Kerry — week of Mon, 28 Feb

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Feb – 6 Mar 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 54 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021

2022-03-02 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Tra…

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A bill to provide for the extension of the powers of the Liable Relatives Unit of the Department of Social Protection, to make a Determination Order in respect of Jobseekers Transitional Payment to one parent families, to include any necessary application to the District Court for a Payment Order, thus enabling the State to recoup, from a “liable relative”, a contribution towards the cost of providing said payment and related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 80–46

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

Healthcare Waiting Lists

2022-03-02 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 75–57

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

The motion · motion passed 76–57

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 0 votes · 3 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 3 total

Public 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will introduce an emergency mini supplementary budget without delay aimed at tackling the cost of living crisis. [11766/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11690/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the decision to increase the carbon tax in Budget 2022. [11767/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

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 · 29 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 29 total

Health 11 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when the respite services will be restored in the greater Listowel, County Kerry area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10845/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the lack of diabetic nurses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11546/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to assist a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12029/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an issue in relation to dental work for medical card holders will be addressed as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12033/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to rectify the situation in north County Kerry in which the KIDS team is down to one occupational therapist; if the matter will be rectified given the large case load; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12174/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12254/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when face-to-face meetings will resume for parents of children who have difficulties, for example, through organisations such as an organisation (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12258/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his Department will recognise a diagnosis of Lyme's disease after a person has been tested in another country such as Germany or the United States of America (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12167/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy appointments (details supplied) will be resumed in Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12173/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12251/22]
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason that an operation has been repeatedly cancelled in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12268/22]
Social 7 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the provision of an alarm system or a phonewatch will be added to the household benefit package in view of the rise in rural and urban crime and in the interest in protecting our older citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11033/22]
- 2022-03-01 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. [11521/22]
- 2022-03-01 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. [11642/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11643/22]
- 2022-03-01 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. [11647/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11648/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding treatment benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11892/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the roll-out for national broadband will commence in Rockchapel, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11416/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to formulate planning guidelines in relation to battery storage units (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11866/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to the payment of an allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11143/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11537/22]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is assistance or support that can be afforded in a scenario (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11649/22]
Public 2 questions
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will take into charge an issue regarding erosion at a private property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12027/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are planned works to be carried out at the Fenit Bank at the entrance to Fenit Island (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12028/22]
Justice 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11489/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given as part of the Decade of Centenaries project to erecting a memorial to the persons who lost their lives fighting the War of Independence in Headford, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12202/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-03-03 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the costs related to the removal of one hectare of rhododendron in Ireland’s national parks that are managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12249/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 9 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 9 total

Health 3 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied). [11338/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a multi-disciplinary team to provide the necessary specialist support for sufferers of Huntington’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12017/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will establish a working group to focus on Huntington’s disease under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the integrated care programme within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12018/22]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will continue to provide Departmental funding for coastal infrastructure to ensure that those harbours and slipways that are ineligible for Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding receive maintenance and investment funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12014/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide funding for coastal infrastructure to ensure that harbours and slipways that are not shovel-ready can engage in the necessary planning and design works that may render them eligible for the Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12015/22]
- 2022-03-02 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a framework and method of working with local authorities to ensure investment needs for smaller piers and harbours can be addressed via the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, Departmental or other funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12016/22]
Justice 2 questions
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current average waiting times for naturalisation certificates, in tabular form. [11738/22]
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons waiting zero to six months, six to 12 months and more than 12 months for a certificate of naturalisation, in tabular form [11739/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-03-01 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants are currently unable to book any online theory tests for their driving licence regardless of the dates that are selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11626/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Social Justice Ireland Environment
- Dissemination of Measuring Progress: Sustainable Progress Index 2022 which compares Ireland's progress towards the SDGs with our EU14 peers and makes proposals on how this progress can be accellerated to achieve our 2030 goals.