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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed is the only co-educational and multidenominational school in Thurles. It has DEIS status and is the only provider of ASD classes to boys in Thurles. It is experiencing continual pressure to accommodate increasing enrolments since 2010. It has an enrolment of 500 post-primary students, which is an increase of 90% in the past six years. This enrolment does not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Taoiseach for what is generally a positive and constructive approach. I ask that the matter be dealt with as a matter of urgency. It has been dragging on for a number of years. Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed is a very successful and progressive school and the management and staff there have been outstanding. They are delivering excellence in education under extremely difficult...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: I look forward to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform visiting us.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered delaying the implementation of the new benefit-in-kind regime for company vehicles, which is scheduled to begin in 2023, given the broader context of rising living costs and the fact that these changes will reduce income for workers who require a company vehicle to perform their duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that persons who were receiving a disability payment from her Department and have then commenced training or entered into further education and were transferred to a training allowance for the duration of their training and education, will not be eligible for the €500 lump...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue in Tipperary CHO3 and CHO5, in which diabetes-related lower limb amputations and in-patient foot ulceration treatment have increased significantly between 2020 and 2021 (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the number of permanent full-time podiatry posts in CHO3 and CHO5; the number of posts that...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: The forestry and timber business is of huge economic importance to those involved in the sector across County Tipperary. It is a national business and industry that has never achieved its full potential. There are many unhappy people in the forestry sector. These same people are very disgruntled with the administration of the Department. Services, practices, procedures and various schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if gambling awareness workshops have been rolled-out in secondary schools in County Tipperary; if she will ensure that no gambling industry-funded literature is used in schools to educate school-aged children regarding the dangers of gambling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58410/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs officers that have been appointed to County Tipperary; the reason that there is no full-time SENOs appointed in south County Tipperary; the number of children currently seeking special educational needs supports in County Tipperary; the number of students currently awaiting placement in an ASD unit and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review of the school transportation crisis that occurred during the start of the 2022/2023 academic year as a result of her Department's decision to waive costs of obtaining school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's ongoing engagement with both the HSE and the Department of Health to ensure that no alcohol industry-funded literature produced by a website (details supplied) is used in schools to educate school-aged children regarding the dangers of alcohol; if she has formally directed or informed schools...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 November 2022, if he will provide an update on the provision of EV chargers specifically for Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the route of the Rural Link bus managed from the Tipperary Rural Link office to accommodate persons from the Knock area in County Tipperary to travel to Roscrea town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/22]

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

Michael Lowry: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the total estimated monthly budget and annual expenditure on paediatric aids and appliances by the resource allocation groups in CHO3 per RAG group for each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59124/22]

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

Michael Lowry: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in each health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59171/22]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: The tradition of horse racing and greyhound racing is ingrained in the Irish psyche. Ireland is recognised across the globe for its exceptional standards in breeding and training racehorses and greyhounds. As an industry, horse racing has generated billions for the Irish economy. My home county of Tipperary is steeped in the tradition of the industry. Horses and everything related to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects her Department to complete exploratory work regarding proposals received from an organisation (details supplied) about making free travel passes available to persons with epilepsy who are temporarily barred from driving for one year or more due to having a breakthrough seizure; if the exploratory work...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2022)

Michael Lowry: Paying for health insurance is an expense that increasing numbers of Irish people now equate to the importance of paying their mortgage or rent. In excess of 2.3 million people now have some form of health insurance. Between April 2020 and March 2021 at the height of the pandemic, private health insurance companies gained almost 38,000 new customers. Ironically, also due to Covid-19,...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2022)

Michael Lowry: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate that. I appreciate that the Minister of State will do his best. The reason I raised it is because of the urgency of the situation. If it has to go through officials without encouragement from the Minister, I do not think we will get a result in time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Service Executive (6 Dec 2022)

Michael Lowry: It has taken the heart-breaking case of a seven-year-old boy to bring the need for paediatric palliative care in the south-east region into focus. Last week, I raised the circumstances surrounding the wish of this little boy to return home, as well as his family's efforts to bring him home from hospital to receive end-of-life care. His parents wanted their little man to be in the familiar...