Kerry — week of Mon, 4 Dec — Watch Them Work

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Dec – 10 Dec 2023 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 38 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Renters

2023-12-06 · 2 votes

Amendment again put: · motion passed 67–60

Voted for 1 Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

The motion · motion passed 67–59

Voted for 1 Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Immigration

2023-12-06 · 1 vote

A sub-amendment · motion failed 16–107

Voted against 4 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Norma Foley · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2023-12-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 79–59

Voted for 1 Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Confidence in the Minister for Justice

2023-12-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–63

Voted for 1 Norma Foley

Voted against 3 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 5 votes · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Tourism 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide urgent consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53365/23]
Rural 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to give consideration to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53438/23]

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 5 votes · 15 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 15 total

Health 7 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a device for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53265/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53740/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54007/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 19 October 2022, if he will provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54144/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if respite will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54229/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to milage subsistence for those providing palliative care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54270/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54272/23]
Justice 2 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53764/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice if funding will be increased for a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53856/23]
Education 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address the ongoing issue to source home economics teachers; if there are any plans to fund this course the same as maths and Spanish when there was a shortage of them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53269/23]
Social 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will have an application for carer’s allowance reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53669/23]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter with regard to redundancy payments from a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/23]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a light will be turned on at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54252/23]
Tourism 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the inequalities of media support (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54281/23]
Children 1 question
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth about an application for a children's disability services grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54249/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Budgetary matters
- Funding increases for services

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 5 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 5 votes · 13 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 13 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 901 of 13 June 2023, the projected and actual number of Garda recruits, resignations, retirements and overall workforce numbers to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53739/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for details of her diary and all engagements for 22, 23 and 24 November 2023. [53778/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she and the Garda Commissioner were first in contact in relation to an incident (details supplied); who initiated that contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53779/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when she and the Garda Commissioner were first in contact in relation to an incident (details supplied); who initiated that contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53780/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the total number of persons denied entry to the State and returned, specifying the breakdown of their countries of origin, in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [53881/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the total number of international protection applications that have been processed in accordance with the accelerated procedure since it was introduced in November 2022; and to provide a breakdown of the decision outcomes under this procedure in respect of granting permission to remain, granting and refusing international protection respectively, in tabular form. [53882/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the average cost of effecting a deportation/return in 2023 in accordance with EU legislation, specifying the breakdown of average costs associated with flights, accommodation, administration, and other relevant costs, in tabular form. [53887/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the average cost of effecting a transfer/return in 2023 in accordance with the Dublin III Regulation, specifying the breakdown of average costs associated with flights and transportation, accommodation, administration and other relevant costs, in tabular form. [53889/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 120 and 122 of 22 November 2023, the average cost of effecting an EU removal/return in 2023 in accordance with EU legislation, specifying the breakdown of average costs associated with flights, accommodation, administration, and other relevant costs, in tabular form. [53979/23]
Health 4 questions
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for surgical procedure to remove cataracts (bilateral), as their sight is impaired and is affecting their day-to-day quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53186/23]
- 2023-12-05 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if an appointment with the consultant oncologist in University Hospital Kerry can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53235/23]
- 2023-12-06 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the provision of South Doc services in Listowel; and his plans to change the service. [54118/23]
- 2023-12-07 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for a surgical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54251/23]

New lobbying 1 return

Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Budgetary matters
- Funding increases for services