Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 24 Feb

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Feb – 2 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-25 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–62

Voted for 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 1 Peter Burke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if stationary diesel generators for farmers will be included under the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7847/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on any available or planned financial supports for farmers who have suffered structural damage to farm buildings as a result of Storm Éowyn on 24 January 2025; if consideration will be given to establishing a dedicated relief fund for farmers facing significant repair costs, particularly where insurance does not cover older sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7848/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Transport if he will urgently review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers, given the serious shortage of school bus drivers; if he will consider allowing medically fit and capable drivers to continue working beyond this age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7849/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers, given the serious shortage of school bus drivers; if she will consider allowing medically fit and capable drivers to continue working beyond this age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7850/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive payment from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7846/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if he will review the decision by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to require advanced paramedic training officers and NAS managers to park emergency response vehicles at ambulance bases instead of taking them home, given that this will end voluntary out-of-hours emergency response by trained personnel, impacting patient care in local communities; if the implications of this policy on emergency response times have been fully assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7851/25]

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Environment 2 questions
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has enforced new weight limits on waste bin collections, or if these increases are being put in place independently by the waste providers. [8923/25]
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to consider introducing assistance with bin charges for families with young children using nappies or adults who are dependant on incontinence pads. [8922/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure Transport Infrastructure Ireland carry out urgent safety improvement works on the N55 at Tang, County Westmeath, in conjunction with Westmeath County Council; and if he will ensure any works planned incorporate footpath improvement/widening works. [8226/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if changes will be urgently carried out to the fair deal scheme given certain anomalies in the scheme (details supplied); and if the family home will be assessed in a different way going forward. [8292/25]

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 11 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will address issues with the reliability and accessibility of disability services in Longford; such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7958/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of breast screening units, per county, in tabular form. [8052/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Longford-Westmeath registered for bowel screening; and the number of people, according to the census, who are eligible for bowel screening. [8053/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are eligible for a cervical check; and the number of cervical checks that have taken place in 2024 to date, per county, in tabular form. [8054/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetic retina screening units, per county in tabular form; and the way she plans on improving access and registration processes for diabetic retina screening. [8055/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the implementation of the national maternity strategy. [8056/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for gynaecology appointments, by hospital, per county, in tabular form. [8057/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women who were diagnosed with cervical cancer following gynaecology consultation in 2023 and to date in 2024. [8058/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the roll out of dedicated women’s health hubs in Longford-Westmeath. [8059/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the roll out of the National Framework for Perinatal Genetics. [8060/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps she plans to take to improve access to person-centred child and adolescent mental health services teams. [8061/25]
Housing 5 questions
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the major encroachments dealt with and regularised to date by Waterways Ireland (details supplied). [7912/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Waterways Ireland is willing to regularise major encroachments that do not have planning permission. [7913/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Waterways Ireland is willing to regularise major encroachments built in special protected areas and special areas of conservation. [7914/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a list of legal authorised marinas has been published; and if so, are they available to the public. [7915/25]
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the regularisation of unauthorised developments will be at the expense of Waterways Ireland, that is, the taxpayer (details supplied); and if not, if the unauthorised developments will contribute. [7916/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and convictions under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 where said prosecution and/or conviction related to the sale of HHC Vapes, in each of the years 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [8419/25]