Limerick County — week of Mon, 24 Feb

What your Limerick County TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Feb – 2 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-02-25 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–62

Voted for 2 Niall Collins · Patrick O'Donovan

Voted against 1 Richard O'Donoghue

Niall Collins — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Transport 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport if he will resolve a matter concerning the free travel pass (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance to examine the case of a person (details supplied); if he considers this to be acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the measures under Budget 2023 to address the group of farmers known as "forgotten farmers" will be implemented; if the farmers affected were consulted in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7684/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case of a person (details supplied) appealing refused redress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7575/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-02-25 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health when the hormone replacement therapy will be free for all women experiencing menopause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7700/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when employees of a company (details supplied) will not have to retire at 65 years and be allowed to remain in their current positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8273/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education for an update on the assimilation of primary school caretakers similar to school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8283/25]

Patrick O'Donovan — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Richard O'Donoghue — Independent Ireland 1 vote · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Health 7 questions
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for an update on all capital works underway and starting in 2025 at UHL, to include the date of commencement works, project name, cost, description (bed type, number of, and so on) and expected completion date. [8551/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for an update on the extension of radiology unit at UHL, to include commencement of the works, description, cost, expected delivery date, expanded services (if the unit will include Alliance's MRI); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8552/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for an update on the outsourcing of MRI services; when the service commenced; the weekly number of scans; if there have been any changes to the contract and/or operations since commencement; when the service will cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8553/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed inventory of medical radiological equipment at UHL, such as CT scanners, x-ray machines, MRI scanners, DXA scanners, and ultrasound machines, by category, year of installation, and manufacturer’s recommended useful life; if each item is new or replacement machine; the number of breakdowns since January 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8554/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for a detailed table showing the hours of use for each MRI machine at University Hospital Limerick for 2023 and 2024; the weekly hours for Monday to Friday and the weekend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8555/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for a table identifying the number of unscheduled downtimes: < 24hrs, < 48hrs or > 48hrs, including the various reasons for downtime, such as maintenance, technical issues, staffing shortages, or any other relevant factors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8556/25]
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the national position on wind turbine noise and shadow flicker from a health perspective, specifically the position of the Department of Health, and not the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8569/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-02-26 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the Department last assessed the impact of wind turbine noise from operating wind farms; if the Minister will provide a copy of the report (to include noise modelling); if the Minister will provide a list, of all wind turbine noise reports received to, or commissioned, since 2014, including the date, title, consultancy (where applicable), and any other agencies involved, in tabular form, including reports commissioned by relevant bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and Skillnet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8568/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education the reason a school in Limerick County received confirmation from her Department that its special education needs hours provided will be cut by 2.5 hours, even though the criteria state that a developing school would not lose hours. [8972/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-02-27 Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the development of the National Biomethane Strategy, its progress to date; if there are any revised timelines that may now exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/25]