Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 30 Sept — Watch Them Work

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 30 Sept – 6 Oct 2024 · 5 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 33 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise

2024-10-01 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 94–47

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

Financial Resolution No. 2: Value-Added Tax

2024-10-01 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 81–62

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

Financial Resolution No. 3: Capital Acquisitions Tax

2024-10-01 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 89–53

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

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties

2024-10-01 · 1 vote

A budget financial resolution · motion passed 87–52

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

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 4 votes · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Transport 5 questions
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if a bus service will be provided for Palatine village to facilitate travel to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38701/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown, by gender and location, of all driving test failures to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38705/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application for active travel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38723/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the current position regarding resumption of catering services onboard Irish Rail intercity services; and when is it expected these services will be fully resumed. [39037/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of current Intercity Rail journeys that currently have Irish Rail customer service agents onboard the train; and the estimated cost needed to ensure that there is a customer service agent onboard every Intercity rail journey. [39038/24]
Education 3 questions
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if a person will be assisted with a school placement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38709/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2025 to recruit 50 additional WTE psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [39035/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of quantity surveyors and senior quantity surveyors employed by her Department in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [39036/24]
Justice 2 questions
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí within Carlow-Kilkenny division that are currently trained in the usage of drones. [39033/24]
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question number 309 of 2 July 2024, if she has received the necessary information from Garda authorities to answer this PQ. [39034/24]
Foreign 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he last spoke formally with the New Zealand Ambassador to Ireland. [39032/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he last met the CEO of An Post. [39041/24]
Defence 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital works projects that are currently ongoing at Stephen's Barrack, Kilkenny; the estimated cost of each of these projects; and when each project will be completed, in tabular form. [39043/24]
Finance 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of cars sold with an open market selling above €70,000 and above €100,000 in the first eight months of 2024. [39044/24]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Garda stations within Carlow-Kilkenny division that were refurbished by the OPW and where the costs are in excess of €100,000 in 2023 and to-date in 2024; the nature of these refurbishments; if each of those refurbishment works projects are completed or ongoing at present; and if still ongoing, the estimated timeframe for when those works will be completed, in tabular form. [39040/24]
Tourism 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of the State agencies under the remit of her Department that have yet to issue her Department with their most recent audited financial accounts and annual report, in tabular form. [39042/24]
Health 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of kidney, heart and lung transplant procedures carried out within the State to-date in 2024. [39039/24]

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 3 questions
- 2024-10-03 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be scheduled immediately for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39555/24]
- 2024-10-03 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a cataract operation will be arranged immediately for a person (details supplied) where they have been on the list for a considerable length of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/24]
- 2024-10-03 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if speech therapy and all other services required to support the care of a motor neuron disease patient (details supplied) will be fast-tracked; and if an ambulance or other transport will be provided for them and a carer for the purpose of attending specialist appointments in Dublin hospitals. [39559/24]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2024-10-03 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all payments due to a person (details supplied) under the basic income support for sustainability scheme have been paid to date. [39557/24]
- 2024-10-03 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal lodged by persons (details supplied) under the young farmer supports scheme will be expedited; and if the sanctions being suggested will be put on hold until a final decision is made. [39561/24]
Social 1 question
- 2024-10-01 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will have their pension entitlements reviewed to allow them to qualify for a maximum pension rather than the reduced pension that they are currently in receipt of; and the rationale of the decision that has led to this anomaly. [38740/24]

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.