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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Support Grant (3 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: I ask the Minister, in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the plans, if any, she has to increase financial supports for people in receipt of the carer's support grant. Despite her genuine efforts in budget 2021, it is not the case that all additional costs associated with the pandemic are covered by current rates of pay.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Support Grant (3 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: Family Carers Ireland is asking for the payment of the carer's support grant to be made in two instalments - €925 in the first instalment paid this month and the second one as normal in June 2021. As part of just transition measures, carer's allowance should be included as a qualifying payment for the fuel allowance. Family carers incur significantly higher and unavoidable energy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Support Grant (3 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: I agree the provision of family care at home is desirable for many reasons. It is also the preference of most people in need of care. This level of care comes at a cost. Many carers dedicate their lives to providing love, care and attention to those in need. This quality care enables people to remain in their own homes. Carers often provide this service at great personal sacrifice. They...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance financial supports for carers in view of the ongoing Covid-19 situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/20]

Mental Health Policy: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: This pandemic has touched the lives of everyone. Life as we knew it was snatched away and replaced by a new normal, one that nobody wanted. Even the strongest among us struggled to cope. Even the hardiest did not escape unscathed. The advice of health experts focused primarily on protecting ourselves and others from becoming infected. This emphasis is to be expected during a pandemic....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the new sewage treatment scheme announced recently in local media in County Clare for the village of Broadford to be administered by local authorities; if it is still possible to have Mullinahone, County Tipperary, included as a pilot scheme; the criteria or competitive process used to select Broadford as the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (15 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if additional on-standby payments made to nursing home staff who have agreed to be on call 24 hours a day in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak can be reimbursed to nursing home facilities (details supplied) through the temporary assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43447/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2020)

Michael Lowry: As the Taoiseach is aware, garden centres, nurseries, soft fruit growers and the horticultural industry in general rely to a great extent on the availability of milled peat. Bord na Móna currently has stocks of milled peat and a proportion of it was earmarked for the horticultural sector. Recently, it has become apparent that Bord na Móna has diverted a lot of peat to export...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: I am sharing time with Deputy Canney. Today is a day that will be recorded in the history of our country. Today we lay bare a chapter that is already soaked in the tears of many of our citizens. Today is the day that we publicly acknowledge the shame and suffering inflicted on countless women and their children. Today should have come a long time ago. Last October, I voted for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (13 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT on church candles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45137/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (13 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 823. To ask the Minister for Health when rehabilitation and disability services will be re-established to a seven-year-old child (details supplied) in County Tipperary who suffered an acquired brain injury in 2019 due to stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44946/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: This week I spoke with a community nurse manager who works for a private company contracted to care for HSE patients. She co-ordinates a large team of nurses and carers. The professional services they provide make it possible for elderly and often terminally ill patients to remain in their homes rather than being admitted to hospital or to a nursing home. These community-based workers...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: My concern is the number of vaccinators we have. HSE services are already overwhelmed. Some 6,500 healthcare staff are out of work due to Covid. We simply cannot divert further front-line staff for the purpose of acting as vaccinators. We need to assemble a task force of vaccinators. We need to recruit outside the obvious circle and build a national team to dispense the vaccine. We need...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when an assessment on this application will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for additional special education teacher hours, given the hours it currently has do not suffice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to pay or travel and accommodation allowances for student teachers who are required to complete teaching placement in allocated schools; if she will take into account that many of these students are currently living in their parental homes with vulnerable, sick or elderly parents who are cocooning; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level students who did not qualify for free fees will receive a refund of their student contribution fees in view of the fact that the majority of students have been forced to move to online learning since the start of the academic year due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2745/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 621. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to have an orderly resumption of all-day services for persons with disabilities in County Tipperary in view of the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2743/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the position of a primary medical certificate application for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when an assessment on this application will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Jan 2021)

Michael Lowry: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason guidelines have changed, as of 1 January 2021, concerning benefit-in-kind on company cars and vans during the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to reinstate a previous agreement under Revenue eBrief No. 054/20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3249/21]