Kerry — week of Mon, 19 Feb — Watch Them Work

What your Kerry TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Feb – 25 Feb 2024 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 56 questions · 3 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Commissions of Investigation (Amendment) Bill 2023

2024-02-21 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend and extend the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 and to provide for related matters

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 56–73

Voted for 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Voted against 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Did not vote 2 Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services

2024-02-21 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–60

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

The motion · motion passed 71–61

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities

2024-02-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 70–60

Voted for 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Voted against 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Did not vote 2 Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024

2024-02-21 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 42–89

Voted for 2 Danny Healy-Rae · Pa Daly

Voted against 2 Brendan Griffin · Norma Foley

Did not vote 2 Michael Cahill · Michael Healy-Rae

Danny Healy-Rae — Independent 5 votes · 7 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 7 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a matter regarding cash payments for driver licence renewal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7968/24]
- 2024-02-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport for an update on funding for Killarney bypass (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8359/24]
Housing 2 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter regarding lands zoned land tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7956/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter regarding zoned land tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7969/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-02-21 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8352/24]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8420/24]

New lobbying 1 return

Kerry Diocesan Youth Service Children and Youth Affairs
- Looking for support in relation to an application

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 0 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Health 7 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Department’s position to provide funding for a full pay restoration for all section 39 organisations and return to their alignment with HSE pay scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7987/24]
- 2024-02-20 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. [7989/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to establish an independent commissioner for ageing and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8007/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he has any future plans to make improvements to implementation of policy commitments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8012/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if equipment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8061/24]
- 2024-02-21 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is having issues with hearing aids can get an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8229/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the HSE's plans for the care of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8571/24]
Children 2 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an ASD assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/24]
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the location to which a person (details supplied) will be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7676/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport with regard to an RSA media advertisement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7576/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7981/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8071/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7481/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if issues in relation to straw chopping (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8085/24]

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

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

Questions asked 5 total

Justice 3 questions
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to clarify what details are taken from asylum applicants at airports and ferryports, including fingerprints, photographs and verification of identification, before a full application for asylum is made at the INIS offices within five working days. [7437/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the changes that have been made to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, Oireachtas email address, and if representations from TDs about immigration and asylum issues will still be acknowledged and processed. [8129/24]
- 2024-02-22 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the targeted number of Garda recruits in each cohort to begin training in Templemore and to attest for the year 2024, in tabular form. [8130/24]
Education 1 question
- 2024-02-20 Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 13 February 2024, if she will consider making SNAs in current positions permanent before any new cohort of SNAs qualify this year, to prevent the redundancy of existing senior SNAs and their replacement by newly qualified SNAs. [7945/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-02-21 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. [8173/24]

New lobbying 1 return

Kerry Diocesan Youth Service Children and Youth Affairs
- Looking for support in relation to an application