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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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (3 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: 559. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding to facilitate renovation works required to a residential house which is attached to the Garda Síochána station on Carrick Street in Mullinahone in County Tipperary; if this funding will be included as part of the new stations and refurbishments investment programme of more than €60 million between...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (3 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: 1068. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the large number of housing estates in County Tipperary which are not taken in charge by Tipperary County Council; that the majority of these housing estates have street lighting which is not functioning; of the large number of break-ins and criminal gang activity in County Tipperary recently; his...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: 1071. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how much of the €57 million in funding which was allocated in March 2015 to Tipperary County Council has been used to reduce the housing waiting list in 2015; if the council is still on target to reduce the housing list by over 40% by 2017; the number of vacant social housing units in County Tipperary that have...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Michael Lowry: 1107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a large number of houses in County Tipperary with possible lead piping and the potential cost of removing lead piping from these homes; the number of homes in County Tipperary which Irish Water, suspects to have lead piping, has confirmed contain lead piping, in tabular form; when the grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (14 Oct 2015)

Michael Lowry: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have retired or transferred from the Tipperary division, by grade, for each of the past six years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (13 Oct 2015)

Michael Lowry: 453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the serious lack of discussion and complete breakdown in communication between the board of directors of Bord na Móna and the company's staff and union representatives; that staff were not consulted before the recent announcement that Bord na Móna will end peat harvesting by 2030; if he has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (6 Oct 2015)

Michael Lowry: 702. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the case in which a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary does not qualify for rehousing based on regulations laid down to Tipperary County Council by his Department; if he will investigate this case and give consideration to this person, given that this person has three dependent children who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (1 Oct 2015)

Michael Lowry: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will sanction approval for the school to retain current teacher numbers as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33788/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Sep 2015)

Michael Lowry: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance which were abolished by the Government in February 2013, to the detriment of many thousands of recipients; if he will provide a concrete timeframe for the introduction of a replacement scheme; for policy proposals which the Government is developing for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 Sep 2015)

Michael Lowry: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when this person can expect an appointment for a magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scan at University Hospital Limerick; if he is aware this facility is working to full capacity, which has contributed to longer waiting times; if a strategic and workable plan has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Lowry: 395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a guarantee that all sensitive personal waste data is destroyed as per European Standard EN 15713:2009 and Irish data protection legislation; if he will confirm that all vendors and contractors who are used to destroy sensitive personal data adhere to Shred Grade No.5 of the EN 15713:2009 Standard achieved on-site...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Lowry: 396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all waste management service providers who were appointed to the framework for confidential shredding through the Request for Tenders to establish a Multi Supplier Framework for the provision of Waste Management Service Tender Document 16/01/2014 met all requirements outlined in the tender document; if he will confirm that all...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Lowry: 397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all contractors and vendors who supply sensitive waste data disposal to Government Departments and offices are registered with Data Protection Commissioner Office; if these contractors and vendors can provide a certificate of registration of quality systems to I.S EN ISO 9001:2008 and provide evidence they can provide the provision...

Topical Issue Debate: Architectural Heritage (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Lowry: The conservation architect to the project briefed the urban council in Cashel, particularly Councillor Tom Wood, and gave a commitment that the scaffolding would be in place for a maximum of five years. We are now into the eighth year. There are people in Tipperary who do not remember seeing the Rock of Cashel without scaffolding. That is how long it has been in place. Nothing proved...

Topical Issue Debate: Architectural Heritage (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Lowry: The Rock of Cashel is a complex of secular and religious structures of national and international importance. It is dramatically situated high above the surrounding plain. It dates from the 4th century AD when it was home to the kings of Munster and was associated with the confederate wars of the 17th century. The buildings include a 12th century Romanesque chapel, Cormac's Chapel, a...