Tipperary South — week of Mon, 24 Mar — Watch Them Work

What your Tipperary South TDs did this week

Mon, 24 Mar – 30 Mar 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Voted against 1 Michael Murphy

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–88

Voted for 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Voted against 1 Michael Murphy

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–71

Voted for 1 Michael Murphy

Voted against 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

The motion · motion passed 87–70

Voted for 1 Michael Murphy

Voted against 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality

2025-03-26 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 87–69

Voted for 1 Michael Murphy

Voted against 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025

2025-03-26 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–109

Voted for 1 Seamus Healy

Voted against 2 Mattie McGrath · Michael Murphy

The motion · motion passed 110–47

Voted for 2 Mattie McGrath · Michael Murphy

Voted against 1 Seamus Healy

Mattie McGrath — Independent 7 votes · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Children 4 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding the disabled persons’ representative organisations’ (DPROs) specific consultations on the National Disability Strategy, the reason the Government is not closely working with two DPROs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14307/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the State is providing contracts and funding to service providers for human rights-based needs without close consultation with disabled persons’ representative organisations, as per Articles 4(3) and 29 (b(ii)) of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14308/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline, given that Ireland ranks last in terms of European disability employment, how the Government looks to address these concerns; if the Government will consult all disabled persons’ representative organisations (DPROs) in this respect; to outline the Government’s response to the failure of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for Persons with Disabilities 2015-2024 to address the employment levels within Ireland; the body which is upholding and monitoring the Government’s commitment to closely work with DRPOs as subject to the UNCRPD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14309/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when creating and consulting on new employment strategies for disabled people, the reason the Government is prioritising consulting from service providers (details supplied) over certain specialised disabled persons’ representative organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14311/25]
Further and Higher Education 4 questions
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the amount a student can earn per week during term time and be exempt from the SUSI means testing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the continuing fallout of a cyber attack to SETU IT operations; the steps and schedule in place to restore student and staff access to the IT network, which is hampering provision of classes and course delivery; if the minister will outline his awareness of the issue and the schedule to its full remediation following four months where students and lecturers are unable to access the IT network and associated services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14893/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of his awareness of the continuing lack of IT access to SETU Waterford campus and the continuing negative effect this is having on course provision and review. [14894/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the total quantum of funding broken down by capital and current expenditures from his Department that will be allocated to the overall TU network in 2025; to provide similar expenditure capital and current heads for each national university for comparison in 2025 estimates, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14895/25]
Social 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount paid out by the State through community welfare officers to facilitate car repairs or maintenance to foreign-registered vehicles owned by beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applicants; how long this scheme has been in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14146/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if a scheme is in place through the community welfare office to pay for the maintenance and repairs of privately owned-vehicle belonging to beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14147/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the blind pension is means-tested and counted as taxable income; the reason is it removed when visually impaired people earn over a certain amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14306/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will direct the Teaching Council to introduce a primary teaching degree programme in autism, for the purpose or teaching in autism classes (details supplied); if, given the shortage of primary teachers with a special education qualification in Ireland, she will direct the Teaching Council to admit to the register teachers who have obtained an education degree in special and autism education degrees in the UK as children with autism are exempt from Irish so special education teachers should not to be examined in Irish proficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14215/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason why a school in south Tipperary has not been sanctioned a second autism class; whether this school will be sanctioned for a class as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14265/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the concerns facing businesses (details supplied) regarding the proposal to increase the personal injury awards by 17%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14285/25]
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of a case regarding NAMA and land in Cork city (details supplied); if he will provide assurance that NAMA has not been outmanoeuvred in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14356/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide information relating to grants available to farmers for the construction of livestock underpasses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no funding for hospital transport for patients based in south Tipperary (details supplied); if she will urgently review this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13621/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in publishing the route selection report for the N24 upgrades; when the report will be published and made available to affected communities; if there are plans to revisit the route selected as it does not plan to bypass Clonmel but proposes to use the current inner relief road, which currently experiences major traffic congestion on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-03-26 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the success ratio of cases involving reasonable accommodation adjudicated on at the Workplace Relations Commission, under the Employment Equality Act 1998-2015, and under the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14310/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address the funding shortfall for men's sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14353/25]

Michael Murphy — Fine Gael 7 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Housing 3 questions
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the extent of commercial rates arrears carried by each local authority, for each of the past five years; the local authorities carrying arrears outside of that five year period; the extent of commercial rates arrears written off by each local authority, each year for the past five years, in tabular form. [14210/25]
- 2025-03-25 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the establishment of the new town and cities infrastructure investment fund, specifically a timeline for the launch of this fund as a replacement for the urban regeneration and development fund. [14214/25]
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 20 February 2025, for an update on the position affecting first time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14652/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-03-27 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the proposed “College of the Future” on the former Kickham Barracks site in Clonmel that will create a college which will host both further and higher education students, being the first co-located and fully integrated further education and training and higher education campus in Ireland. [14218/25]

Seamus Healy — Independent 7 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns