Tipperary South — week of Mon, 29 Mar

What your Tipperary South TDs did this week

Mon, 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2021 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-03-31 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 27–18

Voted for 1 Mattie McGrath

Did not vote 2 Michael Murphy · Seamus Healy

Mattie McGrath — Independent 1 vote · 9 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Health 3 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason prescriptions are again required to be collected weekly, after being changed to monthly collections at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. [16689/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the status of the mental health crisis house in Clonmel, County Tipperary, which was due to go to tender in quarter 1 of 2021; when the tender process is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17333/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in all public hospitals; the length of time waiting in each hospital; if a record is being kept or will be kept of the number of bowel cancer and other serious illnesses picked up following the resumption of colonoscopies; if such figures will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17334/21]
Finance 2 questions
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will place a quantifiable monetary value on the direct social and economic costs of the ongoing lockdown strategy on the Irish economy; if he will outline its highly destructive impacts on unprecedented levels of unemployment and the collapse of the small business sector; and if he will ensure that taxpayers will not be forced to pay for same through higher taxes after the pandemic has passed. [16757/21]
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the VRT payable on a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport when driver theory test services will resume; the reason theory test offices cannot continue to operate at reduced capacity; the number of theory tests that have been cancelled with level 5 restrictions; the efforts that will be made to clear the backlog being created as a result of full cancellation of theory tests; when further theory test categories will be made available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17459/21]
Housing 1 question
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if renovation grants are available to restore properties in rural areas. [16688/21]
Foreign 1 question
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Passport Office will resume full services; the efforts that will be made to reduce the backlog of applications waiting to be processed; the number of passports being processed weekly since 1 January 2021; the number of passports waiting to be processed; the reason the Passport Office cannot continue to operate to process passport applications which are a right of each citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17458/21]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2021-03-31 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason SOLAS has changed the policy for apprentice electricians who are now required to resit their course for a further period until the end of May or June 2021 having already sat their block for weeks online; the reason SOLAS is now requiring them to sit a further block having done this block online; the reason SOLAS has prevented them from sitting their exams online which were due to be held in mid-March 2021; if he will review this policy to ensure that these apprentices are not being held back or delayed as a result of having sat their course online; if these apprentices will be allowed sit their exams online without delay; if other immediate arrangements will be made to allow them to sit their exams to allow them return on-site without delay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17405/21]

Michael Murphy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seamus Healy — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.