Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 3 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 44 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]

2025-03-05 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–70

Voted for 3 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Voted against 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Did not vote 1 John McGuinness

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 3 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Voted against 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Did not vote 1 John McGuinness

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted for 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Voted against 3 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Did not vote 1 John McGuinness

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Voted against 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Did not vote 1 John McGuinness

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 3 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Voted against 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Did not vote 1 John McGuinness

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 93–66

Voted for 4 Catherine Callaghan · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · John McGuinness · Peter 'Chap' Cleere

Voted against 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Catherine Callaghan — Fine Gael 6 votes · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Agriculture 5 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the payments for ACRES 2024, given that a number of farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny have yet to receive any payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10138/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of ACRES payment applications submitted in 2023 and 2024 for a person (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10516/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to-date position for applications in 2023 and 2024 ACRES payments for a person (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10517/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of ACRES payment applications submitted in 2023 and 2024 for a person (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10518/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of ACRES payment applications submitted in 2023 and 2024 for a person (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10519/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her plans on the future of CAMHS from a funding and activity perspective. [9880/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to explain the benefits of a multi-annual funding approach for the health service and how this will be linked to better outcomes for patients. [9881/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide a progress report on the delivery of the National Children’s Hospital. [9882/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to tackle waiting times for outpatient appointments and planned surgical appointments. [9876/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's position on the inability of patients to split their allocated funding in the consumer directed home support approach between two approved external providers when HSE staff are unavailable to fulfil the approved home support hours; and if she will amend this policy. [9877/25]

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Coeliac Society Of Ireland Health
- School Meals Programme

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Social 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if named payments have been approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the long-term carer’s contribution, homemaker’s scheme and home caring periods were awarded in the context of the pension and other payments. [9391/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the payment of State non-contributory pension will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied). [10287/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [10303/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a medical card will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [10306/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [10317/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of the application to amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if the next step in the process will be expedited. [10466/25]

Natasha Newsome Drennan — Sinn Féin 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peter 'Chap' Cleere — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Finance 9 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce a new regional audiovisual tax credit to replace the regional uplift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9718/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to extending the new 8% uplift under the section 481 film tax credit to TV series as many Irish animation studios produce top quality TV work and this extension would benefit the industry across the board. [9722/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of mortgages outstanding by credit unions at the end of December 2023 and the end of December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9386/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff in credit unions at end-December 2023 and end-December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9389/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of recommendation 11.2 of the Retail Banking Review in relation to the reduction in the fee for the Central Credit Review. [9390/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the amount, and average value, of business lending outstanding by credit unions at end-2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9431/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of business lending outstanding by credit unions at the end of December 2023 and the end of December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9432/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance to address the difficulties homeowners have in obtaining home insurance based on the Eircode they have within a designated flood plain, despite the fact they have no claims for surplus of forty years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9576/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he had any discussions with civil servants with responsibility for AV tax incentives in respect of the potential to introduce a new regional audiovisual tax credit in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9717/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [9615/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the reason buscopan RX has been removed from the general medical scheme/medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9647/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Graiguenamanagh; the other primary care service developments planned for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9868/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided in Carlow-Kilkenny in 2024; the target in place for such provision in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9869/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the extension to the Kilkenny northern ring road. [9408/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport the current wait times at driving test centres across the country, with a specific breakdown for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans for investment in the N24 and N25 in Kilkenny. [9409/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education the number of school-going children, primary and post primary, residing in south Kilkenny who currently avail of the school transport scheme; the number waiting to be offered a place on the school transport system; the numbers refused places on the school transport system for the school year 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9769/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education the reason school-going children in south Kilkenny, who attend school in New Ross, are not informed until the end of August whether they have been approved for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9770/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a submission by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10406/25]
Tourism 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to publish the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy. [9720/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to introduce the content levy as legislated for in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to release funding to landowners and local authorities to enable potentially dangerous trees to be made safe and for all trees near power lines and building to be felled/made safe, in view of the number of storms and their impact the country has experienced in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9569/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to release funding to landowners and local authorities to enable potentially dangerous trees to be made safe and for all trees near power lines and building to be felled and made safe, in view of the number of storms and their impact the country has experienced in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9603/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the live register in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in January of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by age, gender, occupation, nationality and duration, in tabular form. [8841/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to review the feasibility of implementing an SMS scam filter to assist in talking fraud, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9370/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle in the next 12 months; if these works include a new visitor centre, a lift and a working kitchen; if these works are not included in the schedule, if they are being planned for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9617/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the proposed timeline to legislate for a shared fraud database as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9371/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe schemes approved in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of grants that have been drawn down, by volume and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/25]