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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Lowry: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will have a waiver for spelling, grammar and punctuation in language subjects granted in time for the leaving certificate applied examinations. [5076/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Lowry: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will have a waiver for spelling, grammar and punctuation in language subjects granted in time for the leaving certificate applied examinations. [5129/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (22 Mar 2016)

Michael Lowry: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the adjacent and non-adjacent rate of grants; her views on whether students who reside under 45 kilometres from where they intend to study are experiencing exceptional hardship due to the 45 kilometres clause (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5325/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (26 Jan 2016)

Michael Lowry: 463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide information to Tipperary County Council regarding the new incremental tenant purchase scheme which was to come into effect on 1 January 2016 for existing local authority houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (19 Jan 2016)

Michael Lowry: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current vacancy at Cré House in Roscrea in County Tipperary for a speech and language therapist, due to maternity leave; if he has put measures in place to fill this position for the maternity leave period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1904/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (13 Jan 2016)

Michael Lowry: Does the Minister intend to reprimand the company for the manner in which it treated the workforce in Borrisoleigh and the way it made the announcement? Can the Minister put himself in the place of a worker who woke up to hear on the local radio that his or her factory was being closed, without any advance notice or warning? Such conduct should not be tolerated or condoned by any...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (13 Jan 2016)

Michael Lowry: We are the best little country in the world in which to do business. Does the Minister condone the management of the decision to close the Borrisoleigh plant? Does he intend to or has he already contacted C&C to express his condemnation of the company, the way it has dealt with its affairs and the way it has treated the workforce with such disrespect in Borrisoleigh? Will he publicly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: 464. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been waiting for over a year for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45241/15]

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: There are unusual circumstances here where one appeal commissioner has retired and the other is due to do the same this week. There are several cases before those outgoing Appeal Commissioners which have been determined and dealt with. It is obvious that the outgoing Appeal Commissioners will have left office before the case stated is agreed between the parties. In that circumstance, I...

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: Can the Minister of State confirm that when a case stated goes before the High Court, the only reason for that court to refer it to the new Appeal Commissioners would be in circumstances where it requires amendment because there has not been agreement between the two parties?

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: The norm heretofore has been that the High Court has the jurisdiction to make the decision but if it is not satisfied or if there is some gap in the finding, it can refer it for amendment rather than a full rehearing. Is that still possible under this Bill?

Finance (Tax Appeals) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: I move amendment No. 1:In page 19, to delete lines 10 to 28. I refer to section 29(9) of the Bill, which provides that the High Court may direct that an appeal may be reheard by the new Appeal Commissioners in circumstances where a case stated is completed and signed by one of the incoming Appeal Commissioners. This does not make any sense. The very same commissioners who completed and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is totally reliant on social protection can partake in the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44097/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (3 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will confirm whether all successful applicants for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 under the rural development programme 2014-20, which provides grants to farmers to build or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings, will receive approval in early December 2015;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance for clarification on recent changes in budget 2016 on entrepreneurs' retirement relief (details supplied). [42494/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2015)

Michael Lowry: 455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funding to facilitate persons with scoliosis who are categorised by their consultants as urgent cases needing immediate surgery; if he will intervene on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has already suffered irreparable damage due to the inordinate delay in having this operation carried out; and if...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Minister of State for her response, however inadequate it may be. At our meeting in Scoil Aonghusa last Monday night, we heard heartfelt appeals for help. Parents and teachers spoke with sincerity, emotion and passion about the consequences for children denied access to therapy services. The parents, who make enormous sacrifices to take care of their special children, are...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: Over the lifetime of the Government, the experience of the parents and teachers of children with special educational needs has become a serious national issue. Continually muddled Government policies on how to provide for such children, combined with the shortage of resources and non-availability of facilities, consign many to what can only be described as bureaucratic purgatory. These...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: 195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide one-off funding to Tipperary County Council to repair street lighting in housing estates which the council has not currently taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39889/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (10 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if a remission or repayment of vehicle registration tax and value added tax paid may be claimed in respect of the purchase and adaptation of vehicles for use by an organisation for the transport of severely and permanently disabled persons (details supplied) under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; if he will...