Kerry — week of Mon, 12 Feb

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 12 Feb – 18 Feb 2024 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 52 questions · 5 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model

2024-02-14 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 79–57

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

The motion · motion passed 78–56

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Michael Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Michael Cahill

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2024-02-14 · 1 vote

Amendment again put: · motion passed 73–64

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

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

Did not vote 1 Michael Cahill

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-02-13 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 67–56

Voted for 1 Brendan Griffin

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

Did not vote 2 Michael Cahill · Norma Foley

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 2 votes · 4 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 4 total

Education 2 questions
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will consider allowing drivers who reach 70 years the opportunity to continue driving subject to passing an annual medical even convened by a doctor chosen by her Department. [7125/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to allow persons over 70 years to continue driving in view of the continuous shortage of school bus drivers. [7126/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6842/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to give consideration to an urgent query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7169/24]

New lobbying 1 return

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Environment
- Submission from the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) – to request a temporary closing date extension and leniency for FCI members who are engaged in hedge management operations after March 1, 2024.

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 4 votes · 16 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 16 total

Health 5 questions
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide a response regarding an appointment for treatment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding a request for a motorised wheelchair (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person will receive an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health about the availability of treatment for eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa for someone who does not have health insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7087/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7103/24]
Environment 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a matter in relation to persons retiring from Eir (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6274/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if serious health and safety issues (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7208/24]
Finance 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address matters in relation to the increase in VAT on food from 9% to 13% and other costs and the way this will impact on the restaurant industry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6622/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance to address a query in respect of stamp duty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/24]
Education 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if an issue in relation to SNAs (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6086/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education , further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 7 February, the person or body that is responsible for the boarding section of a school; the reason they will not speak to the parents of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7247/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6317/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on an appeal of a decision on an invalidity pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6519/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of legislation to reform licensing on late night pub and club openings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6261/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for changes to the N22 / R569 Cork- Kerry junction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6695/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will support an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7130/24]

New lobbying 1 return

The Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) Ltd Environment
- Submission from the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors in Ireland (FCI) – to request a temporary closing date extension and leniency for FCI members who are engaged in hedge management operations after March 1, 2024.

Norma Foley — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

TikTok Education and Training
- Round Table Discussion with Minister Norma Foley
CPSMA Education and Training
- School finances

Pa Daly — Sinn Féin 4 votes · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Justice 8 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice what criteria were used in establishing Algeria as a safe country, including what sources were consulted, and if any external legal advice was utilised. [6500/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice her views in relation to the denial of Garda pensions to former members of Garda rank who left the force for any reason before 1 October 1976, having had the required five years' service. [6539/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on each EU immigration-related policy that Ireland has opted into, including the dates when the Government decided to opt in or out and when the measure was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. [6553/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the date or respective dates by which the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas would need to be secured for any decision Government might make to opt Ireland into each of the five legal measures that form the EU Migration Pact, agreed in December 2023 under the terms of Article 3.1 of Protocol 21 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon's three months opt-in provision. [6590/24]
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the renewed Garda Reserve regulations; and when she anticipates their publication and enactment. [6621/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to her own remarks on the matter (details supplied), what opt in procedure the Government will adopt with respect to the New Pact on Migration and Asylum of the EU; and, in particular, whether the opt in will be exercised under article 3 or article 4 of Protocol 21 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon. [7154/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated number of asylum applicants who produce documentation confirming their identity at any point during the asylum process for the years 2018 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7200/24]
- 2024-02-15 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons landing at airports or arriving through ferry ports without travel documentation; and the number of these persons who then applied for asylum for the years 2018 to 2023, in tabular form. [7201/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a minor injuries clinic for Kerry. [6228/24]
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that are committed to facilities in University Hospital Kerry under the relevant provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001; and how many are minors. [6682/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-02-13 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to consider a redeployment scheme for SNAs who lose positions in a school and are seeking to be deployed to another school. [6092/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-02-14 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on a by-pass road for Killorglin and the implementation of a traffic management plan for the town, bearing in mind the 2015-2021 County Development Plan contains a commitment to such a bypass. [6894/24]