Tipperary South — week of Mon, 3 Oct

What your Tipperary South TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Oct – 9 Oct 2022 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 17 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defective Concrete Products Levy

2022-10-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 72–60

Voted against 1 Mattie McGrath

Did not vote 2 Michael Murphy · Seamus Healy

The motion · motion passed 72–59

Voted against 1 Mattie McGrath

Did not vote 2 Michael Murphy · Seamus Healy

Mattie McGrath — Independent 2 votes · 17 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 17 total

Health 7 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide confirmation of the opening hours of the minor injuries unit in Our Lady’s Hospital Cashel; the number of patients who have attended this service in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48147/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [48154/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the amount that was given to each company providing private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [48155/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review will be published; if the contents of the Review were included in Budget 2023; the reason for the delay in the publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48156/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will publish an accessible budget announcement for disability in order that persons with disabilities and their supporters can be informed of the number existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports that have been provided for in Budget 2023; and the way that this relates to the needs’ outlined in the capacity review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48157/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans for the health centre in Newcastle, Clonmel, County Tipperary, which has been closed since Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48185/22]
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current status of the National Children’s Hospital; the expected completion date; the current expected total spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48810/22]
Transport 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he is taking to reduce the waiting time for a driving test at Clonmel test centre (details supplied); the reason for the long wait time; the number of persons who are waiting for a test at the centre; the current average wait time for a test; the number waiting for tests in all test centres; the average wait time in all test centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47979/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 24 May 2022, the progress that has been made to simplify the language used within the driver theory test to accommodate applicants that have learning and language difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48006/22]
Housing 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new tenant incremental purchase scheme will be opened to new applications; the reason for the delay in finalising this scheme, which was announced in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48115/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in place for the long-term housing needs of Ukrainian refugees; if there are plans for local authorities to seek rental accommodation from private landlords to use for this purpose; his plans to deal with the extreme shortage of private rented accommodation in counties such as Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48131/22]
Education 2 questions
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the provisions that are being made for children with special needs who require access to a generalised learning disability unit in a mainstream school but who do not have an ASD diagnosis; the number of generalised learning disability units nationwide per county; the plans to open more generalised learning disability units to provide for those who have learning disabilities or additional needs other than ASD; the reason that only those with an ASD diagnosis are able to avail of additional unit support in mainstream school in cases in which the provision of maximum SNA provision is not sufficient; the reason that children with other neurological diagnosis that present in a similar manner to ASD are not entitled to avail of ASD units without having the specific ASD diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47946/22]
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a special educational needs officer will be reappointed to south County Tipperary; the reason south County Tipperary has no SENO currently; the number of children currently seeking special educational needs supports in the area; the number of students currently awaiting a placement in an ASD unit and generalised learning disability unit in south County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47958/22]
Social 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs applications that have been received by her Department to date in 2022 the number of applications that have been finalised and approved, respectively; the length of time that it has taken to process these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48170/22]
Children 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that Tusla accommodated in private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [48153/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-10-04 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish and provide a copy of a report (details supplied) which was supposed to accompany a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48589/22]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2022-10-05 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason that a trainee educational psychologist completing a doctorate is the only professional doctorate programme which is not Government funded; the reason for this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48874/22]

New lobbying 1 return

Baxter Healthcare Ireland Ltd Health
- Supports for Home Dialysis Patients given the cost of electricity

Michael Murphy — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seamus Healy — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.