Fine Gael TD for Galway West & Mayo South

Category Archives: Parliamentary Questions

Parliamentary Questions (PQs) may be submitted by a TD for oral answer in the Dáil or, as in the majority of cases, for written answer. TDs may put questions on any topic to the Taoiseach or any minister, subject to conditions and procedures as outlined in standing orders.

By convention Ministers do not usually table PQs. As Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development I answer questions in the Dáil on issues relating to Communities, Natural Resources and Digital Development.

PQ No. 621 – 27th January – Island Air Services

To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the tendering for services and aerodrome management between the Aran Islands and Inishbofin and Cleggan, County Galway will be separated in order to encourage the use of the latter facilities for north west Connemara, County Galway. – Seán Kyne.   Reply: Minister Joe McHugh:… Continue Reading

PQ No. 558 – 27th January – Funding for Volunteer Centres

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the present staffing issue at his Department which is delaying funding to volunteer centres, including salaries; if the separate issue of the loss of a funding stream due to the restructuring of the local development structures has… Continue Reading

PQ No. 262 – 27th January – Future of the Connemara Pony

To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has given consideration in consultation with Connemara Pony Breeder’s Association to initiating a specialist report on the future of the Connemara pony – Seán Kyne.   Reply: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine: My Department has approved the Connemara Pony Breeders Society… Continue Reading

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