Kerry — week of Mon, 29 May — Watch Them Work

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 29 May – 4 Jun 2023 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023

2023-05-31 · 2 votes · People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability

full description

A bill to amend the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 to provide for abortion on request prior to foetal viability; to abolish the 3 day waiting period for abortion on request; to allow for abortion on grounds of fatal foetal abnormality that are likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within a year of birth; to allow for abortion where there is a risk to the life, or of serious harm to the health, of the pregnant woman; and to decriminalise the provision of abortion.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–74

Voted for 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Brendan Griffin · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion passed 67–64

Voted for 1 Pa Daly

Voted against 4 Brendan Griffin · Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Home Ownership

2023-05-31 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–65

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 · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

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 · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Health 6 questions
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the stage the look-back review into North Kerry CAMHS is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25674/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a fair deal application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25818/23]
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when he will commence negotiations with a union (details supplied) as part of the review of pharmacy dispensing fees under section 42 (14) of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26157/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if additional investment will be made for cancer services so that everyone can access timely treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26684/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his Department will look at abolishing the car parking rates for cancer patients in all HSE and local authority car parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26686/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26855/23]
Housing 4 questions
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that residential developers still have to pay Irish Water up front and that the recent announcements by the Government will not give any immediate relief to developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26475/23]
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent on coming up with a new name for An Bord Pleanála; the rationale behind it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26648/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the qualifying threshold from €36,000 to €40,000 for couples who are working and who wish to apply for local authority social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26766/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there was any cost incurred when changing Irish Water's name to Uisce Éireann; the rationale behind the name-change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26933/23]
Finance 3 questions
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if serious consideration will be given to the pre-Budget submission of having 0% VAT applied to sunscreen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26685/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance his views on rising insurance costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26788/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance the latest update regarding farmers being exempt from the residential zoned land tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26770/23]
Children 3 questions
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans in place to support mothers with newborns who wish to defer their maternity leave if they need to start cancer treatment following on from giving birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26759/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26859/23]
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how long an assessment for a child (details supplied) will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26892/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-05-30 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25894/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26683/23]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a visa application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-06-01 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has plans to assist people who paid class D contributions in the public sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26951/23]

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

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 3 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Justice 1 question
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the status of his commitments to restorative justice (details supplied). [26515/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-05-31 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason children who have received apologies from the HSE for significant deficits in care are not being added to the CAMHS compensation scheme and offered the same securities and non-adversarial mediator options as children from south Kerry. [26533/23]