Tipperary North — week of Mon, 3 Mar

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 3 Mar – 9 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 3 bills voted on · 32 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 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Did not vote 1 Alan Kelly

The motion · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Waste in Public Expenditure

2025-03-05 · 3 votes

A sub-amendment · motion failed 56–102

Voted against 3 Alan Kelly · Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

The motion · motion passed 90–69

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-04 · 1 vote

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

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 5 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Justice 9 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the figures for knife crime convictions for each of the years 2017 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [9014/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if any report or investigation into knife crime has been commissioned or supplied to his Department; and if so, by whom; and on what date. [9015/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportations from the State in each of the years 2021 2022, 2023, 2024; and the country they were deported to, by year and country, in tabular form. [9016/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the additional resources as of 1 January 2025 that will be added to the staffing compliment of his Department and or related agencies in order to deal with the predicted increase in deportations from the State. [9017/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the total costs of training a Garda until attestation, in the Garda Training College, Templemore. [9185/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the roll-out of the community safety partnerships across the country. [9322/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the date his Department was made aware that the last intake of trainee Gardaí to Templemore in 2024 were not going to be vetted before they entered training. [9616/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Parliamentary Questions his Department has not answered fully and have had to change the reply to, subsequently, since the new Government was formed; and if he will publish same. [9779/25]
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of the Garda National Technical Bureau who are currently certified in the area of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosives (CBRNE). [10080/25]
Health 7 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the cost of acquiring services from private hospitals and other private health care providers by regional health authorities from 1 September 2024 to 10 February 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9546/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of beds the HSE has acquired from private nursing homes from 1 January to 1 December 2024 and the cost associated with same, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9547/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 26 February in each of the years from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9548/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of staff vacancies within the HSE, including the acute sector on 1 July 2024, and 1 February 2025, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9549/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of agency workers in operation across the HSE, including the acute sector as of 26 February 2025, broken down by grade, category and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9550/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, hiring, and paying for agency staff across the HSE, including the acute sector, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9551/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, advice and consultancy costs, by the HSE to the following (details supplied), broken down by regional health authority and by the HSE nationally for the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9552/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the status of a project (details supplied) with the National Transport Authority. [9002/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the pass/fail rate for driving tests, by test centre and by month, for the years 2022 to 2024, in tabular form. [9384/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to roll out the community centre investment scheme again this year; if so, when will applications open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/25]

Michael Lowry — Independent 6 votes · 2 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 2 total

Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated for the 2025 tax year; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the numbers in each staff category, including but not limited to, nurses, teachers, construction workers, hospitality industry workers, shop workers, and bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10452/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be issued on the grant application submitted by an organisation (details supplied) under the community centres investment fund programme call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Foróige, National Youth Development Organisation Children and Youth Affairs
- Letter highlighting importance of including a section dedicated to youth work in the Programme for Government

Ryan O'Meara — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the establishment of the Forest Windblow Taskforce, if the provision of financial supports to affected landowners is under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9661/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the establishment of the Forest Windblow Taskforce, if the price for logs will be monitored, following concerns that the prices may drop as a result of the windblow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9662/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department plans to re-open recruitment and establish a new agricultural officer technical panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9812/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of the hormone replacement therapy programme, with specific regard to the ongoing discussions regarding dispensing fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10023/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA review of urgent and emergency care in mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9752/25]
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a 24/7 Shannon Doc service in Thurles, County Tipperary, considering only one 24/7 Shannon Doc service currently operates in Nenagh, County Tipperary for the entire population of north Tipperary within the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9753/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the community centre investment fund permits applications from sports clubs for the building of dressing room and gym facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9068/25]
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he plans to release further LEADER funding prior to the new CAP in 2028, considering some LEADER streams nationwide have already been depleted at such an early stage in the programme;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9069/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-04 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education when the commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools will be established; if the remit of the commission will be expanded to include all schools, as recommended in the Scoping Inquiry report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9614/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-03-05 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the wake of storm Éowyn, his plans to engage in the upgrade and strengthening of electricity infrastructure across the country, in particularly in isolated rural areas which tend to have older, weakened infrastructure, leaving these areas adversely affected during periods of poor weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-06 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the large scale sport infrastructure fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/25]