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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the significant delays in the completion of toxicological analyses for coronial autopsies due to understaffing and lack of resources at the State laboratory in Celbridge, County Kildare; the details on plans to increase the number of pathologists available to complete coronial autopsies, particularly in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (15 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) persons living in County Tipperary at the end of September 2024, given that the county is currently considered at capacity for such persons and as County Tipperary has already significantly contributed to accommodating IPAS persons; if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues relating to University Hospital Limerick: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: First, I welcome the Minister and his delegation to the committee. As a Member of the Oireachtas representing the people of north Tipperary, I am very familiar with the problems and failures in the delivery of healthcare in the mid-west region. I was one of those representatives who continually went to the meetings, and after every meeting I left in frustration and anger because we were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the urgent staffing and resource issues at Roscrea primary care centre (details supplied); if he is aware that a community-registered nurse (CRGN) on maternity leave has not been fully replaced, leading to reduced nursing cover; if he will expedite the approval for increased hours for the CRGN covering this maternity leave to address the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he acknowledges and accepts that Ireland’s airport capacity problem is fundamentally a policy issue rather than a capacity issue; the steps being taken to develop a cohesive national airports policy that leverages the existing capacities at Shannon and Cork airports to relieve pressure on Dublin Airport and ensure balanced...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the immediate implementation of measures to optimise air traffic management and introduce new coordination parameters prioritising new long-haul destinations from Dublin Airport; if he will outline plans to lift the threshold on the regional airports programme to include Shannon and Cork airports, thereby enhancing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the strategic importance of diversifying airport usage to mitigate risks associated with over-reliance on Dublin Airport; if he will provide details on how decentralising flights to regional airports, such as Shannon, can reduce CO2 emissions and contribute to Ireland’s environmental goals, particularly in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the urgent need for the introduction of extra time in State examinations, specifically the Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate exams, for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and other learning difficulties; if she will acknowledge the significant disadvantage these students face without such accommodations; the steps she...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason owners of newly constructed homes are currently ineligible to apply for grants under the water well grant scheme for the drilling of a private water well supply; the reason for a condition in the current grant scheme that the house must have been fully constructed for more than seven years; if he will review this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues faced by a person (details supplied); if guidance will be provided on this matter and ensure that their return to work is facilitated in a timely and supportive manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39917/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 2. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the feasibility of the proposal to extend the opening hours of the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital. [39333/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: Will the Minister give me his view regarding the feasibility of the proposal to extend the opening hours of the medical assessment unit at Nenagh Hospital? The idea and principle of expanding the opening hours of the medical assessment units at Nenagh and Ennis are understandable and logical. This could work if implemented properly. It would create more activity in Nenagh Hospital and mean...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: The problem is that the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital is currently staffed and available but every day, several available slots are not used. Patients are not presenting to avail of the service. Consultants, nurses and support services are assigned to the hospital but there are not enough patients to treat. That is the reality. Considering that the current hours of service...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: The fact is that the front-line staff, the people in the hospital, are asking me what is the point in extending hours when the existing slots are not taken up. Consultants, nurses and everyone else are waiting around with no patients. That is the reality. There is a problem with the referrals from the GPs. The GPs obviously have good reason for not sending patients to Nenagh Hospital and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Services (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: I am not saying that. I am saying we should use the service to its maximum.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a video released by an organisation (details supplied) featuring an interview with a former social, personal and health education, SPHE, teacher and co-ordinator; if she will review correspondence received from concerned parents in County Tipperary regarding the teaching and proposed SPHE syllabus; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to provide fair and accessible support for the core news and current affairs services of independent radio stations, which currently receive no State support; the financial measures she will introduce to support the core news and current affairs services provided by independent radio stations, given their...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to a review of the proposed support schemes to ensure they are fit for purpose and economically viable for independent radio stations in view of the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); the interim measures that will be implemented to support independent radio stations while practical...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way she plans to address the market distortion in the media sector and ensure a level playing field for independent radio stations competing against global technology platforms and domestic players like RTÉ; if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and Coimisiún na Meán to develop simple,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (3 Oct 2024)

Michael Lowry: 164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the case of a child (details supplied); to clarify the assistance that can be offered to ensure this child obtains the cognitive assessment within the required timeframe, before the school enrolment closing date of January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39503/24]