Tipperary North — week of Mon, 17 Jan

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 0 votes · 19 questions · 30 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Public 7 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way Departments and the public service have responded to vulnerabilities in computers, other devices, servers and network systems (details supplied); when this was first raised as an issue; the actions that have been taken; if a crisis meeting was held to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2233/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Departments or public service computer, device or network systems were compromised due to a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if online or other services stopped working due to same; if so, the details of such incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2234/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs to date of addressing a computer systems vulnerability (details supplied); if this issue has been resolved; if specialist teams were established, recruited or contracted to address the issue; if additional resources were procured; if so, the details and costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2235/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computers and devices impacted in Departments and the public service by a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if data was compromised; the number of servers that were impacted; if the issues have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2236/22]
- 2022-01-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Departments or public service computers, devices or network systems were compromised due to a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if online or other services stopped working due to same; if so, the details of such incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2738/22]
- 2022-01-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs to date of addressing a computer systems vulnerability (details supplied); if this issue has been resolved; if specialist teams were established, recruited or contracted to address the issue; if additional resources were procured; if so, the details and costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2739/22]
- 2022-01-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of computers and devices impacted in Departments and the public service by a computer system vulnerability (details supplied); if data was compromised; the number of servers that were impacted; if the issues have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2740/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has put a plan in place to deal with vulnerabilities in its computer networks (details supplied); if so, the details of same; the action that has been taken; the person who is leading the plan; when the HSE first responded to the issue; when the HSE first become aware of the issue; the meetings that were held to resolve the issue; the steps his Department has taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2237/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if HSE computer systems, devices or servers were compromised due to a vulnerability (details supplied); if so, the number of devices and servers impacted; if personal data was hacked; if online services or other services stopped working due to this issue; if the issue impacted the vaccination programme or the Covid-19 PCR booking and testing system; if data was compromised; if the issues have been fully resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2238/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the work that has been carried out to resolve a computer network vulnerability (details supplied); if specialist teams were set up or recruited to address the issue; if so, the details of the teams and external contractors or consultants that were hired as part of the response; the cost of same; the details of the systems that were compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2239/22]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [61498/21]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent conversations with the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland. [61500/21]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full details of the process of the way the Urban Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and funding awarded. [2022/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he or his Department has taken to ensure that the 34 units of social housing and eight units of co-operative housing planned for Loughlinstown Drive, Dublin can proceed; if he has engaged with organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2329/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department on the proposed registration by an association (details supplied) of Irish whiskey in the United States of America as a certification mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2290/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are proposals to amend the Irish whiskey technical file; if so, the proposals for same; if it is planned to amend the regulations on barrel use; if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by some producers that this will stifle innovation in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2291/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the details of the individual repair works in the section of the M7 after the toll bridge at Portlaoise on the way to Nenagh (details supplied); and when each was carried out. [63384/21]
Education 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the criteria used for the recruitment of teachers, principals, SNAs and boards of management in school settings; if this recruitment could be done on the public jobs forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63269/21]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full details of the process of the way the Rural Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and funding awarded. [2021/22]

