Results 1-20 of 127 for long speaker:Michael Lowry

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: ...with emails and calls. Each person who contacted me told his or her own harrowing story. Many have been suffering since the first wave of the virus back in 2020 and none of them know how long their suffering will last. In Tipperary alone, 670 people are certified as unable to work due to long Covid. It is estimated that 330,000 adults have been impacted by long Covid nationally. Many...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (26 Apr 2005)

Michael Lowry: Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if patients in long-stay care in private nursing homes will be eligible for similar repayments to those in public long-stay care. [13074/05]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 May 2013)

Michael Lowry: 680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the reasons general practitioner cards have not been provided to those with a long term illness as set out in the Programme for Government; the reason for the ongoing delay in delivering on this commitment; the reason the deadlines set out for deliverance on this issue have continually been broken; the current status of the plans to...

Written Answers — Speech Therapy Services: Speech Therapy Services (6 Jul 2006)

Michael Lowry: Question 704: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in schools due to the long delays in accessing speech and language therapy for primary and post-primary students; her proposals to tackle this year long waiting list;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27902/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Jul 2006)

Michael Lowry: Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in schools due to the long delays in accessing speech and language therapy for primary and post-primary students; her proposals to tackle this year long waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27920/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)

Michael Lowry: Question 283: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of long-term beds in a hospital (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the number that are occupied on a long-term basis; the average number of vacancies each week; the number of vacancies each week since 1 January 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11019/06]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (29 Jan 2013)

Michael Lowry: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle the treatment of non consultant hospital doctors; if he will put an end to the illegal long working hours being forced on such doctors; if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact of these long working hours have on these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for the processing of long-term illness card applications in each office; the number of persons working in each of these offices and processing long-term illness applications; if he will provide for individual staff to assist those processing these applications; his views that these backlogs are acceptable in view of the illness of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jun 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1225. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 10 May 2023, in relation to long-Covid and providing financial support for HSE personnel suffering from long-term-Covid illness and unable to work; if his Department has looked at all available options to support staff who are unable to return to work, given that the current scheme is due to end on 30 June this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Michael Lowry: ...has said is that the Government is waiting for the HSE to deliver a plan to it. We in Tipperary and Roscrea all know what the HSE will deliver to us. It will deliver a short-term unit with no long-stay beds. The future of Dean Maxwell is now a clear-cut political decision. The unit is doomed as it is at present unless there is an explicit and clear directive from the Government to the...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Michael Lowry: No-one could have predicted the reality of 2020. We are living through a time that will continue to be spoken about long after we have left this world. This year will be seen as historic for generations to come. The country's economy was in a relatively strong position at the start of 2020. We had entered the year with a budget surplus along with the much-publicised rainy day fund....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Feb 2022)

Michael Lowry: The Taoiseach is aware the HSE has a plan in place to dramatically alter the distribution of elderly care long-stay beds in north Tipperary. The existing 25 beds in the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Unit will be transferred to Nenagh in order to justify a bigger unit. The HSE has consistently ignored all representations to correct this absurd and unacceptable situation. It is obviously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Michael Lowry: ...the DAA’s projections. Mr. Jacobs is saying “by 2030”, which is a seven-year forward planning programme. I do not think that is the proper way to approach this. The DAA needs a much more long-term plan for Dublin Airport. The DAA’s application next year to increase from 32 million to 40 million is going to take a minimum of two or three years to get through...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (18 May 2005)

Michael Lowry: Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date by which she and the HSE expect the first repayments under the national repayment scheme for long-stay charges to begin. [16620/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (31 May 2005)

Michael Lowry: Question 173: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if patients in private nursing homes will be considered under the repayments for long-stay care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18233/05]

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (18 Oct 2005)

Michael Lowry: Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a property (details supplied) is in her Department's ownership; her immediate and long-term plans for the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28749/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2005)

Michael Lowry: Question 156: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an appropriate full-time place will be provided for a person (details supplied) in need of long-term residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38760/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Jun 2006)

Michael Lowry: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for changes to a long-standing payment arrangement with a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the original agreement will be honoured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23061/06]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (16 Apr 2019)

Michael Lowry: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if pulmonary fibrosis is covered by the long- term illness scheme; if not, his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17746/19]