• Independent TD for Tipperary North
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Forestry Sector, Grant Payments, Health Services, School Transport, Special Educational Needs

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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Uniforms (26 Jun 2025)

“274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the plight of foster parents’ difficulties in qualifying for back to school clothing and footwear allowance for foster children due to means test being applied for assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35020/25]”

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

“For generations in Ireland, elderly people were mainly cared for in the family home. It was a given that younger family members committed themselves to caring for elderly parents and grandparents. Most homes throughout the country had three generations under the same roof. It was not always easy but it worked. It had to work because there were very few suitable alternatives available. ...”

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Jun 2025)

“1331. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the current HSE recruitment efforts for home support service staff in north Tipperary, particularly in the Lorrha and surrounding areas in CHO 3 Mid-West, outlining the number of existing vacancies and the level of recruitment planned for 2025; when these positions are expected to be filled; the measures being taken to address service...”

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• Has spoken in 14 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well below average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 224 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this TD's speeches — average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 43 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Michael Lowry speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 235 times in debates — average among TDs.
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