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Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: This measure makes no sense at all. It is unnecessary and foolish in the extreme. It is politically mad and counterproductive. The feedback I have got from organisations in my county is that they are absolutely amazed and cannot understand it. They are asking me if this is for real. They are asking if it is possible that this will get through the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is a highly...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: People are saying it did not come from the justice committee and that this measure was never intended to be a part of the Bill. In my county of Tipperary, there is a hospice movement. I was recently at a fundraising venture that raised something like €200,000. That would not have happened if this restriction was in place. It would be outside the law and could not happen. The...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: People's confidence in the Government's handling of migration was low before they learned that newly-arrived asylum seekers to Ireland were escaping deportation from the UK to Rwanda. It was a shocking and worrying revelation that raises serious questions. People immediately wanted to know how suddenly this detailed information had become available. How do we determine the number of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: I welcome that the Taoiseach acknowledges that we cannot have disruption and that it should be avoided. A myriad of issues threaten people if Imagine and the other broadband suppliers decide to leave the market in advance of the arrival of the national broadband roll-out. We must do everything possible to avoid that scenario but at the moment, we are drifting towards it. I will be here...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: The subsidised provision of fibre broadband across all regions of the country is critical to Ireland's economic and social progress. Despite being plagued by delays, National Broadband Ireland has stated it is confident that all 227 deployment areas will be completed by early 2028. While the broadband project may be almost four years away from its projected completion, existing commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of the application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of an individual (details supplied) who was previously unsuccessful; to confirm if the diagnosis of 'Classic PKU - Non-Responsive to Kuvan' (Phenylketonuria) fulfils the qualifying medical criteria for payment of domiciliary care...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information in relation to whether the provision of accommodation (details supplied) was scheduled to be delivered in four phases; if the owners will be offered an extension to their current contract when the initial 12-month period ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE posts filled and unfilled, respectively in south Tipperary primary care services, broken down by discipline for physiotherapy, occupational therapist, speech and language therapy, psychology, dietician, audiology and ophthalmology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to reduce paediatric primary care wait lists in south Tipperary; if he will give a commitment to improve the waiting times for children waiting to access these much-needed appointments in 2024, many of whom are waiting over 12 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19011/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus route which provides transport to a school (details suppled) will be adjusted and the route changed, in order that children living in a particular area can be collected outside of their home; the reasons previous correspondence to Bus Éireann on this matter have not received a reply; and if she will make a statement on the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: I am very concerned. We have to protect charities, voluntary organisations and sporting organisations. Numerous charities and such bodies have contacted me expressing their reluctance and concern about this aspect of the Bill. In general, I believe that everybody supports the principle behind the Bill. If we have reduced services because the sponsors of those services are unable to...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: This year will go down in living memory as the year that brought farmers across the country to their knees. Incessant rain has caused devastation across every county, leaving farmers and their families reeling in its wake. We have an estimated 6.9 million ha of land overall in Ireland and 64% of this land is suitable for agriculture. However, the Irish agricultural sector overall has...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: Becoming a family carer can happen at any stage in life. It comes about as a result of need. It is undertaken as a result of love. While need and love are the driving forces behind one family member undertaking to attend to the needs of another, the long-term reality of what is involved can prove to be daunting. Neither the need nor the love diminish as time moves on. Until people stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: I have been listening to the discussion, and I have read the witnesses' documentation, and I do not want to go back over what they have already covered here with other members. How highly does the RSA rate the difficulty we have with accident black spots and the poor condition of roads? Mr. Waide stated that a high percentage of accidents, 48%, occur on rural roads with speed limits of at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: Whose responsibility is the inspection of vehicles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: On that figure of 44,000 seriously defective vehicles, what is the follow-up when a defect is detected? With whom does the RSA liaise or who has the authority to take that vehicle off the road?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide new stacked timbers, known as stoplogs, or wooden panels known as flashboards, to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what assistance can be offered to a school (details supplied); when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase the provision of ASD places in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17551/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to increase the provision of ASD places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17552/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Consultations (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 27 February 2024, to confirm if officials in her Department have reviewed correspondence (details supplied); to confirm whether contact was made with representatives from a named association; if she will ensure that every effort will be made to rectify any possible irregularities...