Tipperary North — week of Mon, 23 Jun — Watch Them Work

What your Tipperary North TDs did this week

Mon, 23 Jun – 29 Jun 2025 · 3 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 46 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages

2025-06-25 · 4 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 64–82

Voted for 1 Alan Kelly

Voted against 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 47–104

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

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–83

Voted for 1 Alan Kelly

Voted against 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

The motion · motion passed 104–48

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

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

2025-06-25 · 1 vote · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided…

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A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–67

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery

2025-06-25 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 82–69

Voted for 1 Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 1 Michael Lowry

The motion · motion passed 83–69

Voted for 1 Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Did not vote 1 Michael Lowry

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-06-24 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 87–66

Voted for 2 Michael Lowry · Ryan O'Meara

Voted against 1 Alan Kelly

Alan Kelly — Labour Party 8 votes · 31 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 31 total

Justice 11 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how well the State is prepared for a chemical, biological or radioactive attack or event. [34522/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of any internal reports his Department has conducted in the past five years regarding the possibility of using vacant State-owned properties to house IPAS or Ukrainian refugees. [34061/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the year in which his Department was made aware of the review of asbestos surveys of Garda buildings by the Office of Public Works, An Garda Síochána and State Claims Agency. [34519/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when was the number of times the Garda Commissioner has reported to him matters under section 41 of the Garda Siochana Act 2005. [34520/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times a matter has been reported to a minister under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in each of the years 2016-2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [34521/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 20 May 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered. [34723/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Donegal division as of 18 June 2025. [34724/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile of the Garda fleet within the DMR north division, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34725/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 659 of 20 May 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34726/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile of the Garda fleet within the Sligo-Leitrim division, in tabular form. [34727/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí that have taken sick leave of more than six months in total since 2015 in counties Cork, Limerick, Wicklow and Donegal, respectively. [35104/25]
Housing 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can give any direction to Uisce Éireann in relation to capital and/or operational matters. [33839/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an organisation (details supplied) is a solvent company. [34060/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding his Department provided for the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [34734/25]
Public Expenditure 3 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to detail all capital works done on Santry Garda station since 2000; by year, in tabular form. [34595/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE accountants working within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34728/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a list of all capital upgrades to Baltinglass Garda station since 2005. [35112/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE endodontics within CHO3 primary care services in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34729/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within the accident and emergency department of Cork University Hospital. [34731/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason there is only one speech and language therapist (SLT) working in the early intervention services team in Nenagh, County Tipperary and if there are any plans to increase that number as that SLT has to cover all of the north Tipperary area. [35161/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the list of all methods of communication his Department uses to discuss policy development. [33836/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if any agreements or lists have been made or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the Government to include projects in their constituencies in the future National Development plan and/or the HSE Capital plan; and if so, if there are documents, notes, messages of any kind that relate to this between him and/or his advisers, staff, party workers and any of those TDs or their advisers, staff and party workers. [33860/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the guidance document on the new Government policy on speed limits in towns and city centres will be available to local authorities nationwide; if the new policy will include for funding for engineering solutions to be put in place for example, raised crossings as part of the overall policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33513/25]
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider allocating extra funding for road maintenance to Tipperary County Council this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/25]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give consideration to opening a new Irish Consulate General office in the Bahamas. [34721/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of companies his Department has contracts with for transferring of furniture, artwork and so on, from embassies of Ireland and consulate general building worldwide, in tabular form. [34722/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of works permits issued to persons from outside the UK and EEA intending to take up positions of dentists and dental nurses in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34732/25]
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE sales and marketing executives, by gender, employed by IDA Ireland as of 18 June 2025. [34733/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the retention of the mild general learning difficulties class in a school (details supplied) that has been in existence since the 1970s and now is being closed despite the requirement for it and the fact that children with Downes syndrome and other children with learning difficulties will now have to travel over 40km each way to a special school, if they can get a place, in order for their requirements to be met. [34184/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-06-25 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide funding for the Silvermines playground if an application is received from Tipperary County Council for such funding. [34771/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason there is only one speech and language therapist (SLT) working in the early intervention services team in Nenagh, County Tipperary and if there are any plans to increase that number as that SLT has to cover all of the north Tipperary area. [35162/25]

Michael Lowry — Independent 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Social 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the plight of foster parents’ difficulties in qualifying for back to school clothing and footwear allowance for foster children due to means test being applied for assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35020/25]

Ryan O'Meara — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Children 3 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the new applications for family resource centres be appraised externally or within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33594/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe she envisages for the announcement of the five new family resource centres, now that applications have been accepted by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33595/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies on the north Tipperary CDNT; when it is intended to fill these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34213/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport to consider the inclusion of the Thurles bypass in the revised National Development Plan, which is currently under review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his efforts to progress the Thurles Relief Road (details supplied); when funding will be provided to commence construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34033/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance whether there are any exemptions from the vacant homes tax for a house with a thatched roof and thus uninsurable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34169/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance if there are any exemptions from the vacant homes tax for a house with a thatched roof and due to this feature, the property is uninsurable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34170/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the income supports that are available for an employed person, also in receipt of disability allowance, but out of work due to illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34382/25]
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection whether illness benefit is available to an employed person with a long-term illness, also in receipt of disability allowance, whilst on extended sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34383/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Irish Social Climate Plan will provide support to energy communities, to promote collective actions to tackle energy poverty and boost energy efficiency, also to subsidise the free participation of energy vulnerable households in energy communities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33797/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of the significant delays in the conciliation and arbitration scheme operated by his Department, particularly for applications for acting and substitution allowance payments; the steps he intends to take in addressing those significant delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-06-24 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a case can be reviewed and an update provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34444/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Nenagh; when it will be completed; the services that will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34754/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-06-26 Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by his Department to encourage Irish businesses to provide bilingual labelling on product packaging, which would promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/25]