Tipperary North — week of Mon, 7 Nov

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 7 Nov – 13 Nov 2022 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 39 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021

2022-11-09 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for re…

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A bill to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 and for that purpose to provide for the right of minors over the age of 16 to consent to mental health treatment and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 60–75

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Home Care

2022-11-09 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–58

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 0 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Health 5 questions
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the protocol regarding HSE staff being requested to meet Oireachtas Members and if it is appropriate that only Government Oireachtas Members be invited to such meetings. [56008/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number and locations of primary care centres that have opened since he assumed office. [56087/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have put forward cases to the CervicalCheck tribunal to date. [56088/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his views on the creation of an elective hospital in the mid-west. [56089/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the dates and locations of meetings he has facilitated with his Department officials and-or HSE officials with public representatives since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56090/22]
Justice 4 questions
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the person or body that manages the expenditure within the Garda College in Templemore. [56079/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the total amount of expenditure for the Garda College in Templemore in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [56080/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice her views on a matter (details supplied). [56081/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank who are currently suspended from any Garda divisions in Limerick. [56082/22]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56091/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56092/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56093/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and attendees at all meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) since he assumed office, in tabular form. [56094/22]
Environment 2 questions
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dates on which he or his officials met with EirGrid. [56085/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the dates on which he or his officials met with the CRU. [56086/22]
Public 2 questions
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the swimming pool in the Garda Training College in Templemore cannot be used by local schools to teach local children how to swim, given they have done so for more than 40 years. [56078/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and locations of sites he has visited that could be considered for modular homes for refugees, Ukrainians and Irish social housing tenants, in tabular form. [56095/22]
Transport 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [54487/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans, if any, she has to Improve Lough Derg's capacity to attract tourists, in light of the views expressed by the Ministers for Transport and Environment, Climate and Communications regarding its potential as a tourism destination. [56084/22]
Defence 1 question
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence if he will consider using the lands of Nenagh military barracks for social housing. [56083/22]

Michael Lowry — Independent 2 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Education 8 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 5 October 2022, if her Department's broadband technical team has been able to resolve the problems preventing a school (details supplied) from accessing high-speed broadband; the steps that are being taken to remove these obstacles as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54368/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education when an application for wheelchair-accessible school transport for a pupil (details supplied) will be reviewed and a decision issued on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54388/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education when an application for school transport for a pupil (details supplied) will be reviewed and a decision issued on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54389/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the process that a secondary school can follow to employ a qualified individual to "only" coordinate special education needs in the school; the additional allowances that this school obtain to employ this qualified person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54403/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if schools accept and comply with a new direction issued from the NCSE and her Department, concerning children with additional needs (details supplied); if she will provide details regarding the new guidelines which have recently been issued to schools surrounding supporting children with additional educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54600/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if concerns regarding funding provided to a school (details supplied) for summer projects to improve its exterior environment can be resolved to the satisfaction of the school and her Department, in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54895/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the status of the delivery of the autism unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54922/22]
- 2022-11-10 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education her views on whether it is appropriate to allow an alcohol industry-funded organisation (details supplied) to provide literature and programmes on the risks of alcohol to school-aged children; if she will direct schools not to utilise any material which they have received from the organisation; if she will support a named campaign for school-based education on the risks of alcohol to be independent of any alcohol industry influence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55942/22]
Health 4 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of persons who were refused access to FreeStyle Libre devices in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54957/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the total spend on blood glucose test strips for persons with diabetes under the long-term illness scheme for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54958/22]
- 2022-11-09 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to consultants by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the name of each organisation used; the reason that each organisation was appointed; the cost to the State, and the person who approved these appointments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55805/22]
- 2022-11-09 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the engagement that the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service had with women's health stakeholders such as midwives, clinicians, representative organisations (details supplied) or women's health advocate groups; if the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service can confirm if its engagement with women's health stakeholders impacted by its decision to recommend a restriction on home birth deliveries to women who do not reside within 30 minutes of a maternity hospital; if the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service took into account that the proposed changes would have the greatest impact on those living in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55817/22]
Transport 3 questions
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will urgently seek approval to reintroduce the fuel cost subsidy or to reform the diesel rebate scheme; the additional measures that will be implemented to support persons and operations of the freight industry (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the current fuel price crisis for the freight industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54727/22]
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to remove the barriers to having a fast electric vehicle charging point made available in Thurles, County Tipperary, given the Government's commitment to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54775/22]
- 2022-11-09 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding changes to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 and the national fleet database; when he intends to respond to the organisation; and if a copy of this response can be made available to all members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55803/22]
Finance 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the steps that are being taken to appease the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the uplift to section 481 for the film, television, and animation tax credit, which provides an additional financial incentive to productions based outside counties Dublin, Wicklow, and Cork, and has helped to preserve the better regional spread achieved by those in the media production industry since its introduction; the measures that can be introduced by his Department to alleviate the concerns raised by the organisation should the uplift to the Section 481 not be extended beyond its 2023 expiry date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54455/22]
Public 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a river will be dredged or if flood relief works will be considered at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in order to alleviate the flood risk to the surrounding property and lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55458/22]
Tourism 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the difficulties facing local broadcast media in the aftermath of Covid; when her Department will review the current broadcast levy; if such a review will take into account online publishers and broadcasters as potential organisations that should be included in the broadcast levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54684/22]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2022-11-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department officials met with a person (details supplied) with regard to the regulatory review undertaken as part of project woodland, including dates, meeting type, in person or virtual, and any other attendees at the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54716/22]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.