Carlow-Kilkenny — week of Mon, 10 Nov

What your Carlow-Kilkenny TDs did this week

Mon, 10 Nov – 16 Nov 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-11-12 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 80–61

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

Voted against 1 Natasha Newsome Drennan

Catherine Callaghan — Fine Gael 1 vote · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a predicted timeline on the delivery of reducing the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61428/25]

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John McGuinness — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Health 5 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plans to review the need for lifetime community rating on private health insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60905/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for surgery will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [60964/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made by the HSE to recruit staff for the home support services being delivered in Carlow and Kilkenny; the estimated number of extra staff required to fulfil all of the demands on the service; the number of frontline staff directly employed by the HSE in the service; the number of agency staff employed for each of the past three years; if a certain ratio between HSE and agency staff is required to be maintained; if the home support services will be maintained as a stand alone service into the future; if the hours budgeted for by Government are fully allocated or sufficient to cover requirements to year end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61540/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an application for continuous glucose monitoring technology submitted to the primary care reimbursement service by the patients diabetes nurse specialist (details supplied) St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, will be reviewed and approved as a matter of urgency. [61678/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health for an update in regard to a person awaiting an operation (detail supplied). [61696/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if carers allowance and fuel allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [60931/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his proposals to continue the south east coronial post-mortem service at WUH from January 2026; the number of times his Department has met with the HSE to resolve the issues that have arisen; if recruitment of the appropriate professionals is underway; if contingency plans have been drawn up to prevent any disruption of the service; if the coroners involved have been consulted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61537/25]

Natasha Newsome Drennan — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Peter 'Chap' Cleere — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 10 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which Budget 2026 will support the delivery of affordable and accessible childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61445/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the first Programme Plan of Action under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025 to 2030 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61446/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount raised from car parking charges at St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61855/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount raised from car parking charges at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61856/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if there will be a new Southeast Regional Enterprise Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62042/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on IDA activity in Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62043/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny that will benefit from the changes in criteria for the fuel allowance announced in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62025/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection when the Christmas social welfare bonus will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62026/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the new process for completion of assessments and eligibility letters in advance of applying for special school places by 1 October, where previously the deadline would have been February of the applicable year, if the portal will re-open; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61145/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware that farm families are being denied planning permission to build homes on land fronting N roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62323/25]