Tipperary North — week of Mon, 6 Mar

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 6 Mar – 12 Mar 2023 · 3 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages

2023-03-08 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–78

Voted for 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

High Energy Costs

2023-03-08 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 69–59

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 69–59

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 3 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 5 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Tipperary who are on the medical card dental scheme; and the number of these dentists that are accepting new patients. [11217/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the names of international recruitment agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia, UK and New Zealand that have contracts with the HSE to advertise for posts to be filled within the Irish public health service. [11218/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in University Hospital Limerick; and if each of these theatres is in use. [11219/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has advertised for the post of consultant ophthalmologist since January 2021. [11220/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHOs 3 and 5 funding, by local team level, for psychology services. [11221/23]
Justice 3 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of drones owned by An Garda Síochána. [11229/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost of training an additional 225 gardaí in the competency-based driver level 3 course in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [11230/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with burglary within the Tipperary division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11231/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of times the Irish Aviation Authority was informed of military exercises by foreign military or naval services affecting Irish-controlled airspace in the past three years; and the countries involved. [11223/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2023 of doubling the number of revenue protection officers within Iarnród Éireann. [11224/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 28 February 2023. [11222/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the current contract for the provision of handling emergency calls services is due to expire; and the amount his Department spent on this service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11216/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding he intends to make available to address serious flooding concerns in Ballina, County Tipperary following on from a number of flooding incidents that have taken place in the town over the last couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/23]
Housing 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11226/23]
Defence 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in either France and Canada in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11225/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE architects employed by her Department in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11232/23]

Michael Lowry — Independent 0 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Health 4 questions
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health where the processing team in the medical card section obtains information on applicants' previous employments and self-employments records (details supplied); the reason requests for historic employment are being made of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11071/23]
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) who worked for a company in a position that qualified them to receive the pandemic special recognition payment during the applicable time period was not paid, and had their claim rejected by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11076/23]
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he has received and reviewed a press statement by an organisation (details supplied) concerning the recently published National Report, Staff Census, and Workforce Review for 2022 of children's disability network teams; what efforts he is making to ensure progress is made to increase staffing levels in the CDNT teams; if he and relevant Ministers of State in his Department will meet representatives of the organisation to discuss this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify his and the HSE's position on Special Leave with Pay for HSE personnel suffering from long-term Covid illness and unable to work; if the present Special Leave with Pay scheme will be extended for eligible staff beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12041/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-03-08 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the first-home scheme; if he supports requests for the scheme to be restructured to allow first-time self-builders who currently own a home; if it will allow first-time self-builders who do not already own a home to apply for the scheme; if a scheme review has been undertaken; when he expects such a review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11740/23]
- 2023-03-09 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a review of the current designated rent pressure zones will be completed; if he will review the standardised average rent for County Tipperary to ascertain if the county now qualifies as a RPZ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12042/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the additional engagement that has occurred for this development between his Department, the Minister of State in the Office of Public Works, the Minister for Justice, and the National Development Finance Agency (details supplied); if the development of Clonmel Garda station is considered a priority for the Government, given that a new Garda station in Clonmel is urgently needed for the all members of the public who are served by the members of An Garda Síochána stationed in Clonmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11459/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-03-07 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to a response (details supplied) which this Deputy received from the National Council for Special Education on 7 June 2022, if she will confirm whether the NCSE has provided her with an update on the status of an application to establish an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classroom in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11438/23]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.