Meath West — week of Mon, 21 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Meath West TDs did this week

Mon, 21 Oct – 27 Oct 2024 · 3 TDs · 8 bills voted on · 30 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Seanad]

2024-10-23 · 1 vote

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 72–52

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2024-10-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 72–53

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022

2024-10-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 78–52

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Affordable Housing

2024-10-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–59

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 71–59

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024

2024-10-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 110–19

Voted for 3 Damien English · Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Public Health Service Staffing

2024-10-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–59

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

The motion · motion passed 70–59

Voted for 1 Damien English

Voted against 2 Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

Report of the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying

2024-10-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 76–53

Voted for 1 Johnny Guirke

Voted against 1 Peadar Tóibín

Did not vote 1 Aisling Dempsey

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-10-22 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 65–55

Voted for 1 Damien English

Did not vote 3 Aisling Dempsey · Johnny Guirke · Peadar Tóibín

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 9 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peadar Tóibín — Aontú 9 votes · 30 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Taoiseach 3 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43152/24]
- 2024-10-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will next meet. [37628/24]
- 2024-10-23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [37629/24]
Environment 3 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the remuneration package for the chief executive officer of a company (details supplied), the basis for any recent changes to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43107/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43142/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of plastic bottles or aluminium cans sold in the State since the introduction of the deposit return scheme (DRS); the number of beverage containers which have been returned by the Irish public under the DRS; and the total value of deposits returned to the public in this period. [43222/24]
Transport 3 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the reason why the wheelchair accessible grant scheme 2024 from the NTA is closed to applications; and the steps his Department is taking to ensure that persons who wish to become wheelchair-friendly taxi drivers are facilitated, given the struggles faced in transportation by persons with disabilities on a daily basis. [42663/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 18 September 2024, when a response will issue to this Deputy from the NTA. [42664/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43154/24]
Education 3 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the Junior Certificate T1 Irish course is marked harder than the T2 Irish course (details supplied); to detail the statistical distribution of all grades in all languages, including the T1 and T2 Irish Junior Certificate tests; the statistical distribution for results for native speakers of all other languages in those languages; and the reason there is active discrimination against students of Gaelscoileanna and from Gaeltacht schools. [42420/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to outline what the €2 million allocated in budget 2024 for “attendance and retention – measures for implementation” relates to; what it has been allocated for and used for; the amount of it which has been spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43109/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43140/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the rate of homelessness among students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40067/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43147/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43148/24]
- 2024-10-24 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who arrived at each airport and ferry port for each of the last five years with no travel documents. [43682/24]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who attained a Green Cert qualification in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [43136/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43137/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in survival rates for breast cancer between those diagnosed in a public hospital, private hospital or designated cancer centre, and if he will detail what that differential is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42682/24]
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43146/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43144/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43139/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43143/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43149/24]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43141/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43153/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43151/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43138/24]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43145/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-10-22 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43150/24]