Tipperary North — week of Mon, 18 Mar

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 18 Mar – 24 Mar 2024 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 106 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-03-20 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 70–61

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 1 vote · 86 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 86 total

Justice 66 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details in relation to the International Protection Office for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form (details supplied). [11582/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 that had access to the labour market in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12055/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 who were deported/removed from the State in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12168/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount the State spent on the removal of unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12169/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount the State spent on commercial airline travel for the removal of unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12170/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 were given leave to remain or had their presence in the State otherwise regularised in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12171/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the International Protection Act 2015 were evicted from direct provision in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12172/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the 2015 were provided with accommodation by the State outside of the IPAS structure in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12173/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants, after the ultimate conclusion of their protection applications, continued to enjoy access to the labour market in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12174/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO on international protection were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12176/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO on subsidiary protection were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12177/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO under Dublin III were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12178/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPO on the grounds of inadmissibility were appealed to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12179/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many full-time decision makers were employed by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12180/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, not employees of her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, have registered with the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12181/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, not employees of her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal were asked to make decisions by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12182/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received fewer than five appeals from the Tribunal for its consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12183/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between five and ten appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12184/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between 11 and 15 appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12185/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between 15 and 25 appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12186/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers trained by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal not employees of her Department and the Tribunal received between 25 and or more appeals from IPAT for their consideration in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12187/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on external decision-making services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12188/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were lodged by email and hard copy, respectively, to the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12189/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when retaining external decision-making service providers, how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on couriers and An Post in transmitting papers to the service providers in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12190/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the person or body that the agreement is made with by external services providers for the provision of decision-making services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12191/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much external service providers were paid per decision in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 and if the payment is subject to withholding tax. [12192/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if there has been a request for additional or increased payment by service providers to her Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12193/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on translation services in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12194/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were scheduled to be heard online and how many appeals were heard online, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12195/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many appeals were scheduled for in-person hearings and how many in-person hearings were held in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12196/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how much her Department and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal spent on facilities; and how much they spent on online hearing facilities, respectively, in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12197/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many unsuccessful applicants for protection under the 2015 Act left Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12379/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for international protection within the meaning of the International Protection Act 2015 that were lodged at the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12397/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions were made granting/refusing international protection by the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12398/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applications for subsidiary protection were lodged at the IPO for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12399/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions were made granting/refusing subsidiary protection by the IPO for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12400/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many cases were progressed through Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12401/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants were directed to return to the first county under Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12402/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants returned to first countries/ left Ireland after a decision under Dublin III for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12403/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many cases were considered as inadmissible for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12404/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applicants were returned to third countries where their claims had been previously considered and determined for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12405/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many applications were not progressed/ deemed withdrawn for non-engagement or attendance for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12406/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many Department staff were engaged exclusively at the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12407/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the interviews with applicants under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted by employees of the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12408/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the interviews with applicants under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted by external service providers to the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12409/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of all of the interviews carried out at the IPO, under section 35(12) of the International Protection Act 2015 were conducted using or requiring the services of a translator in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12410/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many employees of the Department/IPO were engaged exclusively in determining applications under the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12411/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, engaged in section 35(12) interviews, the IPO had available to it in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12412/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in fewer than five section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12413/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in between five and ten section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12414/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in between 10 and 15 section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12415/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many external service providers, were engaged in 15 or more section 35(12) interviews in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12416/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice in arriving at their conclusions in the report prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, how many applications for international protection are rejected on credibility grounds, by employees of the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12417/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice in arriving at their conclusions in the report prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, how many applications for international protection are rejected on credibility grounds by external service providers in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12418/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the reports of the IPO, prepared pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015 have as primary author, an employee of the Department in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12419/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the reports prepared by the IPO, pursuant to section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, have been authored by external service providers, and subject to supervision/signing by the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12420/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many reports, prepared pursuant section 39 of the International Protection Act 2015, were prepared in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12421/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the recommendations provided in the reports were not followed by the Minister in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12422/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many of the recommendations provided in the reports were followed by the Minister in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12423/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many letter notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were issued in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12424/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many letters, enclosing notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were sent by way of registered post in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12425/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many registered letters, enclosing notices pursuant to section 40 of the International Protection Act 2015 were returned to the IPO in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. [12426/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 27 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [13337/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of Irish residence permits in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13338/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 28 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [13339/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda band as of 14 March 2024. [13340/24]
Health 11 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for health for an update on the progress being made for the proposed reopening of a health centre in Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the urgent need to expand a health centre in Wicklow (details supplied) to allow wheelchair access for patients with mobility issues and to construct an additional room for medical consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11635/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2024, the date on which he last requested this advice; in what format that advice was given; who gave the advice; and if he will publish this advice (details supplied). [11667/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if in the coming weeks he will meet mid-west Oireachtas members and mid-west Health Forum members to discuss the crisis in the UHL hospital group. [11931/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if the new 96-bed block of beds that are being constructed for UHL will be all new beds for the hospital; if not, if some of them be replacement beds; if so, the number of new and replacement beds, respectively; and the net increase in beds as a result. [12132/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date on which he expects the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital to move to operating 24-hour care. [12138/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the GP streaming service for UHL Hospital that was announced by the CEO of the HSE recently will commence operating; the way in which it will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the decision was made to open the new community nursing home in Nenagh as a step-down facility for UHL patients; who made the decision to do this; and on what date this will commence. [12540/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in emergency medicine at Tipperary University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [13343/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres in use at University Hospital Limerick to date in 2024; and the hours that each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form. [13344/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ENT surgeons at Cork University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13345/24]
Children 2 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any commitment was ever given to anyone by the Department or the Minister that the number of international protection applicants placed in a facility (details supplied) would be limited to a certain capacity; if so what was the limit committed to and was that honoured; did he make any similar commitments for any other international protection applicant locations and if so, where and when [11607/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following on from the reply received to Parliamentary Question No. 538 of 13 February 2024, what progress has been made since that reply by his Department regarding the purchase of a hotel (details supplied) to become a community hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11649/24]
Transport 2 questions
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the investment in greenways in Tipperary under the NDP. [13347/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the capital budget allocation for his Department for rail transport in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [13348/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he last met the CEO of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. [13335/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of personnel, by rank, currently in the Defence Forces Medical Corps; and if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 1 April 2021, in tabular form. [13341/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of OPW WTE staff, by job title, which are based in the Rock of Cashel; and if this number will be further increased during the peak tourism season. [13346/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will advise on the last review carried out by her Department with regard to lone parent allowance recipients; and if she will provide figures from review decisions, in tabular form. [13342/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Tipperary since January 2022; and the funding allocated each year, in tabular form. [13336/24]

