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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (28 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will extend DEIS status to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if her Department will take into account that the Government recently announced a housing modular scheme of 60 units in the town to house Ukrainian families, which will add to this school's educational demands; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (28 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 292. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of valid applications that have been received by her Department, by county, under the community centres investment fund; when funding will be allocated to successful applicants, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47370/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for agricultural, dairy farm assistants and related farming trades before the end of 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46774/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes to benefit-in-kind in respect of company vehicles which will come into effect from January 2023 will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who is having ongoing issues with pyrite and other contaminants appearing in cement and concrete blocks used to build their principal private residence will be able to receive financial assistance through the proposed defective concrete block redress scheme; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 209. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if arrangements can be made to allow for the provision of a service medal for the Defence Forces (details attached) in an effort to acknowledge the significant contribution made by the Defence Forces during Operation Fortitude to the HSE and to the people of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available through her Department to assist a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to upgrade its transport facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46943/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to further analyse the re-introduction of the diet supplement payment to persons with particular medically certified dietary needs given that the last analysis commissioned by her Department was during 2013 (details supplied); if she will consider this request as part of her Department’s Budget 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available through his Department to assist a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to upgrade its transport facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of members of An Garda Síochána who are willing to sign an ML10 form has dramatically declined (details supplied); if she plans to reform the way in which members of An Garda Síochána verify the identification of persons who do not currently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 601. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ash dieback RUS grant aid scheme is to be treated by applicants as a de-minimis payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 602. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated net VAT payment to applicants for the environmental report grant, per file, outlined in circular 13/2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the required legislation change will take place enabling the replacement species for the RUS scheme to be conifers on an area up to ten hectares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be mandatory professional forester involvement in the small-scale tree planting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if existing forestry woodland, if present on the farm, included in the Farm Sustainability Plan is to be completed on the generic land management for all ACRES applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 606. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct integration and compatibility mechanisms proposed for afforestation and the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47279/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 14 September 2022, in stating that there is no licence requirement if a landowner wishes to remove some of this material from a site; if this is an unlicensed activity and that harvesting lop and top or brash from forestry harvesting sites is outside the scope of the felling licence...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (27 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 608. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 647 of 14 September 2022, if the Department standard or guideline or guidance document that forest-owners should review when harvesting lop and top or brash from harvesting sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47291/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (22 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being introduced to ensure that the fee payable for nursing home resident care recognises the extraordinary increase in costs being incurred (details supplied). [46480/22]