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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (18 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to ensure that the registration office in Thurles, County Tipperary, is re-opened as a matter of priority; if his attention has been drawn to those in the Thurles and surrounding areas who now have to travel a considerable distance to either Nenagh or Roscrea to meet their legal requirements with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Voluntary Sector Funding (16 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 408. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will intervene to ensure that funding is made available to ensure that Childline’s 24-hour service continues; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to a funding crisis caused by increased demand, Childline may have to withdraw its night-time service, a time when the service is desperately needed; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (16 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the temporary exchange programme in place for permanent, primary school teachers; if she will allow for permanent transfers where both teachers and both schools are in agreement, rather than the five year exchange limit currently in place; if her attention has been drawn to the inconvenience and difficulty being caused to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 25 November 2014 if he will address the specific issues raised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; if he will specifically review the particulars of this case and intervene, rather than provide an overview of the situation nationally; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a school transport issue affecting a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if she will review, and alter, the current bus route in place, in view of the danger being posed to this person as a result of the current pick up point; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this minor alteration will not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise a school building for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current school building is in a deplorable condition, is overcrowded and totally unfit for use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46978/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: I must remind the Minister of State that the creation of a task force does not absolve the Government of responsibility in this matter. It is barely credible that we still do not have an alternative four months from the first termination of employment in this matter. I appreciate that the task force is very committed, has worked hard and is using its best endeavours to attract alternatives...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise an issue of paramount concern to the 360 employees of Lisheen Mine, County Tipperary, the entire community of Moyne and the wider region, and for allowing me to discuss what stands to be one of the most devastating losses of employment ever seen in the premier county. Lisheen Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Lowry: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 if he will provide the information sought in relation to the total number of overclaim cases currently with the land parcel identification system section; the average processing time in resolving these cases; the number of Tipperary farmers awaiting a decision in their cases; his views that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the distance requirements in place for school transport eligibility; if her attention has been drawn to the minimum distance of 4.8 km from the nearest education centre is placing severe pressure on families in rural areas who are just outside of this limit, in view of the fact that there is no public transport in these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (25 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the rent supplement levels in place given the rise in market rents across the country, and the reality that persons cannot secure accommodation within the current limits, thereby driving many families and individuals into homelessness. [44795/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (25 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with interest groups in relation to the publication last week of the report on firearms licensing; if she will meet the interest groups in question without delay; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that if the recommendations are enacted as per the report they will penalise legitimate and law abiding individuals who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reimbursement Schemes (25 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene with the Health Service Executive to prevent a case of discrimination against a seriously ill person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the average waiting time for those awaiting physiotherapy appointments in the Community Hospital of the Assumption in Thurles, County Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the staff in the physiotherapy Department who are under severe pressure in the hospital and cannot cope with the volume of work in place; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 392. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the promised free general practitioner care for those under six years of age; the progress to date in this regard; and when free GP care will be available to children under six years of age. [44050/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that funding is put in place to provide home care package support in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this person is rightfully entitled to these supports, which have been approved, but is being deprived of them; if his attention has been further drawn...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction additional funding to provide for support under the home care package for persons in the midlands area; if his attention has been drawn to seriously ill and infirm persons in this region who are being left without support which has been approved and which has been deemed necessary in view of the severity of the medical conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for support under the home care package in the midlands region and in each Health Service Executive region; his views on whether these delays in putting supports in place are acceptable; the steps he will take to ensure the approved supports are immediately made available to these families; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (11 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a single farm payment will issue in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the exact date of the next 2013 payment run; if he will take steps to expedite this payment date in view of the financial hardship and distress being caused to farmers as a result of the delay in payments issuing and the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (11 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a replacement scheme for the now defunct motorised transport grant and mobility allowance; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship and distress being caused to those with impaired mobility due to the failure to bring forward an alternative in a reasonable period; his views that it is acceptable that those with a...