Roscommon-Galway — week of Mon, 27 May

What your Roscommon-Galway TDs did this week

Mon, 27 May – 2 Jun 2024 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 19 questions · 6 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 against 1 Claire Kerrane

Abstained 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

The motion · motion passed 68–44

Voted against 1 Claire Kerrane

Abstained 1 Denis Naughten

Did not vote 2 Martin Daly · Michael Fitzmaurice

Claire Kerrane — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 11 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 11 total

Health 5 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will fund refurbishment works for an ambulance base (details supplied) given those working in it are concerned as to the safety of the building and whether it is structurally sound; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23823/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE provides to an organisation (details supplied) specifically towards patient services, excluding funding for awareness campaigns; and his views on whether this amount is sufficient to support the approximately 600,000 heart and stroke patients living in Ireland, with 80,000 people discharged with a cardiovascular condition each year. [23960/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the funding to protect existing heart and stroke patients via community support services in the State, including those provided by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a person under the age of 65 years can qualify for home support services where they have great medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24163/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will publish a fully funded comprehensive newborn screening programme given how far off Ireland is from the EU average for newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24519/24]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to advise who compiles the beef indices put in place to determine star ratings for cows; how this is determined; what engagement is involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23821/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approvals will issue for those in ACRES co-operation who applied for non-productive investments in 2023; when payments under this will issue to participants; if he will give flexibility to pay farmers allocated CAP funding beyond the CAP programme; if payments for non-productive investments can be made for five years from when his Department first issued non-productive investments approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24521/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that repayments are arranged on a case-by-case basis and not taken out from the balancing payment given his Department was unable to pay ACRES participants as planned, and interim payments were issued which may in part need to be re-couped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24522/24]
- 2024-05-30 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which balancing payments will issue for ACRES participants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24523/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be able to access a grant; when the next round of grants will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24040/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the instructions that have been given to staff in Intreo offices regarding changes to the means testing of the one parent family payment; the process in place since 1 May 2024 for existing claimants to remove maintenance from their means test assessment; when this will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23819/24]

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

Martin Daly — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Fitzmaurice — Independent Ireland 0 votes · 7 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 7 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has instructed Transport Infrastructure Ireland to withhold funding for overlay of national roads or national secondary roads in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24039/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport the budget for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24042/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been withdrawn from Transport Infrastructure Ireland by his Department for the three road projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24043/24]
- 2024-05-28 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Transport if the budget has been cut to Transport Infrastructure Ireland for overlay works on national roads and national secondary roads countrywide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24044/24]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of vacant TAO and SAO positions; the breakdown of same across the divisions per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24369/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAO and SAO that have currently applied to retire in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24370/24]
- 2024-05-29 Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of current TAO and SAO employed in each division per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24371/24]

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