New lobbying 30 returns

Rare Diseases Ireland Health
- Letter/email - Seeking support for UN Resolution on “Addressing the Challenges of Persons Living with a Rare Disease and their Families.”
Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry Budgetary matters
- Pre Budget 2022 Submission
Acquired Brain Injury Ireland Health
- Implementing the Neuro-rehabilitation Strategy/Implementation Framework
Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland GLC Health
- Signatory to joint letter/email seeking support for UN Resolution on 'Addressing the Challenges of Persons Living with a Rare Disease and their Families'.
Shannon Group plc Transport
- Ongoing supports required for the airport
Shannon Chamber Economic Development and Industry
- Follow on from Chambers Ireland call re COVID-19
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation · 2 returns Finance · Health
- Pre Budget Submission
- Treatment of student nurse and midwives during pandemic and publication and implementation of the McHugh Report
MSD · 2 returns Health
- Immunisation Policies
- Policy Priorities in a post-pandemic COVID-19 era
Montague Communications Ltd Housing
- Redress scheme for apartment owners affected by fire and other defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future
Construction Defects Alliance Housing
- Redress Scheme for Apartment Owners affected by Fire and other Defects as well as reform of the law to minimise chance of such defects occurring in the future.
Dyslexia Association of Ireland Education and Training
- Oireachtas Presentation for Dyslexia Awareness Month presenting findings from a recent survey on the experiences of Irish people with dyslexia, and highlighting issues which need to be addressed.
DHR Consultancy Limited Health
- Programme for Government commitment to roll out free contraception - activity from 1 September
Ibec Economic Development and Industry
- Dáil decision on the Unified Patent Court
SIPTU - Services Industrial Professional Trade Union Children and Youth Affairs
- Budget 2022 campaign
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 4 returns Environment · Health · Budgetary matters
- Signpost Farms
- Green Ribbon Walks 2021 - IFA's Let's Talk and Walk
- IFA Budget 2022 Submission - Tax Measures to Support Growth & Restructuring.
- IFA Budget 2022 Submission - Expenditure to Support Farm Enterprises.
Irish Hospital Consultants Association Health
- Pre-budget submission concerning the 2022 health budget on increased capacity and resourcing needs of acute hospital and mental health services, recruitment and retention of consultants, and clinical indemnity.
South Tipperary Development CLG Social Protection
- Requesting an update on Local Employment Services tender / the strategy for Rural Development and related issues
Irish Cancer Society Health
- Children Adolescents and Young Adults Living with Cancer
Sage Advocacy Budgetary matters
- To highlight to an elected representative key issues in relation to older people and Budget 2022 and the lack of progress on the development of the Commission on Care, pledged by the Government.
FTI Consulting Health
- FTI Consulting sent a copy of a press release, on behalf of Jazz Pharmaceuticals, regarding the public announcement of HSE’s reimbursement of Epidyolex
Wilson Hartnell Health
- Engagement on the importance of ventilation in indoor settings and the role that air management can play in reducing the spread of airborne illnesses
ITMAC - Irish Tobacco Manufacturers' Advisory Committee Community
- End-of-year mailer to all Oireachtas members highlighting key 2021 successes of the Show Me ID - Be Age Ok responsible retailing programme.
Trócaire Foreign Affairs
- Business and Human Rights
National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Budgetary matters
- Advocating for sufficient funding to meet unmet needs for people with disabilities in Budget 2022, and to ensure sustainability of service provision
Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) Education and Training
- Wrote to all members of Oireachtas to invite to international student report launch

Michael Lowry — Independent 0 votes · 19 questions · 26 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Health 7 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE has provided funding to a facility (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this facility has informed residents and their families that they require additional or emergency funding to guarantee the facility can remain open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the number of respite care centres expressly for children with disabilities and complex additional needs by county from January 2020 to the end of December 2021; the number of nights provided; the number of children who availed of respite services in these facilities; the number of facilities that remained open and that continued to provide respite care for children during Covid-19 restrictions in the same period in tabular form; the number of respite care centres that closed during Covid-19 restrictions; his plans to reopen all facilities which provide respite care for children with disabilities and complex additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1168/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from a healthcare establishment (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will consider the reintroduction of the temporary assistance payment scheme to healthcare establishments in 2022 considering additional infection control measures need to be sustained and healthcare institutions need to be supported to maintain this level of infection prevention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1210/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1781/22]
- 2022-01-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the status of the new 50 bed St. Anthony’s Care of the Elderly facility on the campus of Tipperary University Hospital; when construction will commence; the estimated completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2722/22]
- 2022-01-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if there will be level 2 palliative care support beds provided in the new 50 bed St. Anthony’s Care of the elderly facility at Tipperary University Hospital; the number of level 2 palliative care support beds that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2723/22]
- 2022-01-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if palliative care support beds planned for the new build St. Anthony’s Care of the Elderly facility at Tipperary University Hospital will be constructed to level 2 palliative care support bed standard as recommended in the 2001 report published by the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care, for example, level 2 palliative care bed will have adjoining family sleep and eat facilities to support each palliative care bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2724/22]
Housing 3 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a disability group (details supplied) to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users in local authority managed carparks and on-street parking; when local authorities were last surveyed to check that their carparks are compliant with the standard rate in which 5% of the total car parking bays provision are to contain parking bays for disabled users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1141/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a group (details supplied) to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users in local authority managed carparks and on-street parking; when local authorities were last surveyed to check that disability parking bays provided for disabled users are compliant with international best standards, for example, that the disability parking bays are located beside dropped kerbing, disability parking bays are constructed to the required dimensions, they are correctly signed with the appropriate post and panel signs and painted ground markings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1142/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to repair a damaged weir on the River Suir at Loughmore, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1243/22]
Education 3 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the summer works scheme through category 10 of the scheme (external environments); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1338/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 3 November 2021, if the National Council for Special Education has provided her with information on the status of an application for expression of interest to establishment of an ASD classroom in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1355/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 21 October 2021, if her officials made contact with the school in question to rectify the issue raised; if this matter is now resolved (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2307/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 4,035 forestry licences were issued by his Department in 2021, which is well short of his Department's own target of 4,500 for 2021; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the figure of 4,035 is far below the of 7,000 licences the industry actually required; the number of forestry licences issued by county; the categories of each type of licence issued in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1343/22]
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target number of forestry licences his Department plans to issue in 2022; if he plans to invest additional resources in the Forest Service in order to reach the 7,000 licences required annually by the industry given the well documented additional resources invested into the Forest Service in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter regarding national car test, NCT, test centres waiting rooms that are closed to the public due to Covid-19 restrictions; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that customers who attend NCT test centres with no waiting room facilities are required to wait outside without adequate protection from the winter elements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1784/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a modified Covid restrictions support scheme for retail businesses that anticipate that their income will be subjected to a substantial loss in the first quarter of 2022 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; if such a modified scheme will be examined for retail businesses that can provide evidence that their income is down 30% or more at the start of 2022 compared to their last full year of trading accounts pre-pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2169/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider special contingency measures to allow expired Safe Pass registration cards, cards that had expired after 31 December 2021, to remain valid for an additional six months in order that the safety awareness registration card shall be regarded as valid until 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2308/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-01-19 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 9 December 2021, if she can arrange for officials in her Department to meet and speak to the applicant (details supplied) to explain the decision-making process relating to Irish associations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1347/22]