Michael Lowry — Independent 0 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Education 13 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education her Department's stance on the awarding of exemptions from the study of the Irish language for students diagnosed with dyslexia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11771/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education her Department's stance on the awarding of exemptions from the study of the Irish language for students diagnosed with dyslexia (details supplied); who interprets the criteria to satisfy their own findings; if her Department is distancing itself from these decisions; the reason is it investigating the schools for making these decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11772/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason all schools were not accepted to the recent STEM grant competition which was held for funding for a core curricular area and a key priority of the Government; if he accepts that schools such as a school (details supplied) were unfairly penalised due to the lottery system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education to direct management of a school (details supplied) to the legislation that governed how the recent STEM funding competition was run and managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education what oversight measures were in place for the recent STEM grant competition; if the records of how this competition was conducted are available to school management to review and if so, how does one access the same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11826/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education her views that the lottery system used in the recent STEM grants were the fairest way to divide the available resources; if it is his intention to continue to fund essential educational services in this manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11827/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education who is responsible and liable when a student, diagnosed with dyslexia by a professional educational psychologist, is refused an exemption by school management; if he is aware of the impact that this can have on a student who may receive points to access their third-level course but cannot attend the NUI colleges of their choice because they failed Irish in the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11835/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a lottery was held when the number of applications for the STEM grant exceeded expectations; if she will point to the relevant area in the documentation issued to schools prior to the competition, where it states that a lottery would take place if the number of applications passed a certain threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11861/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education what criteria, if any, applied to the reading of the application by a school (details supplied) for the STEM grant; if she will provide feedback to school management on the application and where it did not meet the criteria outlined to the school in documentation received from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11862/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education how the staff and students at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will engage in STEM activities in the school to the same standard as their neighbouring school that received €10,000 in funding; if the inspectorate will be cognisant of the disparity in funding when assessing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11863/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if the additional STEM grants that will made available in 2024, will be of lower or higher value than those awarded in December 2023; if so, the level of funding that can be expected; if it will be made available exclusively for the remaining approximately 2,000 unsuccessful schools; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11864/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) concerning the allocation of home tuition hours; the status of this case; the timeframe for when a decision will be issued on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12658/24]
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); what financial assistance can be offered to this school to assist it with the critical financial situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12868/24]
Health 2 questions
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will examine a matter concerning the lack of administrative support staff working in the oncology department of the HSE primary care centre on Mitchel Street, Thurles (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12856/24]
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided to allow for the employment of the required neurologist for the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise; if he will confirm that they have received correspondence from the Neurological Alliance of Ireland who is campaigning to have a neurologist situated in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13370/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 22 March 2022, the progress made and the steps he has taken to improve ventilation for staff who work in the basement area of the Swiss Cottage in Cahir, County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the fact the basement area has no mechanical ventilation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12643/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the temporary development contribution waiver scheme (details supplied); if he will seek to have all dates extended by a minimum 18 months to allow large housing developments which commence just before the current 24 April 2024 deadline adequate time to complete the works satisfactorily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13099/24]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2024-03-20 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/24]
Transport 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the current waiting times for driving tests in all County Tipperary test centres; the number waiting in each test centre; the reason for the extended delays in each test centre; the steps he is taking to address these driving test delays; if he agrees that these matters require immediate attention and swift action to alleviate the distress and inconvenience caused to persons in County Tipperary who are waiting for a profound period of time to have their driving test completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13476/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-03-21 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will introduce an annual men’s shed sustainability grant system to help with their running costs, for items such as electricity and insurance bills, similar to the one issued in 2023; if she will consider providing funding for small capital works projects; if she will make such grants available directly to individual men’s sheds instead of allocation through third party representative bodies; to provide an update on such funding measures that her Department will make available to men’s sheds in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13300/24]

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

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.