Tipperary North — week of Mon, 24 Jan

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Jan – 30 Jan 2022 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 27 questions · 2 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Leaving Certificate

2022-01-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–59

Voted against 2 Alan Kelly · Michael Lowry

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 74–59

Voted against 2 Alan Kelly · Michael Lowry

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

Cost of Living

2022-01-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–60

Voted against 2 Alan Kelly · Michael Lowry

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 3 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Taoiseach 6 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently published national risk assessment. [61501/21]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island initiative of his Department. [3308/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the new German Chancellor. [3309/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [3311/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the investigation by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation in advance of its publication. [3310/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the advertising spend and initiatives promoted by his Department in 2021; and the project budget and plans in place for 2022. [61502/21]
Tourism 5 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology for determining the allocations for the local sports partnership small grant scheme five, the resumption of sport and physical activity under the Covid-19 investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3258/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology for determining the allocations for the local sports partnership grassroots sport support scheme five, the resumption of sport and physical activity under the Covid-19 investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3259/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology for determining the allocations for the local sports partnership under the Covid-19 investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3260/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria and methodology behind the allocations given under scheme two, National Governing Body Resilience Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3261/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for the proportional disparity of funding between counties (details supplied) cumulatively across the three schemes, local sports partnership small grant, local sports partnership grassroots sport support and local sports partnerships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3262/22]
Health 3 questions
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of all contracts given by the HSE to a company (details supplied); the date each contract was awarded; and the value of each contract to date. [3868/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details of all contracts given by the HSE to a company (details supplied); the date each contract was awarded; and the value of each contract to date. [3869/22]
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the HSE should be contracting suppliers that do not honour Workplace Relations Committee and Labour Court final decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to update its timetable on the Ballybrophy rail line to include a service during lunchtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3987/22]
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the reason that no funding has been given from funds (details supplied) to upgrade the Ballybrophy rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3988/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an nationwide audit has been carried out into dog pounds; and if there are plans to carry out an audit in the future. [3056/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-01-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the costs to date of An Garda Síochána Operation Foray; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3708/22]

Michael Lowry — Independent 3 votes · 9 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Environment 2 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options available regarding broadband at a location (details supplied): the steps taken in relation to full capacity fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband to this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options available regarding satellite or mobile broadband at a location (details supplied); the steps taken to engage with satellite and mobile companies to provide a quality broadband connectivity to this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3522/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport 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; if he plans to devise a national policy and or guidelines such that 5 % of total parking bay provision is to contain parking bays for disabled users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3532/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if, in the context of the campaign to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users, he has plans to ensure that disability parking bays are provided in line with international best standards, as set out in Building For Everyone: A Universal Design Approach (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3533/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reconstitution and underplanting scheme applications submitted to his Department in 2021; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no approvals for the scheme were issued in 2021, given many section 5 exemptions were forwarded by farmers as requested by his Department; the reason no reconstitution and underplanting scheme approvals were issued in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2874/22]
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued in 2021; the total number of hectares planted; the number of afforestation licences issued by county; the number of hectares planted by county from January 2021 to December 2021; if he is satisfied with the number of hectares planted in 2021; his plans to expand afforestation in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2880/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her Department will process an incremental credit claim from a teacher (details supplied) without delay given that such a delay in this case will cause financial hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3385/22]
Rural 1 question
- 2022-01-25 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has made recent introductions between local authority broadband officers and satellite broadband companies regarding broadband connectivity at a location (details supplied); the options available in this area regarding alternative broadband services; the steps she has taken in terms of rural broadband for this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3523/22]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2022-01-27 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a form of funding that can be applied for by a person that works as a personal trainer and that wishes to establish a community gym which will deliver fitness, health and wellness programmes as well as inclusive classes and fitness programmes for persons with disabilities; if funding can be made available for such a facility; if he will take into consideration that the availability of all-inclusive gyms for persons with disabilities is limited in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4004/22]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Irish Society for Autism Health
- Autism Specific Legislation
ABP Foods Agriculture
- Highlighting issues with the labour market

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.