Kerry — week of Mon, 26 Sept

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Sept – 2 Oct 2022 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 67 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax

2022-09-27 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 85–67

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019

2022-09-27 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 66–87

Voted for 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Voted against 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

The motion · motion passed 92–62

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 3 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 10 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive medical equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46794/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46812/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be offered home-help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46818/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46819/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46842/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) will be provided with respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46843/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) will be provided with the necessary funding for a magnetic attachment for a car seat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46844/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46848/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46849/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46860/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made to replace the disabled drivers medical board of appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47212/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons that are waiting for their appeals to be dealt with through the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will remove the working family payment from the list of income that is assessable when considering social housing applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46918/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme will be extended to derelict rural properties in order that those who live in rural areas may benefit from the grant, as well as those who reside in towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47662/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education when junior certificate examination results will be available to candidates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46920/22]

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 · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Health 6 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if respite care will be granted for a person (details supplied) in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46587/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an appointment with a specialist will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46894/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for a medical appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47001/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland does not have a chief pharmaceutical officer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47514/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a service will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47622/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate the transfer of a healthcare employee (details supplied) to an alternative location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47627/22]
Finance 2 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if increases in benefit-in-kind that are due to take effect on 1 January 2023 as a result of changes brought in by the Finance Act 2019 will be postponed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/22]
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a 0% VAT rate for a lime product (details supplied), given it is environmentally friendly and will encourage more farmers to use it and reduce their carbon footprint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47649/22]
Housing 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a matter in relation to housing inspections on rental properties that are being carried out by local authorities will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47263/22]
Education 1 question
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 20 September 2022, the reason that the issue of applying for a remote grant lies with Bus Éireann, rather than with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47004/22]
Environment 1 question
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if grants are available for the purposes of buying a generator for domestic use in the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47363/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport the reason a person must go back to the start when they want to add another category to their driving licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47533/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who is responsible for a stream at a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47667/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact Irish third level students who were studying in Ukraine have had to transfer to courses in other European Union member states and the students were not offered places in Ireland to complete their course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47641/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-09-29 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will approve a lime product (details supplied) for use by organic farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47650/22]

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

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 13 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the establishment of a haematology day ward in University Hospital Kerry, equipped for ten patients, to facilitate the delivery of chemotherapy and related blood work or infusions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46704/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will support the installation of an isolator in University Hospital Kerry to facilitate load balancing between University Hospital Kerry and Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46705/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will expand the laboratory staff in University Hospital Kerry from a rota of one to five to one to ten to ensure that laboratory staff have sufficient recovery time between shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46706/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that haematology patients are often required to travel daily for prolonged periods of time, two hours each way, from parts of north and west Kerry to Cork, in order to receive essential chemotherapy treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46707/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the thirty-five recommendations contained in the Maskey Report for South Kerry CAMHS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46803/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report the recommendations, if any, of the thirty-five recommendations contained in the Maskey Report for South Kerry CAMHS that have been implemented in North Kerry CAMHS in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46804/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the State-wide review and prescription audit for CAMHS patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46805/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to some CAMHS patients being seen by consultant psychiatrists via video-link or tele-clinic without prior notice that this would be the format of the consultation, or without being advised that they have the right to refuse this format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46806/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the way that CAMHS patients are informed about the use of video-link or teleclinic to avail of services; their rights regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46807/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if all CAMHS patients seen by a consultant psychiatrist via video-link or teleclinic had a professionally-trained member of the CAMHS team present in the room with the patient and family members during each consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46808/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the options available to CAMHS patients who decline a video-link or teleclinic with a consultant psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46809/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of current CAMHS patients in each of north Kerry awaiting their first occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology appointments for longer than 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 months and three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46810/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Annual Report for the years 2013 to 2014 up to and including 2020 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47530/22]
Public 3 questions
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that vacancies for Higher Executive Officers in Government Departments are now taking applicants from the panel of Higher Executive Officers who are Irish-language speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47101/22]
- 2022-09-27 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the percentage of Higher Executive Officers appointed to date in 2022 who are Irish-language speakers; if he will also report on the percentage of Higher Executive Officers overall who are Irish speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47102/22]
- 2022-09-28 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of communications managers employed by bodies under his Department's aegis (details supplied); the associated grades of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47517/22]