Results 61-80 of 2,662 for speaker:Michael Lowry in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 1480. To ask the Minister for Health the process for online applications for medical cards (details supplied); if the HSE will make arrangements to provide an option to have these documents printed by the HSE and then have them posted to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 1570. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance can be offered to a day centre (details supplied); when Section 91 for practising chiropody will reopen for registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15124/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 286. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding is provided to allow for the employment of the required neurologist for the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise; if he will confirm that they have received correspondence from the Neurological Alliance of Ireland who is campaigning to have a neurologist situated in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (21 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will introduce an annual men’s shed sustainability grant system to help with their running costs, for items such as electricity and insurance bills, similar to the one issued in 2023; if she will consider providing funding for small capital works projects; if she will make such grants available directly to individual...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 22 March 2022, the progress made and the steps he has taken to improve ventilation for staff who work in the basement area of the Swiss Cottage in Cahir, County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the fact the basement area has no mechanical ventilation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's stance on the awarding of exemptions from the study of the Irish language for students diagnosed with dyslexia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11771/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's stance on the awarding of exemptions from the study of the Irish language for students diagnosed with dyslexia (details supplied); who interprets the criteria to satisfy their own findings; if her Department is distancing itself from these decisions; the reason is it investigating the schools for making these decisions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who is responsible and liable when a student, diagnosed with dyslexia by a professional educational psychologist, is refused an exemption by school management; if he is aware of the impact that this can have on a student who may receive points to access their third-level course but cannot attend the NUI colleges of their choice because they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all schools were not accepted to the recent STEM grant competition which was held for funding for a core curricular area and a key priority of the Government; if he accepts that schools such as a school (details supplied) were unfairly penalised due to the lottery system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to direct management of a school (details supplied) to the legislation that governed how the recent STEM funding competition was run and managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the staff and students at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will engage in STEM activities in the school to the same standard as their neighbouring school that received €10,000 in funding; if the inspectorate will be cognisant of the disparity in funding when assessing schools; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what oversight measures were in place for the recent STEM grant competition; if the records of how this competition was conducted are available to school management to review and if so, how does one access the same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the lottery system used in the recent STEM grants were the fairest way to divide the available resources; if it is his intention to continue to fund essential educational services in this manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a lottery was held when the number of applications for the STEM grant exceeded expectations; if she will point to the relevant area in the documentation issued to schools prior to the competition, where it states that a lottery would take place if the number of applications passed a certain threshold; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what criteria, if any, applied to the reading of the application by a school (details supplied) for the STEM grant; if she will provide feedback to school management on the application and where it did not meet the criteria outlined to the school in documentation received from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional STEM grants that will made available in 2024, will be of lower or higher value than those awarded in December 2023; if so, the level of funding that can be expected; if it will be made available exclusively for the remaining approximately 2,000 unsuccessful schools; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) concerning the allocation of home tuition hours; the status of this case; the timeframe for when a decision will be issued on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); what financial assistance can be offered to this school to assist it with the critical financial situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the temporary development contribution waiver scheme (details supplied); if he will seek to have all dates extended by a minimum 18 months to allow large housing developments which commence just before the current 24 April 2024 deadline adequate time to complete the works satisfactorily; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/24]