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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (7 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, by county, for those who have availed of Government led interventions designed to address the mortgage crisis, including the Central Bank of Ireland targets for the banks through the mortgage arrears resolution targets, the mortgage-to-rent scheme and the recasting of personal insolvency legislation, for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (7 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will commit to a specific date to address the issue of the mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: 200. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a detailed breakdown of the way the €1.5 billion allocated for social housing will be spent by his Department, for each constituency; and the way the €57 million allocated for County Tipperary will be spent. [17914/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (28 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the proposed cuts to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service and the devastating impact cuts to this important localised resource will have on those who are in the depths of financial difficulty and avail of its services. [16619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Debt (28 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to offer further support to those suffering from the current debt and mortgage crisis. [16619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the Joint Committee on Health and Children met on 21 November 2013 to discuss the treatment and prevention of Lyme disease; if his Department received any findings, recommendations or reports from the joint committee; and the proposed response to Lyme disease. [16608/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (22 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is actively recruiting agricultural officers with a view to carrying out drug inspections within the horse racing sector, given the need to carry out such testing out of season to ensure that doping is not occurring during training; if he will address the issue of drug testing in the Irish race horse sector; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Home Repossession Rate (22 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her and her Department's attention has been drawn to the exact number of cases before the courts relating to repossession orders for the months of April and May; and if he will provide a breakdown of these cases by county and jurisdiction; her plans to address concerns that there will be an explosion of cases in the coming months, which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (22 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address concerns surrounding the future of the post office network and the overall impact this will have on rural Ireland. [15948/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (21 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a decision has not issued in the past six years on an appeal against an unsuccessful application for an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who received occupational injury benefit and illness benefit and who is in receipt of invalidity pension from her Department for a number of years; the...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: There are two things the Government can do and for which it can take responsibility. The first is the fact that, as the Minister of State said, Bord na Móna is no longer competitive. The reason its products such as briquettes and peatland products are no longer competitive is that they are subject to the carbon tax. That tax was introduced in budget 2010. Following discussions with...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue of paramount importance to the 80 permanent staff at the Bord na Móna briquette plant at Littleton and the bog production area at Templetuohy. Littleton is located in the heart of County Tipperary and has always been closely associated with Bord na Móna and the briquette factory. The factory has been part of the community since it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 620. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the delays in nurse registrations by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, which is directly impacting on the public, private and voluntary nursing sectors. [14782/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the fact that 272 nurses are currently on the waiting list for the Health Service Executive Clinical Adaptation Programme; his plans to extend the programme beyond August 2015. [14783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 622. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the urgent need to address gerontological care and the requirement for a viable workforce plan in this regard. [14784/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the rules regarding sulky ownership and use on public roads; his plans to legislate and regulate the use of sulkies on public roads, where currently gardaí are powerless to prevent the misuse of sulkies by members of the public who have no requirement to be licensed or to wear seat belts or helmets. [14309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (2 Apr 2015)

Michael Lowry: 264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the rules regarding the age of vehicles of taxis (details supplied); if he will introduce a temporary exception and reprieve for taxi drivers and cars which were bought around the January 2013 exception, one month before and after, in view of the fact there was confusion surrounding the exact dates and exception...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Lowry: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the decision which has resulted in St. Patrick's College in Thurles, County Tipperary, not being permitted to take on first year students for September 2015; if she will provide a guarantee as to the future of the college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Lowry: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the introduction of a grant for organic farmers for a fodder growing system, in view of the very high costs of purchasing organic feed and in view of the fact that the production of organic barley would be more cost effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9165/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Lowry: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to amend legislation to allow the Health Information and Quality Authority to investigate individual complaints within residential care and nursing homes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, at present, the only complaint mechanism for elderly and vulnerable persons in private nursing homes is to complain to the...