Results 221-240 of 3,543 for speaker:Michael Lowry

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills who is responsible and liable when a student, diagnosed with dyslexia by a professional educational psychologist, is refused an exemption by school management; if he is aware of the impact that this can have on a student who may receive points to access their third-level course but cannot attend the NUI colleges of their choice because they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all schools were not accepted to the recent STEM grant competition which was held for funding for a core curricular area and a key priority of the Government; if he accepts that schools such as a school (details supplied) were unfairly penalised due to the lottery system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to direct management of a school (details supplied) to the legislation that governed how the recent STEM funding competition was run and managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11825/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the staff and students at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary will engage in STEM activities in the school to the same standard as their neighbouring school that received €10,000 in funding; if the inspectorate will be cognisant of the disparity in funding when assessing schools; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what oversight measures were in place for the recent STEM grant competition; if the records of how this competition was conducted are available to school management to review and if so, how does one access the same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the lottery system used in the recent STEM grants were the fairest way to divide the available resources; if it is his intention to continue to fund essential educational services in this manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a lottery was held when the number of applications for the STEM grant exceeded expectations; if she will point to the relevant area in the documentation issued to schools prior to the competition, where it states that a lottery would take place if the number of applications passed a certain threshold; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what criteria, if any, applied to the reading of the application by a school (details supplied) for the STEM grant; if she will provide feedback to school management on the application and where it did not meet the criteria outlined to the school in documentation received from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional STEM grants that will made available in 2024, will be of lower or higher value than those awarded in December 2023; if so, the level of funding that can be expected; if it will be made available exclusively for the remaining approximately 2,000 unsuccessful schools; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) concerning the allocation of home tuition hours; the status of this case; the timeframe for when a decision will be issued on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12658/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); what financial assistance can be offered to this school to assist it with the critical financial situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the temporary development contribution waiver scheme (details supplied); if he will seek to have all dates extended by a minimum 18 months to allow large housing developments which commence just before the current 24 April 2024 deadline adequate time to complete the works satisfactorily; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 1478. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a matter concerning the lack of administrative support staff working in the oncology department of the HSE primary care centre on Mitchel Street, Thurles (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12856/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 265, 266 and 267 and 268 of 14 February 2024, to confirm registered ecologists were not permitted to attend the in person training referred to in the answer; if his Department will be providing additional guidance via circulars, updated working documents or other text documents for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No.520 of 13 February 2024, to detail the area of clearfell and thinning licensed per county for 2024, 2025, 2026, for the private sector, identifying broadleaf and conifer separately and the corresponding details for Coillte, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11253/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 13 February 2024, to detail the area of clearfell and thinning that is the subject of a felling licence application to his Department that remains to be licensed per county for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, for the private sector, identifying broadleaf...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 298. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clearfell and thinning licensed per county for 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034; the details that are available to him on the felling licence application provided by the applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11255/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a unit for older persons in Clonmel following the transfer of residents to a new residential care services unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11227/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (7 Mar 2024)

Michael Lowry: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any specific factors that would restrict the allocation of palliative care support beds to an existing unit (details supplied) once the current residents have been transferred to the new residential care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11228/24]