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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new dental school at University College Cork; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) concerning the Firearms Expert Committee; when he will meet with members of two groups to address their concerns. [14489/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: Last December I stood in this House to plead on behalf of a family whose seven-year-old son, Danny, was terminally ill. They wanted to bring Danny home from hospital to spend his final days with them and his young brothers. This was also Danny’s wish, following prolonged hospital stays. Imagine the anguish and helplessness they felt when they learned that bringing their precious boy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Taoiseach for his commitment and personal interest in the matter. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has been very active on the issue. I do not know where the blockage is, but it appears to be between the consultants and the nursing profession. There is no joined-up thinking on this and it needs to happen. Families living in the south east have been without this service...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional special needs assistant will be put in place to meet the classroom education needs of a child who attends a school (details supplied); if she will provide an update and assurance on SNA staffing levels at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 February 2023, if he will provide an update on the current status of a school building project in Thurles, County Tipperary (details supplied); if the project will be expedited; when the necessary funding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the ongoing payment issue pertaining to the construction of additional accommodation or a new school building for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that construction has been halted for two weeks due to the building contractor not receiving all stage payments from her Department; when the necessary funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the University of Limerick's proposed new veterinary school (details supplied); if he has received a report from the HEA expert panel concerning the relative capacities of UL for the provision of extra veterinary training places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 21 March 2023, if he will review the email address which was provided in his response; the reason the address (details supplied) is not listed in his Department's domino directory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: I have raised the issue of ash dieback on numerous occasions. This perilous disease hit Ireland in 2012 and now almost 80% of our 123 million ash trees are dead or dying. Valuable land, including 2,000 ha in Tipperary, has been rendered useless. Plant and animal life have been wiped out and livelihoods have been seriously eroded. Common sense would dictate that the lands should be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of seizures conducted by customs officials on illegally imported solid fuels in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been provided to the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 to combat smuggling of solid fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15688/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why Tipperary County Council is unable to purchase a ground floor two-bedroom apartment at (details supplied) due to the annual management fees associated with the property and the building in which it is located; currently, this property is being sold by the owner and is currently rented for over ten years to an elderly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what additional financial assistance has been provided to primary and post-primary schools to help them with their rising energy and utility bills; if she will confirm whether her Department will issue a scheme for schools that is comparable with the temporary business energy support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality concerning the firearms expert committee, if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from an association regarding the firearms expert committee's proposed recommendations and amendments for persons in receipt of a firearms licence; if he will meet with the organisation ; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on and define the qualifying criteria for publicly funded IVF fertility treatment as outlined in the programme for Government; if people who pay for IVF treatment between now and September 2023 will be reimbursed for their costs starting in September 2023, given his stated plan to start providing interim public support for IVF...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason terminally ill young children living in the south east are still being denied community paediatric palliative care services, therefore depriving them of the right to die at home; if immediate steps will be implemented to provide this critical treatment to young children in need of paediatric palliative care services; the reason home palliative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations listed in the Bee Wee report 2020 for the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life-limiting conditions towards the end of life is being implemented in the south east for paediatric palliative care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15550/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons a person's estimated week of invitation to apply for their driving test is being pushed out (details supplied); the reason for the delay in driving tests; his plans to reduce the lengthy wait-times experienced by those seeking to sit their driving test; when the wait-time can be expected to return to normal; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 358. To ask the Minister for Finance concerning the current rate of tax concessions associated with tax relief for health insurance premiums, the present tax relief available is equivalent to the lesser of the following: 20% of the policy's cost or 20% of €1,000 which is equivalent to a maximum €200 credit, given the increased cost of health insurance premiums and as this tax...