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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: My point is that Mr. Philips mentioned that the DAA is like any other business, but it is not. It is a strategically important part of corporate Ireland. The DAA was losing all of this money while, at the same time, drawing down the wage subsidy scheme from the national Exchequer. I cannot understand why somebody did not go to Government and tell it what the likely result and implication...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: There are many people here who could probably take some of the blame but there are a lot more out there, including Government Ministers and advisers, who should have seen this coming down the line. As somebody who has some clue about business, I know that the cost of what the DAA has done will outweigh what it has saved because it is now paying treble time and compensation. The exercise it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: Ms Gubbins has given me an answer. I would have thought the DAA's reputational profile was more important than its financial profile, particularly when it could have reached out to the Government and sought support in view of the circumstances in which it found itself. What is the ratio of permanent staff to casual staff to temporary staff at the airport? We have heard a lot of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the necessary funding to pig farmers in respect of increased input costs, including in fuel, feed, fertiliser and energy; if he has received and reviewed the recently published document by an organisation (details supplied) concerning the pig industry in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (28 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 948. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by a board (details supplied); the financial assistance or grant funding that can be provided to this organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will share his Department's enterprise contingency plan in the event of decreasing levels of foreign direct investment in Ireland as a result of the implementation of the global and-or European minimum tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review issues raised by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in relation to the proposed withdrawal of banks from the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider Ireland’s position on the global minimum tax rate in view of the fiscal challenges impacting and expected to impact Ireland and the need to make the country as attractive as possible for multinational investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised and offer assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary concerning their inability to obtain access to a mollii suit which is a medical assistive device for neuromodulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that she is putting in place to make sure all DEIS schools that are entitled to the meals programme will have access to this service in September 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) from County Tipperary in obtaining their electrical phase 2 stage placement earlier than the current target issue date of January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 190. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refusal issued to three Ukrainian family members (details supplied) under the European Union Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55/EC) will be reviewed; if officials will take into account that a fourth member of this family who is a minor was granted permission and that the refusal issued to their parents and younger...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Scott service medals awarded to members of An Garda Síochána in County Tipperary in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36547/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 293. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1384 of 14 June 2022, if the full analysis of service demand need for level 2 palliative care beds (details supplied) has been completed; if so, if it will be published and made available to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1384, 1385, 1386 and 1387 of 14 June 2022, if level 2 bed provision within community hospitals and services for older people is not only to support home care teams and would also be required to support the regional acute level 3 palliative care unit that is, in the case of St Antony’s in Clonmel palliative care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 295. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1384 of 14 June 2022, if the current level 2 palliative care bed provision (details supplied) and therefore less than the number prior to the closure of St. Brigid’s Community Hospital , Carrick on Suir is deemed as sufficient currently and for the future requirements given the upsurge of cancer disease following...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 296. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that level 2 palliative care support bedrooms cannot be internally modified, despite public private partnership approval, to include an adjacent family room as has been outlined previously that the circumstances and needs of palliative care patients and their families differ significantly to elderly patients and thus sharing a common family room...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (6 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) who is requesting the immediate publication of the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Action Plan for the Disability Capacity Review was due to be completed in December 2021 has not yet been published; if the needs outlined in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a scheme of tax credits in budget 2023 for owner-occupiers of defective apartments, duplexes and residential properties to offset remediation costs, similar to the way buy-to-let owners can offset liabilities against profit and loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (5 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reconsidered his support for the enactment of a proposed European Union directive implementing a minimum corporate tax rate, given the increased pressures on Irish and European Union competitiveness as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [35936/22]