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Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: This Labour Party motion is purely idealistic. It is a far cry from the Labour Party calling the lockdown too draconian and bonkers last September. Had it been presented at a much earlier stage of the pandemic, it may have had some advantages. That ship has sailed, however. Nowhere in the Labour Party plan is there mention of how business and industry would cope with a national aggressive...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a company (details supplied) was refused supports from the Covid restrictions support scheme; if the decision not to allow such a business to apply for the scheme will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if costs accrued by businesses that have adopted the use of rapid antigen tests as part of their Covid-19 prevention measure and for the diagnosis of Covid-19 within their workforce will be considered a tax deductible expense by the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Support Services (11 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional funding will be provided to continue the ability programme beyond June 2021 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing having their driver licences printed and issued; if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who successfully applied for the renewal of a driver licence on 30 December 2020 in the NDLS office in Clonmel and is still waiting for the delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing having their driver licences printed and issued; if the case of a person (details supplied) who successfully applied for a driver licence which is urgently required for work will be investigated; if he will engage with the NDLS to have this licence issued; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing with having their driver licences printed and issued; if he will investigate a 12-week delay in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who successfully applied for their driver licence in the NDLS office, Nenagh, County Tipperary on 11...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by a society (details supplied) in relation to the charging of negative interest rates in respect of moneys held in solicitors' clients' accounts; if he will consider establishing a national scheme or introduce legislation to protect consumer deposits held in solicitors' clients' accounts from negative...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when section 5 of the Irish Sign Language Act, 2017 will be implemented to provide Irish sign language support for children and young persons attending recognised schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7880/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the provision of reasonable accommodations during State examinations for students with epilepsy, who may experience a seizure during their exams, in order to allow them to complete their examinations at a later date (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8329/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the provision of making free travel passes available to persons with epilepsy who are temporarily barred from driving for one year due to having a breakthrough seizure; if she will consider uncoupling the free travel pass from other qualifying payments to ensure that there is a direct application...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 892. To ask the Minister for Health if staff working in the learning and care and school age childcare services will be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8688/21]

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: I would like to leave some of my four minutes so that the Tánaiste can reply. The harsh impact of Covid-19 will not vanish when we finally suppress the virus. The landscape of our lives will be forever altered by the pandemic. Not everyone will win the battle for survival and there will be casualties. Local newspapers have been hit badly by events. The economic downturn in 2008...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will meet with a deputation from Tipperary County Council concerning the N24 Motorway project; if he will engage with Tipperary County Council to organise this meeting at the earliest convenience (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9166/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: I welcome mandatory hotel quarantine. It should have been introduced several months ago. However late, it is a significant step forward. It will be one more gaping hole filled in our fight against the ever-evolving Covid crisis. I fully support the call from my colleague, Deputy Berry, for the Defence Forces to provide security at hotels selected for mandatory quarantine. They are highly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing grant supports to professional masters of education in primary teaching students of a college (details supplied) to complete the immersive Gaeltacht course given completion of the immersive Gaeltacht course is compulsory to comply with Teaching Council requirements; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on introducing a module on mental health awareness and positive mental health into the primary and secondary school curriculum; her further views on whether schools and centres for education should be playing a vital role in the promotion of positive mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (25 Feb 2021)

Michael Lowry: 274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add Cariban to the approved drugs list under the drugs payment scheme; the medicines available under the drugs payment scheme to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I thank Mr. Wade, Mr. Naughton and Mr. Rowland for their contributions to the meeting and for the information and facts they have given us, which are very interesting. This is a huge issue throughout Ireland, and in particular in rural Ireland and my constituency of Tipperary. Many of the general questions I had wished to ask have been asked and I will not repeat them. The delays are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: Is there a provision for the client to make an observation and to give feedback to the RSA on his or her experience with a tester? If somebody has failed the test, he or she is unlikely to give feedback in case it would jeopardise their chances in the future, but it would be good if people could do so. I am not 100% happy with the aptitude and approach of some testers to people who are...