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Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: According to a United Nations report, statistics show that Irish people are the fourth highest consumers of cocaine globally. Over a short few years, there has been a 171% in the number of young people receiving treatment for cocaine abuse in this country. In 2023 alone, over 13,000 people were treated for problem drug use. Four in ten of those cases were first-time presentations. Cocaine...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: I appreciate the Taoiseach's concern. Most people agree that not enough is being done to address the growing cocaine situation in our cities, towns and villages, and even at crossroads. We obviously do not have our fingers on the pulse of what is happening or the extent of it. We need to strengthen and expand current strategies, together with funding new initiatives to counteract the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 723. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality considering the work previously undertaken to replace the Book of Quantum and reduce personal injury awards in line with EU norms through the adoption of the Judicial Guidelines, if he will outline the rationale for any proposed increases to personal injury award levels now under consideration; the way in which the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 951. To ask the Minister for Health how a person can access general practitioner (GP) services in circumstances where all local GPs with GMS contracts have closed patient lists and are not accepting new patients; the options available to individuals such as a person (details supplied); if the HSE has a protocol in place to ensure continuity of care in such cases; and the steps her Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 954. To ask the Minister for Health If she will address the current uncertainty facing staff at a healthcare facility (details supplied); the arrangements that have been made to retain the existing staff currently employed at the unit; the steps the HSE is taking to ensure continuity of employment and service delivery during this transition; and if she will ensure that the HSE engages...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any consideration is being given to changing the ten-year rule for SPSV licence holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated under the application for the new summer works scheme for a school (details supplied). [37083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be allocated to small rural DEIS schools, such as (details supplied), to cover health and safety essential works, given the significant financial strain these schools face in maintaining their facilities, and if she will consider their application for emergency works to be carried out. [36796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Michael Lowry: 807. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); the actions being taken by the HSE to ensure they receive adequate administrative support, in line with occupational health recommendations, given their condition; if she is aware that the HSE-approved permanent administrative post has not been sanctioned by IBH/paybill, and that efforts...

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

Michael Lowry: 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)

Michael Lowry: 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)

Michael Lowry: 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...

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

Michael Lowry: 1499. To ask the Minister for Health the hours during which Shannon Doc operates in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if she will provide a breakdown of each day that the Shannon Doc service did not open during its advertised opening hours between 1 January 2024 and 31 May 2025; the reasons no service was provided on each of those days; what efforts are being made to ensure that a full service is...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: Raising a child with additional needs is both challenging and rewarding. It is demanding and fulfilling. For parents, it becomes a labour of love in almost every possible sense. They want what is best for their son or daughter. They want their child to have the best possible start in life. They aim to set the best foundation possible to support their child throughout their life....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused incremental credit. [23704/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently address the critical funding shortfall in the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme to ensure that pensioners, who have not received an increase in 15 years, receive the financial support they deserve; if he will provide the necessary funding through his Department to rectify this situation, or alternatively, incorporate...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance given the ongoing concerns about discrimination in inheritance tax policy, particularly affecting single and childless citizens, the reason these individuals are subject to less favourable tax-free thresholds compared to other groups; if he will commit to a complete reform of the inheritance tax system, rather than merely tweaking the Group A, B, and C...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (7 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: The Minister mentioned TikTok. Recently, the data protection commissioner fined it €530 million for the improper personal data transfer from Ireland and the EU to China. The most common question people are asking since this news broke is why such data would be sent to China. Is it that we do not have the capacity to store it here ourselves? Why was the transfer deemed inappropriate...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (7 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: We have all read of the heartache endured by a mother in Cork last week as she witnessed people callously filming her son's final moments. I extend sympathy to this woman and her family at this sad and extremely difficult time. Unfortunately, this mother is not the first to feel such horror. Families right across the country have also been subjected to similar pitiful actions. It has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (7 May 2025)

Michael Lowry: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will support proposals concerning the Shallee project and the development of facilities at Shallee Mine in Silvermines, County Tipperary; if he has been made aware of previous correspondence issued to his Department (details supplied); if he will review this correspondence; and if he will make a...