Mayo — week of Mon, 4 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Mayo TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Nov – 10 Nov 2024 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 36 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020

2024-11-06 · 1 vote · Aontú PMB

A bill to ensure the provision of an equitable price for beef to farmers operating in that sector in order to ensure that it is a sustainable means for them to earn a livelihood

full description

A bill to ensure the provision of an equitable price for beef to farmers operating in that sector in order to ensure that it is a sustainable means for them to earn a livelihood; and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 57–69

Voted for 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Voted against 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-11-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 72–58

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages

2024-11-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 75–55

Voted for 3 Alan Dillon · Dara Calleary · Michael Ring

Voted against 1 Rose Conway-Walsh

Did not vote 2 Keira Keogh · Paul Lawless

Alan Dillon — Fine Gael 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Keira Keogh — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Paul Lawless — Aontú 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 26 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Health 7 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that patients from Mayo are forced to travel to Galway University Hospital to see access optometry services required as a consequence of diabetes (details supplied); if these services can be offered in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44350/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any upcoming engagements between a union (details supplied) and his Department; if he will commit to pay parity for section 39 workers; if he will honour commitments made in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44777/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of a person in Mayo (details supplied) who suffers from scoliosis and associated respiratory impairment; the support he can offer to the family of this person regarding the replacement of a modified vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45706/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Mayo accepting medical card patients in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45996/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number, grade, position and location of staff vacancies across the healthcare sector in Mayo. [45998/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the CAMHS waiting list in County Mayo, with a breakdown by age and how long they have been waiting for a first appointment. [46007/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies, grade and location in the CAMHS Mayo service. [46008/24]
Housing 5 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase scheme homes that have been delivered in County Mayo in each of the past five years, and the average price of an affordable purchase scheme home in Mayo in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44070/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been trying to access funding from Mayo County Council’s disabled person grant since 2021 for urgent works to their home; if he will examine this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44739/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Céide Fields neolithic site and visitor centre in north Mayo was not included in the last tentative list submitted by the Government to the World Heritage Centre, having previously been included; when the next tentative list will be submitted to the World Heritage Centre; if the Céide Fields visitor centre will be included or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45753/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated to Mayo County Council for fire services in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [45979/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposed social and affordable housing construction which is planned for County Mayo over the next five years; and the locations of this social and affordable housing. [45981/24]
Education 4 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address staff vacancies in schools. [44934/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the status of capital investments in the school estate. [44935/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the status of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43906/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the SNA workforce plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/24]
Transport 2 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport the countries with which reciprocal driving licence arrangements are being examined at present; and the reasons for selection of these countries. [43903/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider introducing reciprocal driving licence arrangements with the US states of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Delaware, New York and Illinois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43904/24]
Finance 2 questions
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with the Banking and Payments Federation and his Department with respect to the defective concrete blocks redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45420/24]
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his engagements with the retail banking sector regarding the provisions for forbearance measures and financing for mortgage holders whose homes are affected by defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45421/24]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach to provide an update following his attendance at the EU-Gulf Cooperation Council Summit and European Council. [42872/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, working in the Standards in Public Office Commission; and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [44050/24]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the progress of the joint application by ATU Mayo and Mayo County Council, made in October 2022, for the provision of student accommodation at the old military barracks site in Castlebar; to provide an update on any other student accommodation availability in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44652/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the agreement reached to increase community employment supervisors’ pay in 2023; if she will confirm that the Government committed to re-enter talks with the union representatives of community employment workers in 2024; if she will provide an update on any ongoing talks process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45542/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Mayo waiting for GLAS and ACRES payments. [46003/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-11-07 Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of patients in Mayo who are currently awaiting appointments for assessments of need, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy; the length of time they have been waiting, and their age bracket. [45997/24]