Donegal — week of Mon, 23 Sept

What your Donegal TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Sept – 29 Sept 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 31 questions · 9 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Childcare

2024-09-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 66–58

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

The motion · motion passed 69–57

Voted for 2 Charlie McConalogue · Joe McHugh

Voted against 2 Pearse Doherty · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Did not vote 2 Charles Ward · Pat the Cope Gallagher

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-09-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 70–54

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 3 votes · 0 questions · 6 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 6 returns

The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society Ltd · 2 returns Agriculture · Budgetary matters
- Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023
- ICOS Pre Budget Submission 2025
The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Agriculture
- : Revised Submission from the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) – to request an immediate announcement of an extension of the closing date for the application of animal slurry on farmland and an extension of the 14-day cultivation rule for tillage farmers in 2024.
Gurteen College Education and Training
- funding submission relating to the construction of new teaching block
National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators
Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited Agriculture
- Nitrates Derogation

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 3 votes · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 13 total

Children 4 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when approved home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal deemed clinically fit for discharge to their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37536/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown of these payments, by county; to provide a breakdown of those payments, by accommodation, where the recipient is living in the property and where the property is exclusively occupied by recipients of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of accommodation recognition payments currently being paid to households accommodating persons in receipt of temporary protection; to provide a breakdown, including the number of payments, by county, for each month since September 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when funding announced in June 2024 will be released for services supporting children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37805/24]
Health 4 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of new stoma patients referred to the community intervention team from Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of visits that have been provided to these patients, including home or clinic visits; the number of these patients who were referred to another service; the number who needed to involve the stoma nurse earlier than planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37223/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if it there are plans to offer a HSE-owned property (details supplied) to State stakeholders, for sale to the community or for private sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37478/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37757/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider cardiac patients in County Donegal with Non-STEMI being given the option of treatment in Altnagelvin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38317/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the defective block scheme ancillary grant payment will be raised above €15,000, which is insufficient given the time it is taking to rebuild houses and is causing serious financial difficulties to homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38248/24]
- 2024-09-26 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that Ireland was subject to an EU infringement procedure regarding the failure to progress a sewerage scheme for the agglomeration of Gweedore, if he can provide an update regarding the EU Commission’s view now of the failure to fully progress the scheme on time; if Ireland is currently subject to any infringement procedures as a result of this; if he is aware of any plans for the Commission to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a response to correspondence (details supplied) from this Deputy concerning difficulties securing documents will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37806/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the standard fund threshold by €100,000, €500,000 and €1 million respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education for an update on a proposed additional ASD room in a national school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if her attention was drawn to the impact on the children waiting for a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37994/24]

New lobbying 1 return

National Traveller MABS Finance
- An copy of NTMABS research report into financial literacy in the Traveller community was sent via email to all T.D.'s and Senators

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Education 2 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for a new building, having witnessed its seriously inadequate school facilities and amenities for herself, and given that the school’s board of management can provide an alternative and appropriate site for a new school at no cost to the State. [37640/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the financial supports available to primary schools across the State to provide important life skills such as swimming lessons. [37641/24]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how officials from his Department and Bord Iascaigh Mhara can engage with the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to ensure that fishermen can avail of financial supports and loans that compliment financial assistance from Bord Iascaigh Mhara or his Department and that help those fishermen to sustain their businesses in a challenging time for the industry. [37895/24]
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects that a quota in white pollock will be available to the Irish fishing fleet next year. [37956/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37999/24]
- 2024-09-25 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a home care package or short-term care bed will be available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38000/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-09-24 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when his Departmental officials will respond to correspondence from the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine their points of concern as they pertain to the responsibilities of agencies in this jurisdiction and consult with the Road Safety Authority as to a substantive response. [37890/24]