Tipperary North — week of Mon, 23 Oct — Watch Them Work

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Oct – 29 Oct 2023 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023

2023-10-25 · 1 vote · Govt (Finance)

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further pr…

full description

A bill to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further provision in connection with finance; and to provide for related matters.

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Health Service Funding

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 73–58

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 75–59

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Neutrality

2023-10-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 77–56

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 76–56

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Tourism 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of all sporting groups and clubs the Junior Minister for Sport (details supplied) met during their tenure in her Department, including the date of meetings, sporting organisation met, location of meetings and Government/public representatives present, in tabular form. [46689/23]

Michael Lowry — Independent 5 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Education 3 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence received from a school (details supplied) given the gravity of the issue raised by the management of the school; if she will make arrangements for officials in her Department to engage with the school without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46178/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 17 October 2023, if she can make enquiries with Bus Éireann and ask them to confirm whether their online system ever experienced any issues related to the capturing of eircodes during the 2023-2024 ticket application process; if such an issue with eircodes was indeed present; if Bus Éireann will provide the Minister with the date(s) when this issue was identified and when it was subsequently resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46442/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if school transport or school transport support grants can be extended to a student (details supplied) with special education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46571/23]
Transport 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he and Bus Éireann will consider the reinstatement of the Bus Éireann X12 Expressway service between Dublin and Limerick, which also includes a stop in Roscrea, County Tipperary in the event that the return of the X12 service is not feasible; if not, if he and Bus Éireann will consider introducing a public bus service from Roscrea to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46133/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will initiate discussions with Bus Éireann concerning its service from the South East Technological University (details supplied); if he will support this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47124/23]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a permit application (details supplied) was refused; the relevant governing body/person that was consulted by his Department concerning this employment permit which led to a decision to refuse; what exactly is section 12(1I)(b) of the Employment Permits Act 2006; the reason the permit was under this section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46195/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the anticipated timeframe for the determination of an appeal lodged subsequent to the refusal of a permit application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46211/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, and in view of the criteria stated in the native woodland conservation scheme (details supplied), if it is fair that this envisages the preparation and submission of the site-specific native woodland plan by a NPWS ecologist and NPWS forester to his Department prior to the clear-felling of the conifer forest taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46534/23]
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, if the Forestry Service has granted an approval for native woodland conservation under the private high forest category to anyone where the criteria under NPWS private high forest category listed on pages 3 and 4 of the scheme documents have not been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46566/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice when applications (details supplied) will be finalised and permission granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47106/23]
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice when an application (details supplied) will be finalised and visa permission granted; if she will review the circumstances around the delay in processing this application and the reasons for the misinformation provided to the applicant and their spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47107/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection the processing times for carer's allowance applications; the sequential processing time for applications sent for review by applicants, and refusals that are under appeals by applicants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46638/23]
Health 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health following a recommendation made by the WHO in 2021, to provide an update on his Department’s progress in developing a National Hearing Care Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46565/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-10-24 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 30 May 2023, the status of the proposed new veterinary school at the University of Limerick; if he will provide an update on the negotiations between the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine and his Department concerning funding and the quantity of additional veterinary education places that will be available in UL; if these additional veterinary education places will be listed and available for students to apply for on the CAO system for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-10-26 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); if, given the extensive additional supporting documents that needed to be provided with this application, he can confirm that his Department has now received everything required to have this application processed at the earliest convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47066/23]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.