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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: In recent months, we have heard impassioned pleas for assistance from almost every sector in the country. The Government, for the most part, has heard these pleas. Help has been provided that has gone some way towards easing the financial burdens of those most seriously impacted by Covid-19. While we remain in the increasing shadow of this virus, the new normal is unfolding as we find ways...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Minister for his response and his acknowledgement of the needs of this sector. The approach required to help must be multifaceted. Helping the entertainment industry to survive will require what the industry itself is all about, namely creativity. Financial support is crucial to it at this time. Getting the industry itself back on its feet, and therefore less dependant on the...

Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: The reality is that the mental health budget has remained at 6% of the overall health budget for many years. There are fewer staff working in mental health services than there were in 2008. In January 2020, there were 10,642 individuals waiting for 12 months or more on waiting lists. There were also 2,000 children and young people on the waiting lists. In regard to Tipperary, at a time...

Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if a commitment will be given to prioritise increased funding for mental health services in County Tipperary and nationwide in budget 2021 to prevent the Covid-19 crisis from turning into a national mental health crisis (details supplied) [24045/20]

Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: Will the Government give a commitment to prioritise increased funding for mental health services in Tipperary and nationwide in budget 2021? I ask that question in the context that, last week, the HSE head of operations said there has been a significant increase in referrals to mental health services as a result of Covid-19. As we know, mental health services were already overstretched...

Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: I appreciate and acknowledge the Minister of State's commitment to improving mental health services in Tipperary and all of us recognise that. The problem is whether she has a budget to deliver. I have no doubt the Minister of State is well meaning, but I remind her that Tipperary is a large county with a population of 160,000 people. The distance from Lorrha at the northern end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (15 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours funded across County Tipperary and nationwide; the specific care packages that are receiving funding; the number of hours allocated to each care recipient and each care worker; the way in which the figure compares to the number of hours funded in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the chronic shortage of home help hours...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (8 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific and targeted grants will be made available to primary, post-primary and third-level institutions for environment and energy upgrades; his views on whether such grants would assist educational institutions to become more energy efficient to meet their future energy requirements; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pension Provisions (8 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: 898. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a gratuity payment to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/20]

Back to School, Further and Higher Education and Special Education: Statements (3 Sep 2020)

Michael Lowry: Children are happy to be back in school. They are back to leading their normal lives with their friends and back to a normal routine. Both their social and developmental needs are being met. Several parents have told me that they have never seen their children more enthusiastic about returning to school, having been away from their normal routine for six months. The work and effort that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 987. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will issue guidelines to school age care services on reopening in September 2020; if service providers will be allowed to mix children from different geographical locations when returning to their services; if funding will be provided to assist services with Covid-19 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19627/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 1075. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release the findings of the review of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system undertaken by his Department in 2019; if he will consider extending the availability of the FreeStyle Libre sensors to all persons with type 1 diabetes under the LTI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19622/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: When does the Government intend to review the rule regarding the numbers permitted to attend sporting events? The current restriction on numbers is neither logical nor justified. As an example, Semple Stadium in Thurles has a capacity of 48,000 and it is ridiculous that only 200 people, including players and officials, are permitted to attend a game there. This blanket approach is causing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: I appreciate that commitment from the Taoiseach. There are three options available in Roscrea and I would like some action on them. One is to review the current detailed plan put forward by the development company to combine a new nursing home unit on the same site as the new medical centre. The second option is to use the 3-acre greenfield site owned by the HSE at the rear of Cré...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: In Roscrea in County Tipperary one issue overshadows all others, namely, the future of the Dean Maxwell community nursing home in the town. This vital 27-bed elderly care residential home and day facility is dying a slow death. The centre is cherished by the people of Roscrea. The management and staff of the nursing home provide an excellent service for the people of the local community....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that airlines are refusing to issue refunds to customers that have cancelled flights for July and August 2020; if the airlines will be instructed to issue refunds or credit notes to these customers who have cancelled flights on the basis of the advice to avoid all non-essential travel; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the emergency refund credit note will be extended for July, August and September 2020, in view of advice to avoid all non-essential travel and in further view of the fact that the Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group for the National Public Health Emergency Team has supported the advice not to travel and has urged the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if financial supports will be issued to licensed travel agents and tour operators whose customers have cancelled flights and holiday bookings for the months of July and August 2020; if he will take into account that these customers have cancelled bookings on the advice to avoid all non-essential travel; if he will also take into...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (21 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person can arrange an appointment for a public services card in view of the fact that many are waiting for a public services card to avail of free travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (21 Jul 2020)

Michael Lowry: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application with the authorisation of the Garda Commissioner for additional CCTV cameras in Clonmel, County Tipperary, in particular the Heywood Road area; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the prolonged delays in resolving issues regarding the use of CCTV is causing unnecessary concern and...