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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Lowry: 914. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering exemptions from mandatory hotel quarantine for persons who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with Russian and Chinese manufactured vaccines; if the matter has been discussed with NPHET; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21386/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Apr 2021)

Michael Lowry: As we progress our vaccine roll-out and move towards the reopening of society, we must avail of every option to get business and industry fully operational as safely as possible. I have consistently raised with the Tánaiste the urgent necessity to utilise rapid antigen testing. We now also have available new technology, namely, a rapid PCR test that gives an accurate result within one...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for her consideration. The entire world is aware of the need to enact change to prevent global warming. The human, environmental and economic costs of global warming are becoming increasingly clear each year. Every year, we witness the global results of, and the damage caused by, climate change. Major flooding, hurricanes, droughts and wildfires are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report of the Covid-19 Rapid Testing Group: Discussion with Science Foundation Ireland (5 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I have been raising the necessity of rapid antigen testing at a political level since last January. To be honest, I have been baffled by the sluggish response from the HSE and NPHET. It is very regrettable that such a valuable tool in our battle against Covid has not been advanced. Hopefully, the work of the committee today can help to facilitate matters in that regard. Can Professor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Travel Agents and the Aviation Sector: Discussion (5 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I will be brief because most of the territory has been covered. I welcome our guests and thank them for their interesting and informative contributions. We have had them here on a number of occasions. I hope they will agree that the committee has listened and supported their case. I am very much in favour of reopening the economy. To do so we must reopen airports and allow our people to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: Town centres across Tipperary and the country were struggling before Covid. The lure of commercial centres was only surpassed by the convenience of online shopping. Government-funded urban regeneration schemes were a welcome and significant step forward but the pandemic has undermined their objective. A drive through town centres across the country is a dismal experience. Every year more...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I previously articulated the serious difficulties and challenges faced by the community of Tipperary town. The area suffers from extremely high levels of long-term unemployment. In 2016, 40% of men and 26% of women in the Tipperary east urban are were unemployed. Some 40% of the households in the town are rented, half of which are socially rented from the local authority. This points to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Taoiseach and appreciate his support. I raise also the omission of DEIS - Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools - status for schools in Tipperary town, which needs to be advanced and concluded. The omission of these schools, both primary and secondary, from the DEIS programme in 2017 was wrong and an injustice. This was acknowledged when the Department of Education...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I was asking to get in on the same issue. I am glad that the Taoiseach understands the necessity to intervene through legislation in regard to this matter. We have a situation where we have vexatious, spurious objections deliberately obstructing and holding up investment by Glanbia, which is impacting on the ability to create jobs, impacting on the company's ability to expand and having a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I also thank Mr. Bassato. His contribution has been interesting and very informative. It helps the committee to understand exactly what is achievable. It also underlines the significant progress Italy has made with regard to the DGC, as well as the volume of work that remains to be done in Ireland, a fact that is of concern to us at committee level. The questions I wished to ask have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: The test after disembarking is conducted by public officials. Is that an antigen test? In the event of it being positive, does the person then have to take a PCR test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: Mr. Bassato is saying that the PCR test is also the gold standard test in Italy. He stated that the test takes 36 hours to be returned. The next witnesses to appear before the committee have developed a rapid PCR test. Is Mr. Bassato aware of rapid PCR tests in Italy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I thank Mr. Bassato.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Testing and Air Travel: Nuevo Ireland (12 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: It might be helpful if Mr. Spano gave an overview of the situation internationally and how he sees it being applicable to Ireland. What struck me about this technology was its use in classrooms and school backgrounds, and I was very impressed with how effective it can be in that setting. It would be important for the witnesses to forward to us the information they have at their disposal...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the Bill which while overdue is a genuine effort to tackle the scourge of touting. Nobody likes to be ripped off; it goes against human pride and principles. Yet, every time a major and attractive event takes place, genuine fans and supporters can be forced to pay way over the odds to get their hands on a ticket. They know it is probably the only way to get a ticket; the seller...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to teachers who are in the very high risk category and have received their Covid-19 vaccination and wish to return to work; the reason an organisation (details supplied) does not take full Covid-19 vaccination into account in the context of its back-to-work strategy for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: 466. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering exemptions from mandatory hotel quarantine for persons who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with a vaccine (details supplied); if he will take into account that on 7 May 2021, the World Health Organization approved the vaccine as a suitable and recognized vaccine for protection against Covid-19; if he will discuss this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1991 of 24 March 2021, if he regards the GLAS and afforestation schemes as complementary schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1991 of 24 March 2021, the number of participants in GLAS that afforested a part of their holding under the afforestation scheme in each year since the launch of the scheme in tabular form; the percentage of participants in the GLAS scheme that afforested a part of their farm under the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 May 2021)

Michael Lowry: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1991 of 24 March 2021, if he plans to have a mandatory professional forester involvement in the proposed planting of trees initiative outlined in his response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27085/21]