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Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: The issue of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution needs to be approached with great care and sensitivity. I thank Senator Noone and the members of the committee for their efforts. I appreciate their task was an extremely difficult and arduous one. From the beginning it was clear that whatever the recommendations the committee proposed...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: It is important for the Minister for Education and Skills to understand that the school building committee has sourced and purchased land adjacent to the current site. The school committee has also privately funded the drawing up of plans which have been submitted to the Department. The principal of the school has clearly stated that the current situation cannot continue and that all...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: In the 1970s a group of forward-thinking individuals set up a voluntary committee to meet the needs of children with special needs in south Tipperary who were at home and not receiving an education. The town of Cashel now boasts that it has the invaluable service provided by two special schools, Scoil Chormaic and Scoil Aonghusa. Some 320 special needs pupils from all over County Tipperary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: 931. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to representations submitted on behalf of a person (details supplied); the reason a response has not issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1005/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Waiting Lists (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: 1412. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for a driving test in County Tipperary for each category in each County Tipperary test centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1006/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: 1413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time persons in County Tipperary are expected to wait before a driving test date is issued for each category and in each County Tipperary test centre, in tabular form; if driving test waiting times in County Tipperary are in line with the national average of ten weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1007/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jan 2018)

Michael Lowry: 1414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an earlier date can be offered for a driving test for category B for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/18]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Lowry: I do not support or encourage drink-driving. Everyone can enjoy alcohol if it is consumed responsibly, as the vast majority of people do, and there is personal responsibility for one's actions and behaviour. Nobody in this House or outside it condones a situation where a driver who has taken excessive alcohol causes an accident or fatality. I have met the various representative groups...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Michael Lowry: 517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a statutory time limit on the length the time for all applications to An Bord Pleanála and specifically projects involving substantial investment in the economy in circumstances in which undue delay may be detrimental to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51534/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: US Tax Reform (30 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance the potential effects of President Trump’s threatened big border tax on Irish companies in the United States if they expand manufacturing facilities abroad for products to be sold in the United States; the potential implications for jobs here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to provide generators to persons in their homes who need continuous access to electricity for their medical supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50849/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (29 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request dairy co-operators to organise a scheme for the purchase of generators by dairy farmers; his plans to provide low interest loans for such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50850/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: 540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce details of the new affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50851/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the delegates and thank them for their presentations. We have all encountered these issues in our constituencies and there is a good deal of frustration that despite the various assessments made and reports, very little action is evident in towns and villages throughout the State. Under European competition rules, the €30 million in new funding must be given as a loan which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna: Chairperson Designate (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: I welcome Mr. Meagher and congratulate him on his appointment as chairman of the company. His CV is impressive. He has a varied and extensive range of experience, and I am satisfied that he has the ability and commitment to give leadership and guidance to Bord na Móna at a time of great change and challenge for the company. Mr. Meagher is aware that we in Tipperary are conscious of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made by State agencies, in particular the IDA, to attract jobs and investment to towns in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49765/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: I ask the Tánaiste, in her capacity as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, the efforts being made by State agencies, notably the IDA, to attract jobs and investment to towns across County Tipperary which continue to suffer from the lack of economic progress and are increasingly left behind in the economic upturn.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: The reality on the ground is that the economic difficulties being experienced by all of Ireland's inland towns, not just in Tipperary, are well documented. Towns such as Thurles, Roscrea, Templemore, Cashel, Nenagh, Tipperary town and Carrick-on-Suir have been left behind. They were once vibrant retail towns and they are now facing huge difficulties such as competition from suburban...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: In that regard, there is one other issue I would like the Minister's comments on. Her Department is feeding into the national planning framework that is currently out there for public discussion. The criteria and classification used in this plan mean that in Tipperary, for example, Clonmel is the only designated large town and, because of the criteria established, many towns are left out....

Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2017)

Michael Lowry: There is unease over the lack of transparency of this scheme. There is a strongly held view in financial lending circles of favouritism towards the pillar banks and that the conditions of eligibility to the fund are structured in order to suit the big established players in the market - a view that the existing terms and conditions and format are anti-competitive and have a detrimental...