Tipperary North — week of Mon, 17 Mar

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Mar – 23 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 96 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-19 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–69

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 1 vote · 72 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 72 total

Justice 11 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11088/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11523/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of outstanding bench warrants and that remain unexecuted in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11754/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will meet the family of (details supplied). [12495/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has any concerns about the fact that the latest intake of trainee gardaí are not fully vetted. [12760/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of e-scooters that have been seized by Gardaí in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13115/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each division outside of Dublin region as of 13 March 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form. [13116/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been achieved to date regarding the new Garda dog training centre; and when this project will move to the next stage. [13117/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional staff, by grade, that were recruited for the international protection office in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13132/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held for sworn Gardaí to apply to join Garda National Immigration Bureau in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of vacancies, by rank, that were available during each of those competitions; and the number of Gardaí, by rank, that applied for each of those competitions, in tabular form. [13133/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of motorcycles attached to the DMR north roads policing unit as of 13 March 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 13 March 2021, in tabular form. [13134/25]
Tourism 8 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of artists deemed eligible for the basic income for the arts scheme (including the 2,000 availing of it) in each of the years 2020-2024, in tabular form. [10636/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of writers deemed eligible for the basic income for the arts scheme; and the number of those availing of it in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [10637/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total remuneration cost of the adjudicating panels for the Arts Council of Ireland literature bursary award (English language) round one, 2024. [10638/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will confirm that writers who receive the basic income for artists scheme can also apply for (and if successful, receive) the literature bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland. [10639/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11093/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11528/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has met with the CEO and or Chairperson of National Concert Hall since his appointment. [13122/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current up-to-date position regarding the construction of a new National Badminton and Velodrome Centre; and when he expects this project to commence construction. [13123/25]
Health 8 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are fully vetted before they are employed by her Department and-or said agencies. [11086/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with her Department. [11521/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if, arising from or in connection with the recent negotiations on forming a Government and securing a majority in Dáil Éireann for it, she has compiled or been given a list of projects in the constituencies of Deputies who support the Government to be considered for inclusion as priorities in the HSE capital plan; if any such list has been given, directly or indirectly and formally or informally, to the HSE; if so, to publish details of any relevant lists and-or details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13074/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of CAMHS-ID teams in the CHO 3 area, in tabular form; the staffing levels per team; and the options open to young people who require the services of CAMHS-ID if there are no teams in their CHO. [13126/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13127/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if ShannonDoc treatment centres based in Roscrea will extend their opening hours on Mondays to Fridays between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. the following morning and on Fridays and on the weekends from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. on the next working day; and the estimated current cost required to extend to those opening hours. [13128/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists, senior dental surgeons and principal dental surgeons based at primary care centres within CHO 3 in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13129/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have the equipment and necessary staff to carry out core decompression procedures, in tabular form. [13130/25]
Defence 6 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11079/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11514/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from Japanese companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13137/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital works currently ongoing at Haulbowline naval base; when each of those capital works will be completed; and the future capital works projects at this base that are scheduled to commence later this year. [13138/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from Australian companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13139/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the budget allocated in 2024 and 2025 for purchasing new horses for the Defence Forces equitation school; and the percentage of the 2024 budget that was actually spent. [13140/25]
Social 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11091/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11526/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the maximum rate of both State pension (contributory) and disability allowance increased by €13 per week. [13119/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the island allowance increased to €24 per week. [13120/25]
Agriculture 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all persons who are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and-or said agencies. [11077/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11512/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met formally with the CEO of Horse Racing Ireland since his appointment. [13124/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost to recruit one additional WTE veterinary inspector in his Department. [13135/25]
Foreign 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11084/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11519/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish embassies and consulate general offices that currently have a cultural officer post filled, in tabular form. [13125/25]
Environment 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11082/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department [11517/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE legal advisors employed by his Department in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13136/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Irish Rail to expedite a phased project of gate keeper crossing automation on the Nenagh Branch line. [10788/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if all persons recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and-or said agencies. [11094/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11529/25]
Finance 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if all persons recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11083/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11518/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance when he expects the Revenue Commissioners to receive their new customs cutter vessels; and the number of Revenue Commissioners staff, by grade, that have been trained to navigate the new vessels. [13131/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education to examine the case for the establishment of an extra bus route (details supplied). [10974/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are fully vetted before they are employed by her Department and-or said agencies. [11080/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11515/25]
Children 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are fully vetted before they are employed by her Department and or said agencies. [11078/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with her Department. [11513/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists based at children's disability network teams within CHO3 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13118/25]
Further and Higher Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11085/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11520/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of WTE legal advisors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13121/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11092/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11527/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11089/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11524/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11081/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11516/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11087/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11522/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11090/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11525/25]

