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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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Lowry: 542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the movement of farm yard manure, including paper based dung, is exempt from waste collection permits under current waste law. [8815/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (25 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the changes to the staffing schedules for primary schools announced earlier this week, which reduced the retention numbers required for small schools to retain teacher numbers, if she will review the appointment figures in place, to ensure that any small schools which lost a teaching post due to the initial increases, will not be...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 311. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to sanction additional recruitment for the Army in 2015. [8106/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Installation Aid Scheme Applications (18 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the position of the hardship cases that were affected by the abrupt closure of the young farmer installation aid scheme in 2008; the steps he will take to assist those affected, in view of the fact that a commitment had been provided by a previous Minister to allow applications that were in the pipeline to be...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Communications (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 182. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department's helpline telephone number to validate a public service card is a 1890 number, which, despite being called a low-cost number, can result in high call charges to customers, depending on the service provider; whether she will take steps to resolve this issue; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 355. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reverse the cuts to salary rates for the current intakes of Garda trainees; if she will reinstate the €4,000 rent allowance that has been abolished; her views that it is fair for trainee gardaí to be on a gross annual salary of €23,171, considerably less than the starting salary of the last group of trainees in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cuts to special education needs provision that have been imposed in recent years, in particular the 15% cut to resource hours, the cuts to the number of English- as-an-additional-language teachers and the cuts to resource teachers for members of the Traveller community; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Lowry: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow a late student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in view of the personal circumstances involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 232. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 14 January 2015, the number of visits of potential investors-Industrial Development Agency to North and South Tipperary in 2014; the way this compares to other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3334/15]