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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (12 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 594. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the Covid-19 funding allocated to a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49636/21]

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: One in 65 people in Ireland is on the autism spectrum. This figure includes men, women and children and each one of them is deserving of their rights as Irish citizens. Each one of us has a moral and a civil duty to ensure that they get them. If autism is not part of our lives we will most certainly have heard of it. We will most certainly know a person or a family dealing with autism....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the further engagement that has taken place between her Department, the National Development Finance Agency and the OPW for this development; when is it envisaged that contracts will be awarded for construction; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists based in University Hospital Limerick; if this complement of neurology nurse specialists based in University Hospital Limerick complies with national and international guidelines which has made a recommendation that there should be a minimum of 11 neurology nurse specialists based in University Hospital Limerick;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are currently waiting for diagnosis and treatment in the neurology department of University Hospital Limerick since January 2019 to September 2021; the number of these patients who are on the waiting list for treatment are waiting longer than the national guidelines for same by county in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ash plantation is dead due to the ash dieback disease, if such a plantation requires a tree felling licence; the number of applications received and approved under the ash dieback RUS scheme since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51250/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in relation to circular 5/2021, this means the silvicultural use of conifer species as a nurse species for broadleaf species is not allowable in the RUS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a dead tree or dead trees in either a farm or forest situation requires a tree felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51249/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Secretary General of his Department has followed through on their commitment at the recent Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture to discuss the issue of the requirement for planning permission on dead and dying ash crops as outlined in circular 5/2021 with their counterpart in the Department of Housing, Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the proposals on the integration of forestry, tree planting, woodland creation, afforestation and woodland management into the CAP Strategic Plan as supplied by Forest Industries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (21 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process for securing a certificate of exemption from studying Irish at primary school level for a student (details supplied); the reason this certificate of exemption from studying Irish was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51761/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Oct 2021)

Michael Lowry: 941. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 21 September 2021, the dates on which the applications which were returned were received by his Department in tabular form; the reason such files were not returned to the applicants at the time of receipt of the applications if sub-standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: The educational needs of their children are taken very seriously by every parent, and particularly so when a child has additional needs. Across Tipperary and the country, numerous children are in their final year in autism units of primary schools. Secondary school enrolments are under way. Autism units in secondary schools should be structured to be capable of accepting all pupils who are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals for additional investment and upgrading the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line beyond 2021-2022 were included in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an NCSE application for an expression of interest to establish an ASD classroom by a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52621/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52622/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 21 October 2021, the anticipated timeline for the outcome on potential alternatives to the current system in the discussions between his officials and their counterparts in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52925/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 21 October 2021, if an applicant proposes the use of a conifer nurse species, if his officials view this in the strictest sense of conifer species replacing broadleaf species in such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52926/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (2 Nov 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 21 October 2021, if his officials raised the specific issue of the disease status of the broadleaf crop with their counterparts in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the drafting of the legislation given the requirement for planning does not take into account the...