,500, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24061/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of employing a career guidance officer to assist and prepare Defence Forces personnel to re-engage with civilian life post-discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24062/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the funding allocated to veterans' associations in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24063/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when engagement with a group (details supplied) can be expected from the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24168/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for Defence if he will report on the process involved in establishing the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24169/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has considered providing funding to survivors or groups representing them in order to better facilitate their own engagement with and participation in the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24170/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to his appearance before the Oireachtas Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on 24 May 2024, if he has withdrawn his appeal to the arbitration board against the finding of the adjudicator regarding membership of RACO of the Director of Military Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24492/24]
Health 3 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the services available, or planned, to provide consultation and assessment clinics for adults with ADHD in the Cavan-Monaghan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health his proposals to ensure adequate access to consultation/assessment for adults with ADHD; the funding allocated; the current waiting times, by CHO, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24052/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the average cost of a GP visit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24060/24]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that Monaghan County Council should take to secure funding for a swimming pool in Carrickmacross. [23860/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her engagement with other Departments and State agencies to support hotels in rural communities. [23859/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to amend the social housing income thresholds.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24037/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage their targets for delivering affordable housing in County Monaghan; and the number delivered in the years 2020 to date. [24036/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the US states with which Ireland operates driving licence exchange agreements; his plans to increase the number of states with which such arrangements are operated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23609/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the progress made opening an overnight respite centre in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23608/24]

New lobbying 1 return

Comhlámh Foreign Affairs
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 24 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 24 total

Foreign 7 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review a passport application (details supplied) and expedite same. [23532/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited. [23535/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited. [23536/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23600/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if paper passport applications (details supplied) which are past their due date will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23661/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport application will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24483/24]
Health 5 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a young person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for dental appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23562/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [23581/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) is waiting so long for neck surgery and is enduring severe pain while awaiting surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23718/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a role in upkeeping the houses which are falling into derelict especially in North Strand Dublin when the owners are in a nursing home as part of the fair deal scheme. [24160/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to assist an organisation (details supplied) regarding its current staffing crisis, which has resulted in day services being stopped for service users. [24258/24]
Tourism 5 questions
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a sports capital application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24268/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a sports capital application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24269/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [24220/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the sports capital grant application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24219/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to review a query for a club (details supplied); to advise the club on any grants which could help it obtain this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24467/24]
Social 2 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if a claim (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24008/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason legislation was introduced in 2013 to deprive a person of class S contributions from rental income due to the fact that the person had eight class A contributions in that contribution year. [24215/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the heritage grants available to community groups for local historic structures in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24221/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the croí cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24222/24]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to publish the next report on the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce. [23846/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a child (detail supplied) will be reviewed; if a similar funding application can be made in Cavan by the child development team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24015/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24281/24]

New lobbying 1 return

Comhlámh Foreign Affairs
- Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