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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: I have been contacted by numerous people from Tipperary who are among the 12,000 Irish people currently working in and residing in the United Arab Emirates, UAE. They cannot travel directly home this summer to visit family without undergoing mandatory hotel quarantine. They faced significant local pressure to take the Sinopharm vaccine in order to stay in employment. They have received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: My view from the expert advice we have heard today and all the evidence we have heard previously is there is no reason Ireland should not embrace antigen testing. There is overwhelming scientific evidence to show the effectiveness of antigen testing and I suggest we follow up today’s meeting with an invitation to the CMO and his team. This is a serious public interest matter which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress made on finding the remains of a person (details supplied) from County Tipperary who was granted a posthumous pardon in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33652/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 435. To ask the Minister for Health when Covid-19 guidelines will be issued to organisations on the management and operation of summer camps (details supplied) during the summer months in 2021; if such activities can proceed in 2021; if he will discuss this matter at his earliest convenience with public health officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes to benefit in kind in respect of company electric vehicles which have been proposed to come into effect from January 2023 will be reviewed; if he will address a potential anomaly in which it will be cheaper for persons to remain driving a non-electric vehicle (details supplied); his views on whether calculating benefit in kind on the open market...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a programme developed by an organisation (details supplied) in conjunction with the psychology department in Trinity College, Dublin; if he will endorse this indicative and support it financially through the portfolio of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 498. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the vaccination of staff working in essential jobs and services that cannot avoid a high risk of exposure to Covid-19 (details supplied); if he will discuss this matter at the earliest convenience with the National Public Health Emergency Team and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the NPHET team to our meeting today and thank it for its presentation. I have raised the subject of antigen testing on numerous occasions. I have raised it with the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and various Ministers and we have political consensus, in that antigen testing should be used. We then have professors disagreeing among themselves. We have heard evidence from Dr. Mina...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: Please explain how other European countries and the European Commission can approve the use of antigen testing. Is NPHET saying that they have done it without validation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: Seventeen countries in Europe have already declared that they will accept the test so why is Ireland so different?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 204 205, 206, 207,208, 209 and 210, of 19 May 2021, if, given that many of the comments were just suggested textual changes to improve the practical implementation of various measure set out in the documents; the reason for not releasing the submissions received to the public domain to prove...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (30 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209 and 210 of 19 May 2021, if any TFL issued with conditionality of adhering to the standards for felling and reafforestation are enforceable by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35023/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552 and 553 of 25 May 2021, if no commitment is given by his Department in the farmers charter or any other Departmental protocol that commits his Department to writing directly to each applicant for the reconstitution and underplanting scheme to update...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2021)

Michael Lowry: 339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552 and 553 of 25 May 2021, if he informed the registered foresters that they are expected to revert to and inform the landowner applicants for the reconstitution and underplanting scheme of the requirements of the circular and the way a specific...