Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 4 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 4 Nov – 10 Nov 2024 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020

2024-11-06 · 1 vote · Aontú PMB

A bill to ensure the provision of an equitable price for beef to farmers operating in that sector in order to ensure that it is a sustainable means for them to earn a livelihood

full description

A bill to ensure the provision of an equitable price for beef to farmers operating in that sector in order to ensure that it is a sustainable means for them to earn a livelihood; and to provide for related matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 57–69

Voted against 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

2024-11-05 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 72–58

Voted for 4 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · John Paul Phelan · Malcolm Noonan

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Finance Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages

2024-11-05 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 75–55

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

Did not vote 3 Catherine Callaghan · 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 · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Social 2 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection what engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education in ensuring that school meals can be provided to schools with low enrolment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44162/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the CE supervisor terms and conditions review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44797/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of people eliminated from getting the ESB credits over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44913/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduction in their terms and conditions in a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44916/24]

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 2 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 5 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for registration made to the Irish Medical Council (details supplied) will be expedited and approved; the timeframe for such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43921/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for registration made to CORU in the name of a person (details supplied); the timeframe for such applications; if there is a backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44024/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early appointment for assessment for a hip operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied), as their GP considers the case to be urgent. [44172/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an ambulance will be provided to take a seriously ill patient for treatment in a Dublin hospital (details supplied). [44356/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for an assessment relative to the urgent need for a hip replacement will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [44387/24]
Social 3 questions
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if small schools such as that at a location (details supplied) will be allowed to explore alternative ways at a local level to procure school meals outside of the main procurement process, as some schools are finding it impossible to source a provider. [44176/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the findings of a means test relative to an application for a non-contributory pension in the name of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed following a submission from the family’s accountant. [44178/24]
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be expedited and approved in the name of a person (details supplied). [44353/24]
Environment 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the setback figure that was used relative to residential dwellings for the modelling that confirms Ireland's onshore wind capacity to be 9GW; if that calculation was based on a 500-metre setback, as is the case in Kilkenny; if not, if it was calculated based on a setback of four times the tip height of a turbine which equates to a setback of 720 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45087/24]
Housing 1 question
- 2024-11-05 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the public sector sick leave scheme has been extended to cover those employed in the retained fire service; if the details of the scheme have been circulated to all authorities for implementation; if his Department has received any queries on its implementation from the LGMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44355/24]

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.