Tipperary North — week of Mon, 4 Jul

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Jul – 10 Jul 2022 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022

2022-07-06 · 4 votes

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 72–67

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–73

Voted for 1 Alan Kelly

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

Amendment again put: · motion failed 69–74

Voted for 1 Alan Kelly

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 74–69

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 1 Ryan O'Meara

Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects

2022-07-06 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 78–61

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 5 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the Shannon crossing construction will commence. [36277/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the construction of the south Kerry greenway will commence; and the funding that has been set aside by his Department for same. [36877/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a constituency commission will be set up; if he will confirm that under Part II of Electoral Act 1997 Section 5 that a constituency commission shall be established once the Central Statistics Office publishes a Census report setting out the population of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36536/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that a constituency commission was established in 2016 on the same day that the Central Statistics Office published the population results of the Census; the reason that it is not the case in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36537/22]
Health 2 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when ultrasound general practitioner referrals will be returning to Nenagh Hospital. [36876/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the longest period that any inpatient has stayed in one admission in each acute hospital in the country over the past ten years in tabular form. [36880/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a public services card for a person (details supplied); if she will expedite same in order for the person to urgently obtain a driving licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35935/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to support the development of any new pumped storage stations in Ireland; and his views on whether such facilities are warranted. [36875/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to develop the Lough Derg region in counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway as a tourism destination. [36879/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when the construction of the new school (details supplied) in Roscrea will commence. [36878/22]

Michael Lowry — Independent 4 votes · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Health 7 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when arrangements will be put in place to process payment of the pandemic bonus payment to non-HSE/section 38 workers; if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35296/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when arrangements will be put in place to process a service level agreement with an organisation (details supplied); if he will review correspondence from the chairperson of this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36269/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1384 of 14 June 2022, if the full analysis of service demand need for level 2 palliative care beds (details supplied) has been completed; if so, if it will be published and made available to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1384, 1385, 1386 and 1387 of 14 June 2022, if level 2 bed provision within community hospitals and services for older people is not only to support home care teams and would also be required to support the regional acute level 3 palliative care unit that is, in the case of St Antony’s in Clonmel palliative care beds would support the level 3 south east palliative care centre recently opened in Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36501/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1384 of 14 June 2022, if the current level 2 palliative care bed provision (details supplied) and therefore less than the number prior to the closure of St. Brigid’s Community Hospital , Carrick on Suir is deemed as sufficient currently and for the future requirements given the upsurge of cancer disease following the pandemic as well as the ageing population. [36502/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason that level 2 palliative care support bedrooms cannot be internally modified, despite public private partnership approval, to include an adjacent family room as has been outlined previously that the circumstances and needs of palliative care patients and their families differ significantly to elderly patients and thus sharing a common family room is not optimal. [36503/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) who is requesting the immediate publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review was due to be completed in December 2021 has not yet been published; if the needs outlined in the Capacity Review will be funded in his Department’s budgetary plan for 2023 to ensure that another year does not pass with families and persons left without any residential supports, day places and respite supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36599/22]
Finance 3 questions
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a scheme of tax credits in budget 2023 for owner-occupiers of defective apartments, duplexes and residential properties to offset remediation costs, similar to the way buy-to-let owners can offset liabilities against profit and loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he has reconsidered his support for the enactment of a proposed European Union directive implementing a minimum corporate tax rate, given the increased pressures on Irish and European Union competitiveness as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [35936/22]
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to implement the proposed global minimum tax rate as part of Finance Bill 2023. [35937/22]
Justice 3 questions
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice if a refusal issued to three Ukrainian family members (details supplied) under the European Union Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC) will be reviewed; if officials will take into account that a fourth member of this family who is a minor was granted permission and that the refusal issued to their parents and younger sister will have a huge impact on the family unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36542/22]
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the number of Scott service medals awarded to members of An Garda Síochána in County Tipperary in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36547/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 26 May 2022, if her Department’s review of the new scorecard system for persons who have recently turned 18 is finalised; if the updated scorecards and guidelines are now available for applicants to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36811/22]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to increase the accuracy of the passport tracking service online to show real-time data of each actual step of the application process; if processing applications actually means that the application is only received should the track reflect this real-time accurate information; if an application is in a queue to get seen by a checker if the passport tracker can inform applicants of this and the status to reflect online with a checker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36787/22]
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that some passport applications are not registering correctly on the passport online tracking service; if he will ensure that all passport applications are registered correctly on the tracker system given that inaccurate information on the online tracker system causes confusion and additional unwarranted stress to applicants and causes additional unnecessary calls to the Passport Office customer service team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36788/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-07-05 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) has not been provided access to a further English additional language teacher; if her Department has taken into account that numerous pupils from countries such as Syria, Slovenia, Lithuania, Pakistan and Poland are enrolled in this school; the steps that will be taken to address the need for extra EAL teaching resources considering this school is continually increasing its number of EAL pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35711/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-07-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) from County Tipperary in obtaining their electrical phase 2 stage placement earlier than the current target issue date of January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36322/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-07-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a review will be completed by his Department on a recently produced white paper by an organisation (details supplied) titled Keeping Ireland’s Energy Flowing which outlines the way that Ireland can repurpose existing physical infrastructure at the Kinsale Head Gas Field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36937/22]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.