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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Proposed Acquisition of Celtic Media by Independent News & Media plc: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)

Michael Lowry: I have questions for the representatives of Celtic Media. It is obvious that the company has and had financial difficulties for a considerable amount of time. I note that in 2012 there was a management buy-out that involved €5.5 million of capital being put into the company. I ask the representatives to explain the finances of the company and what other options were considered. In...

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Michael Lowry: I support this motion. As rural Deputies we are very conscious of the difficulties arising from the lack of funding for our road network, particularly our rural road network. I welcome the fact that we have had an increase in funding this year but, in the context of the depreciation in funding over the past number of years, particularly during the years of the recession, the 9% increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Michael Lowry: A number of the questions I intended to ask have been answered. The contributions that have been made have been very informative and useful. Unfortunately the common theme running through them is a confirmation of what we know, which is that An Post is in deep financial trouble. It is in a perilous position and, effectively, in its present format it is running into the sand. Mr. Pigot...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Minister for his response and I do not doubt his sincerity and genuine commitment to resolving an issue which is at crisis point and has been steadily building over a period of seven to eight years. Local authorities need to be more involved. Some local authorities are performing and operating to the strategy, but others are not delivering. Housing voids, which are those which...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Michael Lowry: I afford the Minister the opportunity to give his own assessment of progress made in the housing of homeless people and the supply of housing. He will be aware that Focus Ireland recently estimated that 20 families each month were becoming homeless. Owing to the current housing crisis, it is estimated that approximately 40 children every month are losing their homes. This is on top of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (29 Nov 2016)

Michael Lowry: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who is waiting on a decision for a school transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37653/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed). (22 Nov 2016)

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Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Michael Lowry: That is correct. As a signatory I welcome the opportunity to speak to this motion, which calls on the Government to honour its commitment to the reorganisation and development of the postal network and to maximise the future economic and social potential of the network. The post network is in disarray. It is not economically viable and it urgently requires a strategic survival plan. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda College (15 Nov 2016)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the Tánaiste's positive response. Does she have within her budget the necessary resources to complete the work under way and to deliver an expansion and development, in-house and on the campus, of more bedroom accommodation, lecture rooms and classroom space, which is urgently required, and to address the parking issues that have arisen around the college and in the town?...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda College (15 Nov 2016)

Michael Lowry: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in regard to the refurbishment of the Garda College in Templemore; the status of recruitment and proposals to extend and expand accommodation and facilities to cater for the additional demand at the Garda College; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34894/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Garda College (15 Nov 2016)

Michael Lowry: At present there are 450 students in the Garda College. Another 200 students will start next week, on 20 November, and next year, from February to November, there will be 800 new recruits. While that expansion and development is to be welcomed, and in particular the recruitment, it creates practical and logistical problems at the college. I would like to hear what plans the Minister has to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Land Use (2 Nov 2016)

Michael Lowry: 393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of commonages claims throughout County Tipperary due to a lack of a chairperson for the commonage implementation committee; when the appointment of a replacement chairperson for this committee will be envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32862/16]

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2016)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the Minister's comments. I ask the OPW to expedite the development programme. We need a tiered office block and training centre on the site in Templemore. The Minister told me recently that it is at an advanced stage and I welcome that. I would like to bring it to the attention of the Minister and the Department of Justice and Equality that a disagreement has arisen involving...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2016)

Michael Lowry: Before raising some questions about Templemore Garda training college, I would like to commend the Government for prioritising Garda recruitment. Obviously, the accelerated and expanded recruitment campaign is very welcome from a national perspective and will help to address the deficit in Garda numbers. The increased activity at the training college in Templemore will make an enormous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2016)

Michael Lowry: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation in north Tipperary where children do not have access to physiotherapy services under the early intervention programme and that currently cover is not being provided for planned absences (details supplied); when it is envisaged that full access to these physiotherapy services will be restored; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (5 Oct 2016)

Michael Lowry: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the high level of road traffic accidents and incidents on the M8 motorway between Cashel and Mitchelstown junctions 8 to 12 both north and southbound; the number of reported traffic accidents and incidents for the past 24 months on this section of motorway in tabular form; if these traffic accidents...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (4 Oct 2016)

Michael Lowry: 335. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of conservation works at a chapel (details supplied); when these works will be completed; when the scaffolding around the chapel will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28087/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (28 Sep 2016)

Michael Lowry: 240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to expedite the broadband roll-out plan; the current status planned for certain locations (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27658/16]

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Michael Lowry: What plans does the Government have and what arrangements are being made within the Estimates to address the appalling conditions of our rural roads network? We had an election six months ago. Prior to that election, the big parties conducted their research, had their focus groups, were taking soundings as to what the issues were and were sending people to America and the UK. I am...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Michael Lowry: All I can tell the Tánaiste is that the people that I represent in Tipperary are angry, frustrated and annoyed. They feel ignored, forgotten and abandoned. I am not at all happy that, effectively, what the Tánaiste is telling me is that the Government recognises that there is a serious problem but that it cannot do anything about it until 2019. Can the Tánaiste be more...