Kerry — week of Mon, 22 Nov

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 22 Nov – 28 Nov 2021 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 50 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme

2021-11-24 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 57–73

Voted for 2 Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Voted against 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021

2021-11-24 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend the Education Act 1998 and to provide for related matters

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–46

Voted for 3 Brendan Griffin · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 1 Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-11-23 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 25–18

Voted for 1 Brendan Griffin

Did not vote 5 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley · Pa Daly

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Transport 1 question
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if a subsidy will be put in place to encourage airlines to operate additional flights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57193/21]

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 2 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Health 9 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a device will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56921/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no active haematology department in University Hospital Kerry; his plans to have this department fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57083/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding medical centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57115/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of devices for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57128/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57942/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a general practitioner service in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58022/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58035/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment in University Hospital Kerry. [58065/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58094/21]
Agriculture 6 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding assistance and help being sought from the grassroots of Irish racing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57418/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme or GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57082/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57124/21]
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the difference between parlour washing and soiled water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57764/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the amendments that have been made to the proposed Bill to prohibit fur farming (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58064/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if snails that are used in snail farming in Ireland are classed as an animal (details supplied); if so, the reason they cannot be classed as shellfish as in other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58091/21]
Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57053/21]
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57054/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-23 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way housing will be provided for asylum seekers (details supplied) given the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57098/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-11-24 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are being taken to make the system for a person renewing their driver licence more user friendly; if there are plans to have this done online instead of the person having to present themselves to an NDLS centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57940/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason poles were erected opposite Loughquittane Lake in Killarney by National Broadband Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58067/21]

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 2 votes · 5 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Social 2 questions
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the Budget 2022 allocation to her Department in view of the potential need for further pandemic unemployment payments given the changes to night-time hospitality restrictions recently announced. [57964/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the assessments her Department has carried out in relation to available jobs within the hospitality sector; and the way they have informed the stance of her Department on the pandemic unemployment payment scheme. [57965/21]
Justice 2 questions
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider holding an updated review of existing courthouses, including the courthouse in Tralee, County Kerry in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [57963/21]
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if assessments have been carried out by a conservation architect grade 1 of the current courthouse building in Tralee, County Kerry in deciding to relocate court services from the current site. [57962/21]
Children 1 question
- 2021-11-25 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the six-month limit for eligibility for a payment from the mother and baby home redress scheme applies with respect to the date of an adoption order or the date of the child physically leaving the institution. [58077/21]