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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: The greatest issue facing our health service is the retention of staff. This is partly due to younger people choosing to emigrate as they find it difficult to purchase or afford a place to live in Ireland and due to our more mature and highly experienced staff quitting their jobs prematurely. Their love for their work has not changed, but the conditions they work under are intolerable. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: For years it has been widely acknowledged that there are fundamental problems and problems of an administrative nature with the HSE. Successive Governments have tried and failed to rectify core issues relating to the delivery of healthcare. Newly ordained senior executives arrived with great ambition and left disheartened. Some of those executives are now sideline commentators who seem to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); if, given the extensive additional supporting documents that needed to be provided with this application, he can confirm that his Department has now received everything required to have this application processed at the earliest convenience; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate discussions with Bus Éireann concerning its service from the South East Technological University (details supplied); if he will support this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applications (details supplied) will be finalised and permission granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application (details supplied) will be finalised and visa permission granted; if she will review the circumstances around the delay in processing this application and the reasons for the misinformation provided to the applicant and their spouse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47107/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Vice Chair for giving me his slot. I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for the synopsis and summary of the legislation which he wishes the Oireachtas to enact. I welcome mandatory drug testing. I have the impression, as do many people, that many people who are drug driving are not being apprehended. The public is aware of this. It is very important that gardaí...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: I thought it was, sorry. Maybe the Minister of State could pass on my comments and have the matter dealt with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: There is one issue that needs to be dealt with, namely, the forced retirement of people aged over 70 years in rural Ireland who are providing a bus service on behalf of the Department. They cannot drive a school bus but they can do an international route. They can travel anywhere on the Continent even though they are over 70. In several instances buses have had to be taken off school bus...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for carer's allowance applications; the sequential processing time for applications sent for review by applicants, and refusals that are under appeals by applicants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and Bus Éireann will consider the reinstatement of the Bus Éireann X12 Expressway service between Dublin and Limerick, which also includes a stop in Roscrea, County Tipperary in the event that the return of the X12 service is not feasible; if not, if he and Bus Éireann will consider introducing a public bus service...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 221. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a permit application (details supplied) was refused; the relevant governing body/person that was consulted by his Department concerning this employment permit which led to a decision to refuse; what exactly is section 12(1I)(b) of the Employment Permits Act 2006; the reason the permit was under this section; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 222. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the anticipated timeframe for the determination of an appeal lodged subsequent to the refusal of a permit application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46211/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence received from a school (details supplied) given the gravity of the issue raised by the management of the school; if she will make arrangements for officials in her Department to engage with the school without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46178/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 17 October 2023, if she can make enquiries with Bus Éireann and ask them to confirm whether their online system ever experienced any issues related to the capturing of eircodes during the 2023-2024 ticket application process; if such an issue with eircodes was indeed present; if Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport or school transport support grants can be extended to a student (details supplied) with special education needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, and in view of the criteria stated in the native woodland conservation scheme (details supplied), if it is fair that this envisages the preparation and submission of the site-specific native woodland plan by a NPWS ecologist and NPWS forester to his Department prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, if the Forestry Service has granted an approval for native woodland conservation under the private high forest category to anyone where the criteria under NPWS private high forest category listed on pages 3 and 4 of the scheme documents have not been met; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 597. To ask the Minister for Health following a recommendation made by the WHO in 2021, to provide an update on his Department’s progress in developing a National Hearing Care Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46565/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (24 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 30 May 2023, the status of the proposed new veterinary school at the University of Limerick; if he will provide an update on the negotiations between the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine and his Department concerning funding and the quantity of additional veterinary education places...