Paula Butterly
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Fine Gael · Louth · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 349 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 153 debate contributions
- 355 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Louth 2024-11-29 to present
- party Fine Gael 2024-11-29 to present
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2025-07-15 · to Education
500. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the status and progress on the LMETB headquarters for Drogheda; the reasons for the delay in commencing the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39495/25]
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2025-07-15 · to Justice
670. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the work of the Dublin Family Courts project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39494/25]
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2025-07-10 · to Foreign
32. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that work is underway on developing a new diaspora strategy, if he will consider a scheme included under the strategy to cover the repatriation costs encountered by families of Irish citizens who have died abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37614/25]
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2025-07-10 · to Rural
124. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he plans for a new rural specific development strategy, considering the National Planning Framework refers to self-sustaining rather than commuter driven activity, allowing its various city, town, villages and rural component to play to their strengths while moving away from a sprawl-led development model, yet it appears it is more urban than rural focused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38301/25]
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2025-07-10 · to Housing
256. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes built in County Louth in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38605/25]
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2025-07-08 · to Further and Higher Education
167. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline any additional supports being considered to assist students with disabilities in their transition from secondary to third level education, particularly in areas such as academic supports, accessibility, accommodation and mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37636/25]
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2025-07-03 · to Justice
59. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, given the notable increase in rape and sexual assault cases in the Louth-Cavan-Monaghan area, he will outline any planned preventative programmes to stem this concerning rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36376/25]
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2025-07-03 · to Agriculture
110. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given the tillage sector is coming under increasing pressure from input costs and low prices, he will outline any proposed support packages for tillage farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36378/25]
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2025-07-03 · to Agriculture
116. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, given that TB reactors are now at a critical level, affecting farmers across the country, he will outline any support packages to combat the rise of TB in herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36377/25]
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2025-06-24 · to Transport
275. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport the status of funding for phase three and four of the PANCR project in County Louth given phase two is due to commence shortly. [34275/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Social
94. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the free travel pass to children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance; the number of children who would benefit; the estimated cost of this extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32745/25]
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2025-06-19 · to Social
128. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide increased flexibility to local CE, TÚS and rural social schemes to retain participants for longer, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32744/25]
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2025-06-12 · to Education
180. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when works on the LMETB headquarters will be completed in Drogheda town, given the building work commenced in 2017 with the contractors on site but was halted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30154/25]
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2025-06-11 · to Education
124. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30911/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Climate
121. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home energy upgrades completed to date this year; how this compared to the same periods of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30239/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Climate
135. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of electricity generated by wind farms in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30238/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Climate
255. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the implementation of the National Biomethane Strategy as it pertains to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25110/25]
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2025-06-10 · to Transport
358. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport if, given the further delays to the DART plus for Drogheda project as a result of An Bord Pleanála seeking a further extension, he will intervene and bring forward legislation to ensure it can be delivered in the shortest time possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/25]
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2025-05-27 · to Housing
392. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/25]
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2025-05-27 · to Health
759. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to extend the long-Covid scheme for public health workers impacted by long-Covid past June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27526/25]
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2025-05-20 · to Agriculture
137. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the huge concerns in the farming and rural communities regarding the haphazard planning applications for solar farms, which will result in the reduction of agricultural land available for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25111/25]
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2025-05-20 · to Transport
324. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the status of a Driving test centre for Drogheda town, if he will provide a timeline for the test centre being established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25987/25]
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2025-05-15 · to Justice
121. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice if he will commit to the removal of the provision that allows counselling notes to be used in all legal proceedings in the proposed general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25015/25]
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2025-05-14 · to Foreign
5. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens repatriated back to the island of Ireland after dying abroad in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24512/25]
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2025-05-14 · to Foreign
6. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of countries that have established Irish support agencies similar to the one in Sydney, Australia, which provide front-line support to persons in the Irish Australian community; the way in which these organisations are funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24513/25]