Alan Kelly — Labour Party
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27 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked27 total
Education4 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio by one point at primary level. [31689/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio by one point at post primary level [31690/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of students who have received braille exam papers for both the Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [32080/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 of 40 additional educational psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [32081/24]
Justice4 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of indoor and outdoor firearm shooting ranges, excluding shooting ranges owned by the Defence Forces, that armed Garda personnel have access to for training purposes, in tabular form. [31687/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí within Tipperary division for the offence of driving without a valid licence in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31688/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when the fees for policing events under section 30 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 were last increased. [32077/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the ages of the trucks currently in use by the Garda water unit; and if funding is available for the replacement of these trucks. [32078/24]
Transport3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of extending the 20% reduction in public transport fares until 31 December 2025. [31682/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the cost in 2023 of providing funding nationwide for the safe routes to school programme. [31683/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when he last met the chief executive officer of Bus Eireann; the issues discussed; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [31684/24]
Health3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-funded audiologists, by grade, working in community services within CHO3 in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [31678/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in Limerick Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number is likely to increase before the end of the year. [31679/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Nenagh General Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024; The nature of the capital works projects carried out in each of the years in question; and if each capital works project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form. [31680/24]
Foreign2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the date each Irish ambassador and deputy ambassador or equivalent was posted to his or her current embassy; and when each ambassador and deputy ambassador’s term will finish at his or her current posting, in tabular form. [31675/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the United States Secretary of State in the past three months. [31676/24]
Defence2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military aircraft within the Air Corps that have been in the Air Corps fleet over 20 years, in tabular form [31692/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military ships within the Naval Service that have been in the Naval Service fleet over 20 years, in tabular form. [31693/24]
Social2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost to increase the income limit to qualify for the fuel allowance for persons aged over 70 years to €615 per week for a single person or €1,210 per week for a couple aged over 70 years. [31677/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of vacant WTE community welfare officer posts currently by office, in tabular form. [32079/24]
Agriculture2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts since 1 January 2023, in tabular form. [31686/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE district superintendents employed within his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [32076/24]
Children2 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of providing 400 additional adult day service places. [31691/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of increasing funding by 15% nationwide to family resource centres. [32075/24]
Finance1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of new car sales in each VRT band in 2023 and for the first six months of 2024, in tabular form [31681/24]
Public Expenditure1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has ever employed a company (details supplied) to provide security personnel at any OPW site in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if so, the amount the OPW paid this company for the service provided. [32082/24]
Enterprise1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations where IDA are constructing new advanced building solutions; and when each of these new locations will be completed in tabular form. [31685/24]
Michael Lowry — Independent
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17 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked17 total
Health6 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the recent decision by the Health Service Executive to reduce the reimbursement rate for cataract surgery from €1,928 to €863 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30918/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health how the decision to reduce the reimbursement rate for cataract surgery from €1,928 to €863, through the cross-Border healthcare scheme aligns with the Government’s commitment to ensuring accessible and affordable healthcare for all citizens (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30919/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the special needs dentist who was operating out of Nenagh Hospital has recently left their position and has not been replaced; if the HSE has plans to find a replacement for this critical role, given the importance of special needs dentistry services for children who require sedation for dental procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31001/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if guidance will be provided by the HSE to parents living in the catchment area of Nenagh Hospital who have children with special needs, regarding what they should do in the event of an emergency dental appointment, given that there is currently no special needs dentistry services at Nenagh Hospital; if Portlaoise Hospital, which has special needs dentistry services, will accept emergency cases; if he and the HSE can provide any assistance or advice on this matter to such emergency dental appointment cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31002/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the measures that were taken to communicate changes in the reimbursement rate for cataract surgery from €1,928 to €863 to patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31012/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason his Department and the Health Service Executive have separated the pay of clinical nurse specialist from the clinical nurse manager 2 pay scale, as was previously customary, without negotiations with the clinical nurse specialist representative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31376/24]
Tourism4 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the imminent decision on major funding for RTÉ; if she has considered its implications for the independent radio sector, specifically local radio stations (details supplied); if she considered the concerns raised by an organisation regarding the lack of workable solutions for the sector and the risk of decline in core news and current affairs services due to digital disruption and lack of fair funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30901/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the two journalism schemes that are to be announced alongside the funding for RTÉ will have dedicated funding for local radio; if these schemes will be accessible to local radio and provide the required support to protect their existing core news, current affairs, and information programme content; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30902/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide information on the steps being taken to address the concerns raised by an organisations (details supplied) regarding the need for substantial ringfenced support for independent radio for core news and current affairs programming, and the provision of interim funding to independent stations until the pilot schemes can be amended to ensure long-term support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30903/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the concerns raised regarding the ongoing funding of RTÉ, the recent reduction of VAT on newspapers and the lack of proper regulation of the social media sector putting local radio stations at a significant commercial disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30904/24]
Children3 questions
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of a property (details supplied); whether his Department received an expression of interest or an application to use this property for the purposes of accommodating either International Protection Accommodation Service persons or beneficiaries of international protection from the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to address serious concerns raised by parent representatives (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31999/24]
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a building block application will be reviewed (details supplied); the reason this application was not successful following the Pobal appraisal process; the additional funding opportunities that will be available for groups such as this to obtain funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32137/24]
Finance1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if the case of a prize bond will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/24]
Public Expenditure1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the works to Cashel Garda station, Hogan Square, Cashel, County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a separate budget is required for additional civil works at the rear, specifically for the development of a car park and associated provisions; when this budget will be approved in order that these civil works can be completed in conjunction with the current works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32059/24]
Housing1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability through the HGD, HOP and MAG will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31702/24]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2024-07-23Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the development plans for a college in County Tipperary (details supplied); if the Government will consider the college in future capital investment plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31602/24]
Ryan O'Meara — Fianna Fáil
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