Tipperary North — week of Mon, 13 Jul

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 13 Jul – 19 Jul 2020 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 106 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension

2020-07-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–64

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 79–64

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Employment Rights

2020-07-16 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 84–58

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2020-07-14 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 29–16

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 1 vote · 102 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 102 total

Health 45 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure better funding of section 38 and 39 organisations. [14910/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if disability funding being administered by the HSE will be reassigned to the new Department of children and disability for distribution in view of the reassignment of the disability portfolio from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15671/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a service (details supplied) will recommence day services and respite care; his views on the fact that no dates have been provided to users to date in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15673/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when guidelines will be finalised and issued for the reopening of day services for adults with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15674/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when guidelines will be finalised and issued for respite services for adults with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15675/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will guarantee that no patient will have to wait more than six months for health treatments here; and if so, the date he expects to be able to deliver this. [14860/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount he plans to spend on the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, in 2020. [14861/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of extra hospital public beds he expects to deliver in each of the years 2020 to 2024. [14862/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of extra hospital consultants that will be hired in 2020. [14863/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses that will be hired in 2020. [14864/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the service providers here for adults with intellectual disabilities; the date each service provider will reopen; and the percentage of services that each provider will open in tabular form. [14865/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the service providers here for children with intellectual disabilities; the date each service provider will reopen; and the percentage of services that each provider will open in tabular form. [14866/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date on which a four-hour target will be applied to all emergency department waits. [14867/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of overall health spending being devoted to the provision of primary care services under the current departmental spending Estimates. [14868/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when he will announce the construction locations and timelines for new elective hospitals that he plans to build. [14869/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he accepts the findings of the de Buitléir report into private activity in public hospitals; and the timeline for its implementation. [14870/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of extra hours of home help he expects to fund in 2020; and the number of hours he is planning to deliver in 2021. [14871/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there is an emergency medicine consultant present on a 24-hour basis in each emergency department across all acute hospitals; and if not, when there will be. [14872/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date on which he plans to end pay inequality for hospital consultants. [14873/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the extra funding he plans to provide for general practitioner services in 2020 and 2021. [14874/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when he plans to put in a place a new general practitioner contract. [14875/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will bring forward the reintroduction of all health screening programmes; and the changes he has made since he took up office in order to speed up the launch of such services that were announced under his predecessor. [14876/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of the catch-up programme he is introducing in relation to health screening. [14877/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the HSE roadmap for reopening health services will be published. [14878/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of extra diagnostics he plans to put into acute and non-acute settings in 2020. [14879/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has established an office for budgetary responsibility in his Department; if not, when he will establish it; and the resources that will be in the office [14880/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the full status of the new national children's hospital; the amount spent on the project to date; the revised timelines for the completion of the project; and if he is dedicating new resources to monitoring the construction and spend on the hospital [14881/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the extra funding resources that will be put into the disability sector in 2020. [14882/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his immediate plans to properly fund section 38 and 39 organisations that provide vital health and disability services; and if extra funding will be provided to them in 2020 [14883/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase antibody testing for Covid-19; and the timelines there are for doing so. [14885/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the process he has in place for appointments to NPHET or its subgroups; and if he has changed that process since he became Minister. [14890/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and times of the meetings of the HSE board to date in 2020. [14891/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on the reason so many healthcare professionals have been infected with Covid-19; and the details of the investigation he will commence to address this. [14892/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the remuneration of nurses in the HSE is fair and comparable to nurses on both a European and global level. [14893/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to employ new methods to ensure nursing homes nationally have enough staff and PPE. [14900/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish each of the recommendations and submissions that have guided the actions and decisions by the NPHET during the Covid-19 pandemic. [14901/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether an e-health card or number should be introduced; and if so, the timeline he would envisage for such work. [14907/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to reopen St. Michael's unit, Clonmel, County Tipperary. [14920/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, will reopen as a unit for respite and palliative care. [14921/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if and when St. Brigid's Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, will return to its normal service, that is, a geriatric facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14992/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to legalise cannabis during his term as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15137/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce minimum unit pricing for the purchase of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15139/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to private hospitals charging for Covid-19 tests prior to treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has made contact with Cork University Maternity Hospital on the lifting of visiting restrictions for designated birthing partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15201/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the status of the restoration of funding for an organisation (details supplied); if the funding will be restored ahead of the proposed Clonburris development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15466/20]
Taoiseach 11 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach to set out the number of advisers who will be employed by the Government; the number of advisers he will be employing in his Department; and the process for the selection of these advisers. [15770/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach his plans for a special Cabinet committee on restoring jobs lost in the pandemic. [15903/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role. [14853/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the super junior Minister of State who will not be receiving the extra supplementary payment for sitting at the Cabinet table. [14898/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the details of his advisers; and the salaries and remuneration they will each receive. [14922/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the additional roles and changes being put in place in the offices of An Taoiseach, An Tánaiste and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport that were not in place previously; and the amount the roles and changes will cost in each area in tabular form. [14984/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committees he has established; the membership of each; and the role and function of each. [15771/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone call with the UK Prime Minister. [15772/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone call with the German Chancellor. [15905/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the President of the European Commission. [15906/20]
