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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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Inspections (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that emergency funding is secured for accommodation upgrades for public nursing homes, whose future has been cast in doubt due to their failure to meet Health Information and Quality Authority’s new accommodation standards; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 21 of these facilities, including two in County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 362. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the new vaccination against meningitis B, Bexsero, here; when a decision will be made as to whether this drug will be made available in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (22 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 150. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 165 and 166 of 13 November 2014, and Parliamentary Question No. 545 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide the information requested; if his attention has been drawn to fact that this is the third time this Deputy is asking this question and to date no answer has been provided to the exact questions raised; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Landing Slots (21 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a guarantee that the Government will ensure that Ireland’s Heathrow slots will be protected if it goes ahead with the sale of its stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2965/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Government Pardons (20 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter regarding a posthumous pardon to a person (details supplied); her plans to progress this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2748/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Agency led jobs created in 2014; the amount of IDA jobs delivered in County Tipperary in 2014; if he will provide information on the number of visits of potential investors/IDA to Tipperary in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1330/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown on the number of civil servants employed by the Courts Service in County Tipperary for 2011, 2012 and 2013, and currently by full time or part time basis, grade and location. [1169/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 498. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to resolve the on-going issues with adoptions from Russia; if a bilateral agreement with Russia on adoption will be advanced; if so, when it can be expected; the timeframe for its creation; if his attention has been drawn to the devastation and heartbreak this ongoing uncertainty is causing for families here already...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 527. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 165 and 166 of 13 November 2014, if he will provide the information requested as the reply received from the Health Service Executive fails to respond to the issues raised; if his attention has been drawn to the crisis with regards to the funding of home care packages and the unacceptable waiting lists for same; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance which were abolished by the Government in February 2013, to the detriment of over 5,000 recipients across the country; if he will provide a concrete timeframe for the introduction of the replacement scheme; the reason for the prolonged delay in creating a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Michael Lowry: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 9 December 2014 the additional mileage that would be incurred by Bus Éireann if it altered the route as requested; the cost of same; and if in view of the health and safety concerns in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary it will consider making this alteration. [49475/14]