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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the chairman and management of the company and thank them for their presentation. I want to address three issues but will start with the two principal issues, as I see them, relating to carbon tax and PSO. Then I want to talk about the relationship between the management of the company and its workforce. The constituency I represent contains Littleton and Templetuohy, both of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: Does Bord na Móna have a five-year plan for the Derrinlough and Littleton briquette factories? Will Mr. Quinn outline his vision for the future of these plants? I ask him also to outline the efforts the company is making to lobby the Government on carbon tax and the public service obligation. It is perfectly understandable that Bord na Móna would need to lobby the Government on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: That is the main issue today. It is one thing to keep the plants open but at what level will they be functional and operational? What is the future for the existing employees?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the fact that Bord na Móna has made a commitment on the future of the briquette factories at Littleton and Derrinlough. I urge the witnesses to maximise the employment potential of the Littleton briquette factory. Bord na Móna should document its position on the public service obligation and carbon tax and the impact they will have on the finances and revenue of the...

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

Michael Lowry: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, figures showing the exact numbers of persons who are currently experiencing the problem of mortgage arrears and family home repossession, by county. [17915/15]

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

Michael Lowry: 52. 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: 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]