Tipperary North — week of Mon, 20 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 20 Nov – 26 Nov 2023 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 35 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

2023-11-22 · 5 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–79

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 52–81

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 50–76

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 51–78

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 80–53

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020

2023-11-22 · 2 votes · Aontú PMB

A bill to protect children from viewing pornographic material on the internet

full description

A bill to protect children from viewing pornographic material on the internet; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–58

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Health Service Recruitment Freeze

2023-11-22 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 74–59

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Palestine

2023-11-22 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 54–79

Voted against 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–50

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 83–50

Voted for 1 Michael Lowry

Did not vote 2 Alan Kelly · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 0 votes · 27 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 27 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if at design and implementation stage for all active travel measures since he assumed office, including all emergency active travel measures brought in during Covid, full cognisance of the statutory requirements of the Disability Act 2005 were met and implemented; if not, where did this occurred; and the reason. [51096/23]
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if at design and implementation stage for all active travel measures since he assumed office, including all emergency active travel measures brought in during Covid, full consultation with the emergency services was conducted to ensure access for all emergency vehicles was maintained. [51097/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional WTE enforcement transport officers and enforcement vehicle inspectors recruited by the RSA in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [51338/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the budget allocation for active travel spending in 2024; and the estimated number of kilometres of new cycling infrastructure that will be delivered in 2024. [51339/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of hybrid and hydrogen buses that will come into the Bus Éireann PSO fleets in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [51340/23]
Health 5 questions
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the patient safety bill will be fully commenced this year; and if not, the reason. [50639/23]
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the number and categories of life changing injuries which have occurred as a result of the rise in road traffic incidents which caused fatalities and life changing injuries in each of the years 2016 to date, and by category with an explanation of what each category represents. [51098/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologists based at Cork University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [51328/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the extra funding and or personnel that will be allocated towards thrombectomy services in 2024. [51329/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CHOs 3 and 5 for prosthetics in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [51330/23]
Housing 2 questions
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any proposals to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to waive the requirement for a Part 8 of the Act consultation for emergency active travel measures introduced during the Covid emergency. [51095/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the WTE staff, by job title, working in the Office of Planning Regulator; the number of vacancies, by job title, in the Office; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [51337/23]
Social 2 questions
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list, by county, of the remaining 900 non-DEIS schools that recently, following an invitation from her Department, expressed an interest in the hot school meals programme. [50571/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic for persons aged over 80 years. [51342/23]
Environment 2 questions
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes at each pre-works BER ratings that achieved a B2 cost-optimum standard in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [51343/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of retrofits completed, per month, under the warmer homes scheme in 2023, in tabular form. [51344/23]
Education 2 questions
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD places available in secondary schools in Tipperary in September 2024, in tabular form. [51333/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor position for schools with over 575 pupils. [51334/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE staff, by grade, working in the International Protection Office as of 16 November 2023; and the corresponding figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form. [51325/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if a new recruitment campaign for prison nurses will be launched early in the new year. [51327/23]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of revenue generated through activities in each of the fishery harbour centres under the remit of his Department in the first ten months of 2023 [51335/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have spoken with the Commissioner of the United States Food and Drugs Administration since January 2023. [51336/23]
Foreign 1 question
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to speak to his Indian counterpart before the end of 2023. [51331/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital ceilings, by Department, for 2024 and 2025, as per the revised NDP, in tabular form. [51332/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which potential growth opportunities for business tourism in this country continue to be identified. [51324/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current budget allocation for the Ombudsman for Children's Office in 2022 and 2023; and the expected budget allocation for same in 2024, in tabular form. [51341/23]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current number of Youthreach centres in Tipperary; and the number of students attending Youthreach centres within Tipperary. [51323/23]

Michael Lowry — Independent 12 votes · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Agriculture 3 questions
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plots and plantations (details supplied) are eligible for the ash dieback grant aid scheme; if the owner needs to secure a felling licence for the non-ash broadleaf species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51006/23]
- 2023-11-22 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include an advisory circular with all Ash dieback reconstitution scheme approvals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51286/23]
- 2023-11-23 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to review and address correspondence (details supplied) concerning operational inefficiencies in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; to provide an update on the postponed issuance of letters of offer for the TAMS 3 solar PV grant as this delay is greatly impacting businesses and farmers, as these concerns are causing significant financial strain and affecting the efficacy of these key environmental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51637/23]
Health 2 questions
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason a health care worker (details supplied) has not received their pandemic special recognition payment; if he will take into account that they worked from September 2019 to July 2020 in various health care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50887/23]
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason a health care worker (details supplied) has not received their pandemic special recognition payment; if he will take into account that this person worked from February 2020 to July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50923/23]
Justice 1 question
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 26 October 2023, if he will provide clarity on the misinformation provided to the applicant and their spouse, specifically regarding the reason they were told to have flights booked; if he has reviewed the documents which have outlined all the applicant and their spouse's concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50992/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-11-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional funding and financial assistance that can be made available to an organisation (details supplied); if he and his Department will open dialogue with the organisation immediately concerning the funding crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50684/23]
Environment 1 question
- 2023-11-23 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to review and address correspondence (details supplied) concerning operational inefficiencies in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's management of the support scheme for renewable heat, particularly the substantial delays in budget deployment and payment cycles for clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51637/23]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.