Tipperary South — week of Mon, 17 Nov — Watch Them Work

What your Tipperary South TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Nov – 23 Nov 2025 · 3 TDs · 5 bills voted on · 34 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Arts (Recognition of Comedy) (Amendment) Bill 2024

2025-11-19 · 2 votes · Sinn Féin PMB

A bill to amend the Arts Act 2003 to recognise the art of comedy

A sub-amendment · motion passed 69–83

Voted for 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Voted against 1 Michael Murphy

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–70

Voted for 1 Michael Murphy

Voted against 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Cost of Motoring

2025-11-19 · 1 vote

The motion · motion failed 70–82

Voted for 2 Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Voted against 1 Michael Murphy

Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025

2025-11-19 · 1 vote · Social Democrats PMB

A bill to amend the Constitution

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 86–65

Voted for 1 Michael Murphy

Voted against 1 Seamus Healy

Did not vote 1 Mattie McGrath

Nomination of Member of Government

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 2 Mattie McGrath · Michael Murphy

Voted against 1 Seamus Healy

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil

2025-11-18 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 83–67

Voted for 1 Michael Murphy

Voted against 1 Seamus Healy

Did not vote 1 Mattie McGrath

Mattie McGrath — Independent 4 votes · 14 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Enterprise 4 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the assessment that has been carried out on the potential impact of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 on small-scale rural tourism enterprises, particularly those operating as part of farm diversification strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62726/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which the Tourism Policy Framework 2025–2030 supports the development of agritourism as a tool for rural regeneration; if specific funding or policy measures are being considered to promote this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62729/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the Tourism Policy Framework 2025–2030 includes provisions to support the adaptive reuse of protected structures, such as thatched cottages, for tourism purposes; if exemptions or incentives are being considered to ensure their viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62730/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the role agritourism is expected to play in achieving the goals of balanced regional development and sustainability outlined in the Tourism Policy Framework 2025–2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62731/25]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports which are currently available to farmers seeking to diversify into agritourism; his plans to introduce new measures in view of the potential economic impact of the loss of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62734/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is working with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to ensure that the regulatory framework for short-term letting does not inadvertently undermine farm-based tourism enterprises particularly in view of the Policy Framework 2025–2030 and the Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62735/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider establishing a cross-departmental working group to address the regulatory and developmental needs of the agritourism sector, particularly in the context of generational renewal and rural viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62736/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been seen by the dedicated cataract clinic for ophthalmology outpatients at Nenagh Hospital, by county since it opened; the number of patients from south Tipperary which can be referred to this clinic for cataract treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62742/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to issue a thorough, transparent investigation into the treatment and legal protection of the 79 babies (details supplied) who were born alive but subsequently died in Ireland after abortion procedures between 2019 and 2022; the medical safeguards in place to ensure that the rights of babies born in Ireland after abortion procedures are respected and upheld; if every baby born alive in Ireland is equally entitled to proper medical care and protection regardless of the circumstances of their birth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62773/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health whether GPs may claim reimbursement of €300 under the PCRS scheme for carrying out abortions in cases where medical abortion in the community is unsuccessful, and later completed in hospital; if so, the number of such reimbursements, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63551/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an exemption from the registration and planning requirements under the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 for agritourism operators and owners of protected structures such as thatched cottages, in recognition of their role in rural economic development and heritage preservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62725/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the proposed national register of short-term lets, to be implemented by Fáilte Ireland, will accommodate the unique circumstances of agritourism providers and heritage property owners in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62727/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the agreement made with the industrial school hunger strikers in recognition of the State’s responsibility for their treatment in residential institutions; and to provide the full extent of supports that will be made available to those who seek redress from same. [64173/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that the two SLT posts which will become vacant in Clonmel CDNT due to maternity leaves which will be filled as a matter of urgency as the vacancy rate for posts in this CDNT Team will fall to over 70% vacancy; if she is aware that there are already 11 vacancies within this CDNT team out of 18 WTE; the specific action she will take to address this huge level of vacancies; the recruitment campaigns carried out for each of the vacant posts and the effort put in to filling these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64207/25]