New lobbying 26 returns

Shannon Group plc Transport
- Ongoing supports required for the airport
Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) Transport
- Joint Position Paper (IWA, NCBI, Irish Guide Dogs submitted to the Minister of Ryann Naughton and Rabbitte and to trhe Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Disability Matters on Representation of Joint feedback to proposed legislation resulting in changes to the proposed wording on Road traffic Bill specifically e-scooters
Hume Brophy · 2 returns Transport
- Recovery of the Irish aviation sector and commitment to move to net zero emissions by 2050
- Sustainable Micro Mobility
Dyslexia Association of Ireland Education and Training
- Oireachtas Presentation for Dyslexia Awareness Month presenting findings from a recent survey on the experiences of Irish people with dyslexia, and highlighting issues which need to be addressed.
The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA · 3 returns Agriculture · Environment · Health
- Use of Peat in Horticulture
- Signpost Farms
- Green Ribbon Walks 2021 - IFA's Let's Talk and Walk
DHR Consultancy Limited Health
- Programme for Government commitment to roll out free contraception - activity from 1 September
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health
- Treatment of student nurse and midwives during pandemic and publication and implementation of the McHugh Report
Gibney Communications Agriculture
- To highlight the imminent crisis facing the horticultural sector as a result of restrictions placed on the harvesting of Irish horticultural peat.
Ibec · 2 returns Economic Development and Industry
- Economic update and business policy priorities for 2022
- Dáil decision on the Unified Patent Court
Unite the Union, Ireland Region · 2 returns Transport
- Regulation of motor mechanics trade
- Proposed amendment to the Road Traffic Bill
Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters
- Meeting on Budget 2022
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Health
- The Alzheimer Society lobbied as part of its Pre Budget Submission for robust funding for dementia supports
South Tipperary Development CLG Social Protection
- Requesting an update on Local Employment Services tender / the strategy for Rural Development and related issues
Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Children and Youth Affairs
- Engaged with relevant public representatives and officials on the Regional Group's proposed Autism Bill
Irish Cancer Society Health
- Pre-Budget Submission
Disability Federation of Ireland Budgetary matters
- Oireachtas Disability Group's Pre Budget Submission 2022
Retailers Against Smuggling · 2 returns Finance
- A mailout outlining RAS activities from Q3 2021
- Meeting request to discuss increased tobacco smuggling rates & growing black market
ITMAC - Irish Tobacco Manufacturers' Advisory Committee Community
- End-of-year mailer to all Oireachtas members highlighting key 2021 successes of the Show Me ID - Be Age Ok responsible retailing programme.
Irish Council for International Students (ICOS) Education and Training
- Wrote to all members of Oireachtas to invite to international student report launch
National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Budgetary matters
- Oireachtas Disability Group Pre Budget Campaign

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Questions asked 19 total

New lobbying 30 returns

Questions asked 19 total

New lobbying 26 returns