Cavan-Monaghan — week of Mon, 1 Jul

What your Cavan-Monaghan TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Jul – 7 Jul 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 88 questions · 12 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defence Forces

2024-07-03 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

Did not vote 4 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 2 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

Did not vote 4 Cathy Bennett · David Maxwell · Matt Carthy · Niamh Smyth

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-07-02 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–57

Voted for 3 Brendan Smith · Heather Humphreys · Niamh Smyth

Voted against 1 Pauline Tully

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

Brendan Smith — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 19 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Transport 3 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that adequate personnel are allocated to the Cavan driver test centre to reduce delays in tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28629/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the progress in rolling out the local area hackney scheme; if further consideration will be given to the provision of hackney services in rural communities where it is not feasible to have a bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28640/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure further substantial financial allocations are made by his Department to progress the development of the East West route, with particular reference to the Cootehill/Shercock/Carrickmacross/Dundalk road in view of this road’s strategic importance for the Border region and the urgent need to upgrade same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28641/24]
Finance 3 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the presence of a new nicotine inhaling product type on the market (details supplied); if this product type will be included in the excise regime planned for nicotine inhaling products, as announced in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28421/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance the total number of rent tax credit claims made in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28621/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have been engaging with farmers and farming organisations in relation to VAT requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28622/24]
Education 3 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) from a national organisation in relation to education funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28437/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent consideration to a review of specifications for school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28438/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the schemes/grant-aid available to assist in the provision of facilities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28982/24]
Housing 3 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28760/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 7 December 2023, the progress to date in advancing the project;; when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28735/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an association will be included on a stakeholder forum (details supplied) to be established by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28761/24]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [25611/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with President Biden. [26829/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress to date in advancing the recommendation of the Commission on the Defence Forces, with particular reference to the locations of Defence Forces formations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28210/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that payments due under Acres will issue at the earliest possible date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28648/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the presence of a new nicotine inhaling product type on the market (details supplied); to provide details of the regulations which apply to this product type; the agency responsible for the enforcement of these regulations; the enforcement actions, if any, taken to date; the taxation category which applies to this product category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28420/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposals, if any, there are to extend the remit of an agency (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28964/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the projects approved to date for funding in Cavan/Monaghan under a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28972/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

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 · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Defence 12 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will propose measures to ensure that members of the Defence Forces who have been convicted of violent assaults cannot continue to serve. [28121/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of occasions since January 2020 when a superior officer in the Defence Forces provided a statement in support of a defendant in a civilian trial in respect of an allegation of a violent crime; and whether he proposes to introduce measures to address this issue. [28122/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he intends to bring forward proposals to abolish the triple-lock neutrality protection. [28123/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of volunteers secured to participate in an EU Battlegroup. [28129/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the funding made available the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Matters Relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces; and if funding will be provided to ensure adequate support for those who wish to give testimony before the Inquiry. [28126/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he intends to withdraw his appeal against the decision of the adjudicator under the conciliation and arbitration scheme which found against the prohibition of Defence Forces personnel serving in certain posts from being able to affiliate with representative organisations. [28130/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he intends to allow the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee to scrutinise proposed participation in further PESCO missions and European Defence Agency projects. [28127/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which it is intended to procure a new multi-role vessel with the capability of carrying a helicopter. [28128/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is standard procedure for members of the Defence Forces to be suspended while either being under investigation or being prosecuted for violent offences or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28160/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Defence Forces; his targets for recruitment; the year by which he intends to reach the Level of Ambition 2 requirement of 11,500 personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28162/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which the recommendations of the Comptroller & Auditor General’s 2014 report on stock management in the Defence Forces will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28163/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress he has made ending the blanket exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of the Working Time Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28164/24]
Transport 4 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending local link services to Smithborough and, in particular, to provide services to Monaghan town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided to each local authority for the purpose of local road resurfacing and maintenance in each year 2020-2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28339/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the projected date for the beginning and completion of construction of the N2 Clontibret-to-the-Border road scheme; and the timeframe for commencement of the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road scheme. [28526/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will allocate additional funding to Monaghan County Council to repair and maintain local roads to an acceptable condition. [28525/24]
Education 3 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce a support scheme for teachers and special needs assistants assaulted during their work, which would include the provision of financial assistance to cover expenses related to medical bills, therapy sessions and medication, provision of assault leave to teachers for the duration of the medically certified leave and the establishment of a comprehensive support system for educators who become victims of violence within the workplace, ensuring a swift and empathetic response to their needs;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28267/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the current status of the delivery of a special school in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28719/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education in respect of the ongoing review into the potential delivery of a special school in County Monaghan, the form that review will take; the criteria that will be applied; the timeframe in which the review will be completed; the likely timeframe for the opening of a special school in Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28720/24]
Children 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 5 March 2024, if additional occupational therapy services have been allocated to a child (details supplied); if further additional occupational therapy hours can be delivered as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27903/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the case of a child (details supplied) needing urgent care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/24]
Finance 2 questions
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance his proposals to reduce insurance costs for motorists and business owners. [28528/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the basis upon which it was decided to divest from some but not other companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements within the state of Palestine; and the amount of funds currently invested. [28527/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to publish the discussion paper and accompanying letter he wrote to NATO seeking closer cooperation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28161/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has examined reintroducing a supplementary pension for members of the Defence Forces recruited since 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28165/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rules and legislation that apply to the transportation of dead horses; if his attention has been drawn to a recent instance of a dead horse being transported openly in a regional town; the actions his Department has taken in response to this and similar instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28340/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Niamh Smyth — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 15 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 3 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review case (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health following the passage of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022, when the issue of citizenship for a child born through IVF to an Irish citizen living outside of Ireland will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28926/24]
Transport 3 questions
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the roll-out of electric car chargers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27267/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport the incentives or alternatives he is examining to combat the slowing down of sales of electric cars and the poor trade in and sale prices for electric cars. [28469/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport the measures he proposes to take to reduce the wait time for driving tests from 15.6 weeks to the projected target of ten weeks. [28468/24]
Education 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if additional supports could be put in place at a facility (details supplied) for a student who has a diagnosis of autism and an intellectual disability and is non-verbal. [27899/24]
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if seats could be secured on the local bus which services the school in an area (details supplied). [28443/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how it is proposed to strengthen the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28120/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27979/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider reviewing the impact of roads policies brought in by Transport Infrastructure Ireland on local authority policy planning in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27852/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the assessment of needs process of a child (details supplied); and the reason this is taking so long. [27925/24]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there has been no movement on apprentices (details supplied) who are waiting on their next phase of training. [27851/24]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [26830/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is examining the possibility of amending the regulations in the upcoming Budget to allow for a reduced rate or partial pension for class D contributors (details supplied). [28913/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers