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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will accelerate the processing of an application for additional accommodation submitted in March 2023, by a school (details supplied); if she will consider the unique circumstances of this school, which currently operates as a three-teacher school with only two classrooms; if she will take into account that using an SET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has been apprised of the situation concerning a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 26 September 2023, if she will provide an update on this matter and confirm the current status of the provision of school transport for the person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that staff working in citizens information services have not received any pay rise since 2008; if she will provide information on the efforts being made to address this issue and bring the compensation of staff in citizens information services in line with those working in equivalent positions within the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a request from citizens information services in County Tipperary asking for additional funding and permission to increase its current complement of information officer posts (details supplied); if she will consider and approve the request from citizens information services in County Tipperary; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 Question Reference of 18 January 2023, if he will provide an update on the status of a person’s (details supplied) redress claim within the mother-and-baby institutions scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation on behalf of nursing members across Tipperary, Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford, who are employed in CareDoc (section 39) organisation as community intervention team nurses; if he is aware that this cohort of nurses has not received their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: In an alarming report, we learned that staff working for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in community healthcare organisation, CHO, 3, which includes County Tipperary, stated they believed the service was unsafe due to lack of staff and consultant cover. In a lengthy report, issues were identified with staffing capacity of the CAMHS team to provide a safe service to...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: We have arrived at a situation with An Garda Síochána that few would ever have envisaged. As an organisation that has always been respected and trusted, the rapid decline in relationships between rank-and-file members and management is disturbing. The situation is becoming increasingly unsettled as frustrations continue to escalate. There are serious problems and a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 16 May 2023, when the low-cost loan scheme for energy upgrades will be made available and opened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 28 September 2023, if he can confirm and provide clarity on the reason the timeframe for the approval to completion of works under the Croí Cónaithe (towns) fund was reduced from 18 months to 13 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and Irish Rail will consider the full reopening and upgrading of the train station in Clonmel, County Tipperary; if he and Irish Rail will explore the possibility of operating additional direct rail services between Waterford and Galway by utilising the current Waterford-Limerick line, thereby benefitting commuters of Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can confirm when the income limit for the carer's allowance means test was last reviewed by her Department; if she is aware that the current income limit appears to be excessively restrictive, particularly in light of recent wage increases aimed at offsetting the significant rise in the cost of living, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); if the Minister is aware that since the identification of TB reactors in their herd, they have been unable to trade and are experiencing extreme financial hardship; the reasons they have been informed by the Department that they cannot claim any TB support payments; what financial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the timeframe for the approval to completion of works under the croí cónaithe (towns) fund was reduced from 18 months to 13 months; what the rationale behind this decision was, especially considering that the initial 18-month timeframe was already proving difficult to achieve; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he would consider extending the free energy upgrades provided under the warmer homes scheme to automatically encompass applicants who are over 66 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Media Sector (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a range of queries concerning the Budget Oversight Committee's recent recommendations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can confirm whether the six planned regional assessment teams were fully established and operational by 1 August 2023 to address the significant waiting lists for assessments of needs; if, in the event that the teams were not fully operational by this date, he has considered allowing for the full...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if he would consider reviewing the medical card guidelines for individuals with spinal injuries; if he will contemplate the automatic provision of medical cards to individuals with a spinal cord injury based on certified medical needs, rather than financial means; if he will explore the possibility of extending the review cycle for medical card holders with...

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

Michael Lowry: There have been endless calls also from parents for the reintroduction of the summer programme for children with special needs. These programmes provide a continuation of daily routines which help children to feel more secure. They ensure consistency and help, which provide stability. For children with special needs, the provision of this stability cannot be overstated. A lack of routine...