Michael Lowry — Independent 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Ryan O'Meara — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Agriculture 8 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the damage done by Storm Éowyn, if timber harvested from private forestry can be sold on a volume rather than a tonnage basis, given much of the timber that fell during the storm will take an extended period of time to be harvested and transported to sawmills, meaning that the weight of the timber will be reduced in the meantime, and therefore farmers will be financially disadvantaged by having lower tonnages going into the mills, and considering a measurement of timber per cubic metre is the fairer system to be applied in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will direct his departmental staff to work in sawmills nationally to measure and verify the volumes of timber being sold to the mills from private forests, thus ensuring that farmers can sell timber that fell during storm Éowyn on a volume- rather than tonnage basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10641/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the price difference of harvesting forests following Storm Éowyn, given that harvesting crews could normally harvest 180 tonnes per day for €15 per tonne but in windblown forests, harvesters are charging upwards of €25 per tonne and only harvesting 60-70 tonnes per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10642/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the cost of additional diggers and track machines required to harvest windblown forests following Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10643/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the additional transport costs of transporting timber harvested from windblown forests, given the normal price of transport has increased from €14 per tonne to €20 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10644/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider introducing an intervention scheme for forestry for windblown forests to ensure that timber that has fallen during Storm Éowyn can be harvested and stored in a timely manner to avoid it decaying on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10645/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a replanting grant for windblown forests in recognition of the fact that the less-mature timber that fell during Storm Éowyn will now be sold at a lesser price than anticipated by the farmer had the forests fully matured, given that replating is going to be more expensive than usual as additional rehabilitation works will be required on lands where trees were knocked during the storm and considering it is only fair that farmers are financially assisted when the price of their crop is reduced while the cost of replating is increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10646/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to introducing further regulations on protected urea fertiliser labels, specifically the inclusion of NBPT inhibitor application dates and expected efficacy duration and more transparent labels regarding storage and handling conditions that may impact inhibitor effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/25]
Enterprise 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reports of the recent legal action threatened by the Design and Crafts Council Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11201/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to increase the number of work permits for HGV mechanics beyond the quota of 200, as set out under Statutory Instrument No. 680/2023, considering the cap has already been exceeded and no further permits can be issued until further action is taken by the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13165/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit applications for HGV mechanics that were refused by his Department since the quota of 200 permits, as set out under Statutory Instrument No. 680/2023, was reached; his views on whether there are now sufficient numbers of HGV mechanics in Ireland without the need to increase the quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13166/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if applications for work permits for HGV mechanics who were refused due to the quota of 200, as set out under Statutory Instrument No. 680/2023, being reached can be accepted in a future round of work permits without the employer having to re-enter the 28-day advertising period and the 90-day deadline to get the applications submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/25]
Justice 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice the sources of income and means that are considered in the means assessment for a stamp 0 visa, a retiree applying as an individual of independent means; if rental income, stocks, or net worth are considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11610/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice when the request for final documentation and a certificate fee will issue to an applicant (details supplied) after their application was approved a few months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11736/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí currently assigned to stations in the Nenagh and Thurles Garda districts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12611/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice his plans for expanding capacity at Templemore Garda Training College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12612/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the Irish and EU legislation regulating the use of heavy goods vehicles and more specifically, the legislation relevant to load securing; to set out in summary the relevant EU legislation that has been transposed in the past ten years, including Directive 2014/47/EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport when the Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) course for HGV drivers in Ireland was last reviewed and updated to consider new technologies in that area; who has responsibility for the setting of this CPC course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13168/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport in the case of a HGV driver who comes to Ireland from South Africa on a work permit, the reason that their drivers licence must be validated twice by the same agencies; considering the licence is first validated during the work permit application process and approval for said work permit is contingent on positive approval; and considering that the same licence then must be validated again after the worker has arrived in Ireland so that they may secure an Irish driving licence; if this level of bureaucracy is necessary during the recruitment process of key workers during a labour shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13171/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the status of the Assisted Human Reproduction (Amendment) Bill 2023, which addresses issues of parentage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10681/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the hours in which Shannon Doc operates in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if she will provide a breakdown of each day that the Shannon Doc service did not open during its advertised opening hours between 1 January 2024 and 4 March 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11104/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered amendments to the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, to target zero-alcohol product advertising in spaces where alcohol advertising is restricted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11925/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with Bus Éireann and introduce a local school bus service in north Tipperary (details supplied) for the upcoming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11192/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding for developing community facilities and amenities grants will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10804/25]