- 2020-07-15 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the President of the European Council. [15907/20]
Housing 8 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the Departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14806/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to positively change planning legislation in the months ahead. [14912/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to ensure An Bord Pleanála meets its timelines for making planning decisions. [14913/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for electoral reform. [14914/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of calls under the Project Ireland urban regeneration and development fund; and the timelines for the announcement of future funding under the fund. [14916/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to change the salary cap threshold for first-time buyers of houses that apply for State loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15136/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will set up a new homeless task force; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15138/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a progress report will be provided on the cost rental project at Enniskerry Road, County Wicklow; the estimated rental cost of each on-site unit; the status of the roll out of further cost rental projects nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/20]
Transport 7 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide grants to private bus companies that have lost all their income since March 2020 as a result of Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15362/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of the Departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14810/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will review the national roads plans. [14902/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next sports capital programme will commence. [14903/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timelines for the delivery of the new M20 motorway between Cork; and the milestones he expects to be reached in 2020 and 2021 in relation to the project in chronological order. [14915/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extra funding he plans to provide to national sporting bodies in 2020 to assist with Covid-19. [14918/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the domestic tourism season in 2019 outside of those already announced to date. [14919/20]
Education 7 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a copy of the Departmental briefings received by her and each Minister of State in her Department upon taking up each individual role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14801/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the extra funding which will be provided to school bus operators due to the extra costs that will exist in providing school services from September 2020. [14884/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve sex education in secondary schools. [14894/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for capital investment in secondary schools in the next three years. [14895/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all the recommendations of the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020 regarding the funding and administration of third level institutions have been implemented; and the status of each action as per the various reports, in tabular form. [14896/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a delay with payments for the July provision (details supplied); if there is an option available to be paid earlier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15087/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when guidelines regarding social distancing and so on will be published for bus companies that transport children from their homes to their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15337/20]
Finance 3 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if seasonal tourism businesses will be able to avail of the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15202/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State at his Department on taking up their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14803/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce better regulation of the insurance industry. [14908/20]
Public 3 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14808/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes he plans to make in relation to public procurement procedures. [14905/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve freedom of information legislation. [14998/20]
Culture 3 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the Minister who has responsibility for the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [14917/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by her and each Minister of State in her Department upon taking up each individual role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14799/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when service blocks along the River Shannon around Lough Derg will be fully opened by Waterways Ireland. [14997/20]
Business 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to improve farm safety nationally. [14909/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up the role of Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14796/20]
Communications 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Minister that has responsibility for the environment. [14904/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14798/20]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for a border poll in the lifetime of this Government. [15140/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14804/20]
Defence 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the way in which the aide de camp (details supplied) for the Tánaiste can be justified; and the amount this will cost. [14985/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/20]
Rural 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by her and each Minister of State in her Department upon taking up each individual role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14809/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to address the drop of funding and consequent service delivery by critical charities due to Covid-19. [14911/20]
Justice 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the former Tánaiste ceded his State car and Garda driver; the reason this was not done automatically when he ceased to be Tánaiste; the cost per annum of such services for the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality; and the figures for each of the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. [15157/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by her and each Minister of State in her Department upon taking up each individual role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14807/20]
Employment 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by her and each Minister of State in her Department upon their taking up each individual role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14802/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14795/20]
Children 1 question
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State at his Department on taking up their roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14797/20]

Michael Lowry — Independent 3 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Communications 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of broadband for Muckloonmodderee, Cornamult and the Terryglass areas of County Tipperary; when the areas will receive fibre broadband through State intervention and the national broadband plan, NBP, in view of the fact the area was brought into the amber region following the 2019 NBP mapping consultation review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of applications for the SEAI renewable heat deep retrofit scheme; the number of approved applications from January to June 2020; the cost of approved applications; the budget allocated to the SEAI for the scheme; the processing time for applications to the scheme; when letters of offer will issue on such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/20]
Health 2 questions
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when the general practitioner visit card will be extended to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14927/20]
- 2020-07-14 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if the commitment to the building of a second cath lab at University Hospital Waterford will be reaffirmed; if so, the date on which a build contract will be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/20]

Ryan O'Meara — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.