Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 1 Jul

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 1 Jul – 7 Jul 2024 · 5 TDs · 2 bills voted on · 35 questions · 12 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defence Forces

2024-07-03 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John Paul Phelan · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

The motion · motion passed 74–58

Voted for 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John Paul Phelan · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2024-07-02 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 71–57

Voted for 3 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John Paul Phelan · Malcolm Noonan

Voted against 1 Kathleen Funchion

Did not vote 4 Catherine Callaghan · John McGuinness · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Catherine Callaghan — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 3 votes · 23 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 23 total

Health 5 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles based in counties Carlow and Kilkenny on a 24-7 basis in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28099/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in intensive care medicine at University Hospital Waterford in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28100/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to recruit nine additional WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses for the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28101/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE psychiatric nurses that were recruited by the HSE for CHO5 in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28102/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of orthognathic surgeries performed at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28103/24]
Justice 4 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of data access requests that An Garda Síochána or the Criminal Asset Bureau have made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2024 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2011; The number of requests that were approved by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the data was sought in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28095/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked Garda roads policing unit cars that came into the fleet in 2023 and to-date in 2024; the number of unmarked Garda RPU cars withdrawn from the fleet during same period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28096/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian forensic accountants grade 2 working in the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau as of 18 June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28097/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Carlow women's refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28327/24]
Transport 4 questions
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport for an update on plans for active travel in County Carlow. [28316/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan in County Carlow; and the date by which all bus routes under the Plan will be up and running in the county. [28315/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport how he has improved public transport in Carlow since June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28431/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the cumulative funding provided for local and national roads in Carlow since June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/24]
Finance 3 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0.25%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 1% and increasing the threshold to the third rate of USC from €25,760 to €33,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28094/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure that there will be widespread nationwide availability of ATMs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28424/24]
- 2024-07-04 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of eligible claims currently being made for the rent tax credit made in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28423/24]
Defence 2 questions
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the ages of each of the horse box vehicles currently in use by the Defence Forces equitation school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/24]
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are plans to purchase Boeing Chinook HC6 type of helicopter for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28107/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the top five language courses provided by his Department for Irish embassy or consulate staff based overseas where English is not the first language spoken in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; the amount paid by his Department for those courses for staff in the years in question, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects to fill the chairperson post at the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28098/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals who have taken up paternity leave in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28108/24]
Children 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapist in each CDNT based in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28109/24]
Rural 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital and current projects within her Department that received EU funding in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; the amount of EU funding received per project per year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28105/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 2 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Social 1 question
- 2024-07-02 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rule whereby her Department will only accept proof of the civil registration of a marriage and not church-registered marriages as proof of a relationship when her Department is considering an entitlement to either a widow/widower pension; and if an allowance will be made for those individuals who were married abroad in a church ceremony only and are now in a position where they wish to claim the pension. [28295/24]
Justice 1 question
- 2024-07-03 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if all of the papers/documents produced by the Charlton Tribunal are available in hard copy and digital format for research or other purposes; if the responses to freedom of information requests dealt with by the Tribunal during the course of its work are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28398/24]

New lobbying 2 returns

The Alzheimer Society of Ireland · 2 returns Health
- To lobby elected representatives on Budget 2025 and present The Alzheimer Society of Ireland funding Asks
- To mark The ASI Tea Day 2024 and raise awareness of the issues affecting people living with dementia and dementia carers

Natasha Newsome Drennan — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter 'Chap' Cleere — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.