Michael Murphy — Fine Gael 6 votes · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Health 8 questions
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the 52 clients currently awaiting home support services in the Clonmel area; the category of need for each client; the average and longest waiting times currently experienced; and the specific measures being taken to reduce waiting times for home support in Clonmel and across South Tipperary. [63413/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason the recent home support recruitment campaigns held in the southeast of the country did not include Clonmel or its environs; if there are plans to conduct a targeted recruitment drive for home support staff in Clonmel; and the expected timeline for such recruitment to commence. [63414/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the impact of current staffing shortages and the recruitment embargo on the delivery of home support services in Clonmel; the number of approved posts currently unfilled in the Clonmel area; and whether any derogations have been sought to address urgent local needs. [63415/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide a comparative breakdown of home support waiting lists and staffing levels across all areas of South Tipperary, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel, Fethard, and Carrick-on-Suir; and the areas which currently face the longest waiting times and most severe staffing shortages. [63416/25]
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any review or assessment of home support demand and capacity in the Clonmel area; and the strategic workforce planning measures in place to ensure adequate staffing levels and service provision in South Tipperary over the next 12 months. [63417/25]
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an urgent update on the case of a vulnerable young woman with complex mental health needs (details supplied), whose clinical team recently advised that she requires 24-hour care and is not capable of living independently, but who is now being considered for discharge to temporary independent accommodation with limited home-support hours; the clinical basis on which this change in care plan has been made; whether a full multidisciplinary risk assessment has been carried out; to outline the long-term residential or high-support placements that have been explored; the reason an appropriate placement has not yet been secured despite repeated representations and previous assurances from the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64051/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed update on the recent targeted recruitment campaign for healthcare assistants in south Tipperary; the number of applications received; the number of candidates interviewed; the number of successful candidates offered positions; the number now in post; if any further recruitment campaigns are planned for the remainder of 2025 and early 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59589/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new community nursing unit in Clonmel; the handover date and progress on registration with the relevant regulatory bodies; if she will provide an update on the recruitment of staff for the new unit; when she expects patients from the existing St. Anthony’s unit to be transferred; when the unit will be at full capacity; and the number of level 3 palliative care beds that will be provided in the new unit. [57764/25]
Children 8 questions
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the contingency measures which are in place to support families who lose childcare places as a result of providers withdrawing from core funding or ceasing operations; the extent to which her Department is tracking the emerging capacity gap at local and regional level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65052/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has met with representative bodies for private childcare providers in recent months to discuss concerns regarding staffing costs, administrative burden, and funding adequacy under the core funding scheme; the outcomes of those engagements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65053/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the administrative and compliance obligations associated with the core funding model, which providers have described as onerous and disproportionate; the planned reforms to reduce the reporting burden; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65054/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns that the current funding model does not adequately reflect the higher staffing ratios and operating costs associated with infant and wobbler care; and if she will consider adjusting the funding to prevent further contraction of places in this age cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65055/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address recruitment and retention challenges in the early learning and care sector; if her Department plans to introduce additional supports to improve pay, conditions and career pathways for educators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65056/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide data on regional disparities in childcare availability, including areas where supply is failing to meet demand; the targeted interventions which are being developed to alleviate childcare shortages in those areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65057/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has carried out any impact assessment of the core funding model since its introduction; if her Department plans to review or revise the model in view of recent provider withdrawals and operational challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65058/25]
- 2025-11-20 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's long-term vision for childcare sector reform, including the way in which she plans to balance affordability for parents with sustainability for providers; if further structural changes to the funding model are under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65059/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the current loophole in the licensing system which allows learner drivers to repeatedly renew their learner permits without ever sitting a driving test; if he plans to legislate to require learner drivers to sit a test after their third permit, as recommended by PARC road safety group, and raised before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on 8 October 2025; the timeline for the introduction of such legislation in order to close this loophole and strengthen road safety compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60927/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-11-18 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the name of each charity which benefited from court poor box donations in penalty point offence cases each year since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62887/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit in quantifying the economic and social dimensions of greater North-South integration (details supplied). [62809/25]

Seamus Healy — Independent 6 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Children 1 question
- 2025-11-19 Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the latest assessment of needs waiting list figures, by region and nationally. [64025/25]