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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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (11 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the low rate of salary being paid to newly qualified nurses; if he is aware that a newly qualified nurse may be paid a lower rate than the care assistants they are working alongside; his views on whether this is fair (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43024/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Acquired Brain Injuries: Discussion (6 Nov 2014)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Chairman for meeting the Devlin family some months ago and offering them an opportunity to appear before the joint committee. I also thank members for the interest they have shown in this issue. I thank the committee members for the interest they have taken in the subject and the contributions they have made. I became aware of this issue when Ms Catriona Devlin rang me shortly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (15 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene in two satellite inspection cases (details supplied) in Co. Tipperary; when the results of these inspections will be made available to his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the delay in providing these results are resulting in a delay of payments to the persons and is subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 71. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no funding available to persons for assistance under the home care package (details supplied), the steps he will take to tackle this issue and sanction funding; if his attention has been drawn to the hardship and distress being caused to families as a result; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (14 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the student assistance fund is not available in certain third level institutes (details supplied) in County Tipperary; her views that this is fair; if her attention has been drawn to the financial hardship and distress being caused to students as a result; if she will extend the student assistance scheme to cover all third level...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will expedite the national broadband plan in view of the financial hardship being caused to families in rural areas as a result of the drastic hike in broadband prices and further to the abolition of funding under the national broadband scheme by the Government earlier this year (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (14 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 370. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the plight of members of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme and if he will refuse to sign the ministerial orders which have been recently enacted in the State Airports (Shannon Airport) Act 2014, in view of the financial hardship being caused; his views that the decimation of pension entitlements for these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for the processing of long-term illness card applications in each office; the number of persons working in each of these offices and processing long-term illness applications; if he will provide for individual staff to assist those processing these applications; his views that these backlogs are acceptable in view of the illness of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Lowry: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the fourth and fifth reports of the Constitutional Convention will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if this will be done without delay, in view of the fact that the deadline to respond has passed and in view of the importance of the recommendations contained in these reports; and if he will make a statement...