Results 881-900 of 3,706 for speaker:Michael Lowry

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary concerning proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 2001; if he will address the concerns raised by this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1519. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 of 13 December 2022 and 528 of 5 December 2022, according to the these response, University Hospital Waterford will provide 20 Level 3 inpatient beds; it is also recommended in best palliative care practice that each level 3 bed have an equal number of Level 2 support beds in the region; according to the response,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1520. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 of 13 December 2022 and 538 of 5 December 2022, if he will clarify a date for the meeting between the SECH Older People Services and the Hospital Palliative Care Tipperary committee, prior responses indicate that such a meeting will take place in the first quarter of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the design, layout and plans for the footprint of the development at St. Anthony’s unit, Clonmel to this Deputy and the Hospital Palliative Care Tipperary Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13971/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: International Agreements (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for a sanitary agreement to be established between Ireland and Algeria for dairy and infant formula; if the principle of such an agreement is a priority; the timelines for the implementation of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12841/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1618. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial and grant assistance available through her Department to help an organisation (details supplied) to develop a community walkway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13445/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1620. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 8 February 2023, if he is aware that the RRDF project in Carrick-on- Suir, County Tipperary will go to tender shortly (details supplied) and that work is scheduled to begin in early June 2023, the level of work that the Carrick-on-Suir RRDF project must complete before Cahir, County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of the current designated rent pressure zones will be completed; if he will review the standardised average rent for County Tipperary to ascertain if the county now qualifies as a RPZ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 325. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify his and the HSE's position on Special Leave with Pay for HSE personnel suffering from long-term Covid illness and unable to work; if the present Special Leave with Pay scheme will be extended for eligible staff beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12041/23]

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: A Chathaoirligh gníomhaí, a Aire, agus a chomhghleacaithe, today's world sees more and more people tapping a card on a machine in order to purchase something as simple as a cup of coffee. The vast majority of retailers no longer even tell customers the cost of what they are purchasing. They simply direct them towards a machine and by pressing the four buttons, the customers' money...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the first-home scheme; if he supports requests for the scheme to be restructured to allow first-time self-builders who currently own a home; if it will allow first-time self-builders who do not already own a home to apply for the scheme; if a scheme review has been undertaken; when he expects such a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received and reviewed a press statement by an organisation (details supplied) concerning the recently published National Report, Staff Census, and Workforce Review for 2022 of children's disability network teams; what efforts he is making to ensure progress is made to increase staffing levels in the CDNT teams; if he and relevant Ministers of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: I thank the witnesses for the introduction and for the submission they have made, which is interesting and informative for us. Many of the questions have been answered. They are stark and damning statistics, to say the least. It is disturbing and alarming to have 180,000 vehicles without insurance, one in every 12 private vehicles, which is the second-highest rate of uninsured vehicles in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: So, the levy is determined by the share of the market of each insurance company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: Mr. Fitzgerald might not have the figure to hand, but what percentage of cases actually go down the legal route?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: Mr. Fitzgerald has provided us with percentages. What was MIBI's total outlay in 2022?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland (8 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: I am glad to hear Mr. Fitzgerald say that MIBI has bought into the mediation process. Obviously, that will be reflected in its legal bill.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (7 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the additional engagement that has occurred for this development between his Department, the Minister of State in the Office of Public Works, the Minister for Justice, and the National Development Finance Agency (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a response (details supplied) which this Deputy received from the National Council for Special Education on 7 June 2022, if she will confirm whether the NCSE has provided her with an update on the status of an application to establish an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classroom in a school; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (7 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 584. To ask the Minister for Health where the processing team in the medical card section obtains information on applicants' previous employments and self-employments records (details supplied); the reason requests for historic employment are being made of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11071/23]