Kerry — week of Mon, 20 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Jul – 26 Jul 2020 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 61 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]

2020-07-24 · 1 vote

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 73–45

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Did not vote 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages

2020-07-24 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 72–46

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Did not vote 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

The motion · motion passed 72–46

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Did not vote 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Early Years Childcare

2020-07-23 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–64

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

The motion · motion passed 74–63

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Debenhams Ireland Redundancies

2020-07-23 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–65

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 3 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Finance 5 questions
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the temporary wage subsidy scheme to include employees who were not employed by a company in January and February 2020. [16685/20]
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will change the rules of the temporary wage subsidy scheme in order that employees who are now on more hours than they were in January or February 2020 will receive the temporary wage subsidy scheme for all hours worked rather than only for the hours they were working before the lockdown. [16686/20]
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the temporary wage subsidy scheme to include employees who were not employed by a company in January and February 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17164/20]
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his plans to support jobs in the tourism-related sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17608/20]
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17609/20]
Employment 2 questions
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide support to seasonal workers who were denied the pandemic unemployment payment in view of the fact they were not yet back to work on the week of 6 to 13 March 2020 and in further view of the fact many of their stamps have now run out and they are unable to get any other payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17604/20]
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide supports to the workers aged 66 years of age and over that were not entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17607/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an extension will be granted to the existing law on the freezing of rent from 20 July 2020 until at least the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16748/20]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a beef regulator for farmers to ensure they are paid a fair price by the factories. [16684/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being put in place to ensure that those who have flights booked but are following guidelines and not travelling will not lose the complete cost of the flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17554/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding paying for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17610/20]

Michael Cahill — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Michael Healy-Rae — Independent 3 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 5 questions
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16712/20]
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/20]
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding Covid-19 clusters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17772/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17746/20]
Finance 3 questions
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding bus tour operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a letter of apology sent by a bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17753/20]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm grant application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16603/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the neutering of animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17749/20]
Employment 2 questions
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17514/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) to a contributory pension will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17902/20]
Communications 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the energy security review as announced in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17188/20]
Housing 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding a housing list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16491/20]
Education 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans regarding leaving certificate students who have missed tuition (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17232/20]
Transport 1 question
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding persons entering and exiting Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17513/20]
Business 1 question
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will address a matter regarding the credit guarantee scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17734/20]

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Tralee Chamber Alliance Tourism
- Sustaining Tralee's Tourism Infrastructure

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the works envisioned as being carried out under the capital expenditure budget for the Courts Service in the revised estimates; and if the division between renovation or extension works and new builds for courthouses will be included. [16762/20]
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing in-cell sanitation or other arrangements to cease the practice of slopping out to each prisoner within Portlaoise prison. [16763/20]
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the costing estimates that have been carried out with respect to the implementation of the optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [16765/20]
Housing 2 questions
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the delays experienced by Rebuilding Ireland projects in the Kerry local authority area due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [17498/20]
- 2020-07-23 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the estimated spend on the Residential Tenancies Board has decreased from €12.4 million to €9.9 million in the Revised Estimates. [17499/20]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach the discretionary allowances provided to the Attorney General for staffing; the cost of such allowances; the number of staff who were employed by the previous Attorney General using such allowances; and if staff have been hired using such allowances by the incoming Attorney General. [17261/20]
Public 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the Ombudsman establishing an independent complaints process for the Prison Service. [16764/20]
Health 1 question
- 2020-07-21 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Covid-19 tracker application can only be used by residents here with an Irish credit card on store; if he will consider amending this to ensure visitors to Ireland can be required to use the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16647/20]
Culture 1 question
- 2020-07-22 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contingency planning that has taken place within her Department with respect to the arts, music and entertainment industry having to function with an indefinite period of social distancing and limits on audience numbers, particularly in relation to the logistics of concerts, plays and other live performances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16594/20]

New lobbying 1 return

Tralee Chamber Alliance Tourism
- Sustaining Tralee's Tourism Infrastructure