Longford-Westmeath — week of Mon, 31 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Longford-Westmeath TDs did this week

Mon, 31 Mar – 6 Apr 2025 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 15 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn

2025-04-02 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Housing Emergency Measures

2025-04-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–72

Voted for 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

The motion · motion passed 90–72

Voted for 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-01 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 95–72

Voted for 3 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Did not vote 1 Robert Troy

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle

2025-04-01 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 71–96

Voted for 1 Sorca Clarke

Voted against 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

The motion · motion passed 96–71

Voted for 4 Kevin Boxer Moran · Micheál Carrigy · Peter Burke · Robert Troy

Voted against 1 Sorca Clarke

Kevin Boxer Moran — Independent 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Micheál Carrigy — Fine Gael 6 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has discontinued the provision of a diabetic foot clinic service at Aughnacliffe, Medical Centre, Aughnacliffe, County Longford, which was previously available to patients; if so, the rationale behind this decision; if there are any plans to reinstate this essential service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15224/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting since 2020 for an ENT appointment. [15227/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which an application to the humanitarian assistance scheme was refused in the case of an elderly couple from County Longford (details supplied); the reason the application was deemed ineligible on the grounds of late submission, despite recent statements in Dáil Éireann suggesting the scheme remains open; if a review or appeal process is available to applicants in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15225/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of ACRES payments (details supplied), and when the balance of payment due for 2023 is expected. [15226/25]

Peter Burke — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Robert Troy — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 1 question · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Health 1 question
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently carry out changes to the fair deal scheme given certain anomalies in the scheme (details supplied). [15361/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

Irish League of Credit Unions · 3 returns Banking and Financial Institutions
- Letters requesting meetings to discuss credit union policy issues and the Programme for Government
- Letters asking for inclusion on Taoiseachs list of Seanad nominees
- Invitation to speak at ILCU Policy Conference

Sorca Clarke — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 9 questions
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of eating disorder teams; the funding allocated to the rollout for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15850/25]
- 2025-04-01 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults that presented to accident and emergency departments with eating disorders in 2024 and to date in 2025. [15853/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting lists for CAMHS for the months of January, February and March 2025, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15859/25]
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 7 February 2025, where it stated that recruitment is underway for an adult eating disorder team in Dublin South West/Kildare and the Midlands, and a CAMHS eating disorder team in Mid-West in 2025, when she envisages seeing patients, the number and the breakdown of staff required for each team, the types of professionals that will make up these teams and what it will look like in practice. [15880/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to general inpatient hospital wards with a primary diagnosis of mental health difficulties in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the average length of time children spent in general wards with this diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16330/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services, by CHO area, at the end of 2024, and the number of vacant posts in mental health services at present, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16331/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies present in CAMHS in December 2024; if all of these vacancies are to be filled; the CAMHS staffing levels of today versus December; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16333/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of new development jobs in CAMHS that are planned for each CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16334/25]
- 2025-04-03 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2024 and to date in 2025, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16335/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-04-02 Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the tailored mental health supports available to people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in line with international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16003/25]