Mon, 17 Oct – 23 Oct 2022 · 3 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Alan Kelly — Labour Party
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3 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked3 total
Health3 questions
2022-10-18Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and attendees of any meetings which HSE officials had with any Oireachtas Members from the mid-west, counties Tipperary, Limerick or Clare from 1 January 2022 to 10 October 2022, in chronological order by date, Oireachtas Member attendees, HSE officials and topic of meeting. [51300/22]
2022-10-19Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s performance management and improvement unit presented him with a report on its findings and recommendations, following its four-week visit to University Hospital Limerick; and if so, if he will publish the report. [52251/22]
2022-10-19Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 281 of 28 September 2022 and 682 of 11 October 2022, if he has reconsidered his position regarding creating an elective hospital for the mid-west given that his replies stated absolutely that no elective hospital is planned for the mid-west (details supplied). [52361/22]
Michael Lowry — Independent
0 votes ·
15 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked15 total
Finance3 questions
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the engagements that he has had with his counterparts in fellow EU Member States about the possibility of the implementation in the European Union of Pillar Two of the OECD agreement on international taxation by means other than a directive which has been agreed unanimously by all Member States. [52091/22]
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted analysis of the potential impact on investment and Exchequer receipts of the minimum global rate of tax being adopted in Ireland, but not in one or more EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52092/22]
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will rule out Ireland adopting the minimum global tax rate if an implementing directive is not agreed unanimously by all EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52093/22]
Transport2 questions
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the substantial delays experienced by taxi operators when booking appointments to recalibrate and seal their meters for the new fare regime which came into force from 1 September 2022 (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the obstacles in having additional appointments made available to have these meters recalibrate and resealed given that operating without a meter being sealed is an offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51395/22]
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will urgently seek a deadline extension to applicants who have received approval for funding through the eSPSV grant scheme to purchase an electric vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51403/22]
Children2 questions
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application for ECCE time extension exemption for a child (details supplied) which was refused will be reviewed on the basis that this child is waiting on an assessment with the child and disability team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51320/22]
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently seek a review concerning the level of funding for youth services such as Waterford and South Tipperary Community Youth Service in Budget 2023 (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the financial difficulties and obstacles that youth service organisations are experiencing; if additional funding will be made available to such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52018/22]
Agriculture2 questions
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the environmental report grant as set out in circular 13/2022 will be payable on afforestation files planted in 2023 and payable in 2023 or afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51813/22]
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the environmental report grant as set out in circular 13/2022, if the “report from an external ecologist” must be an NIS or does a habitat survey or ecology survey qualify for the environmental report grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51814/22]
Education2 questions
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied) which is with her Department since October 2020; if she will request that her Department makes contact with consultants who are acting on the school's behalf and are still awaiting feedback from her Department since their meeting in July 2022 regarding defining a template to streamline stage 1 reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52446/22]
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied); her plans to address the concerns raised by this school principal; the measures that are being taken to alleviate the obstacles and alleviate the current crisis in obtaining substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52448/22]
Enterprise1 question
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to extend the remit of eligibility for work permits to bus drivers from third countries given the acute shortage of same within the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51772/22]
Health1 question
2022-10-18Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on radiation therapy since January 2022 until the end of September 2022, by county and radiotherapy centre in tabular form; if he is satisfied that there are enough radiation therapists working in the HSE to carry out radiation therapy treatment to those on waiting lists; the measures that are being taken to alleviate the obstacles to having radiation therapy provided to patients in the earliest timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51105/22]
Public1 question
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons that the Office of Public Works will not provide a licence to access the swimming pool in the Garda college in Templemore in order that a person can provide swimming and water safety/lifesaving classes, which are considered essential life skills; if his attention has been drawn to a long tradition to allow access to this local amenity including the provision to provide and make available swimming and water safety/lifesaving classes to the local community in the swimming pool at the Garda college; if the OPW has changed its policy when reviewing and granting licences to use the swimming pool in the Garda college; the current licencing guidelines used by the OPW to access a licence application to use the swimming pool at the Garda college; the way in which a person can obtain a copy of the OPW’s licensing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52152/22]
Social1 question
2022-10-19Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to address the pay scales and current pay rates of the community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors, given the valuable and dedicated service that CE supervisors and assistant supervisors provide in running CE schemes and in delivering local based community services; the measures that are being taken to alleviate the financial difficulties which community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors working in this sector are experiencing; if additional funding will be made available to such local-based community service organisations to provide pay increases to their staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52278/22]
Ryan O'Meara — Fianna Fáil
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0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.