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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on phases two and three of the ongoing school transport scheme review, which began in February 2021; if the review has made any recommendations to change the distance criteria eligibility for school transport (details supplied); if the school transport scheme review will consider reducing this distance to less than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 09 March 2023, if the present special leave with pay scheme will be extended for eligible staff beyond 30 June 2023; if his Department examined all available options to support staff who are unable to return to work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21938/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: I thank our guests for their informative and interesting submissions, which highlight the opportunities while also indicating how far behind we are. I am concerned about our ability to deliver on major projects. We in Ireland have not been successful in doing that and the projects we have spoken about today are major projects. I have an interest in Foynes Port. I believe there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: I thank Mr. Keating. There are so many challenges and moving parts there. How is Mr. Keating actually approaching it? Is he driving it as the executive, together with his colleagues in Shannon Foynes Port Company, or is there an umbrella committee representative of the key agencies to drive this forward? In what way is it being managed at present?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); when this student will be offered a primary school place in this special unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (9 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a support package for the sheep sector can be established through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund, given the extreme financial pressures faced by sheep farmers in Ireland; if he will direct officials in his Department to develop a case study for the provision of financial support through the fund, given that the sheep sector...

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: Imagine having to go miles out of your way to access public transport. Imagine being unable to safely leave the street you live on to get to public transport because of the poor state of a footpath. Imagine you are in a wheelchair and there is a pavement with a drop kerb on one side and none on the other, meaning you cannot cross the road. Imagine being unable to plan to go anywhere...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 18 April 2023, if he will provide an update on an additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied); if her Department has all of the necessary documentation to make a decision on this application; when a final decision will be issued; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travel Trade Sector (3 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people traveling to the UK from Ireland by air and by sea on an annual basis in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (3 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if he is personally aware that accounts for inpatient charges in public hospitals are referred to collection services within two months of non-payment from the date of issue of the invoice by the hospital; if this is standard practice; if he considers this appropriate practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20337/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: Increasing numbers of people in Tipperary and across the country are facing energy debt. To compound the frustration being felt by Irish energy users, they have seen consumer prices fall across the rest of the eurozone. Ireland now holds the unenviable title of the most expensive country in Europe for electricity costs. The public are puzzled and angry because they realise the Exchequer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: As we all know the saga of the undocumented Irish in the United States has been ongoing since what seems like the beginning of time. We have heard endless tales of Irish people who, for many reasons, have chosen to live their lives in the US despite knowing they will never share the same freedoms and benefits as US citizen. Most of them will spend their lives looking over their shoulders....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: Few countries around the globe can boast the strong ties of friendship that exist between Ireland and the US. During his recent visit, we witnessed the genuine love that President Biden has for our country and how proud he is of his Irish roots. We know that Ireland holds a cherished place in his heart. We must also be conscious of what the Tánaiste has referred to, which is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions he had with the President of the United States and the US authorities during the recent visit to Ireland regarding the need to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish in the US and have an appropriate visa programme put in place to protect them, and the progress made in relation to securing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: I ask the outcome of recent discussions the Tánaiste has had with United States authorities and President Biden during his recent visit to Ireland. Did the Tánaiste have the opportunity to raise the need to regularise the status of the undocumented Irish in the United States and the need for the appropriate visa and citizenship programmes to be put in place to protect them? Will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that provision will be made to allow anyone who installed solar panels prior to 1 May 2023 to obtain a refund for the VAT they have previously paid, given that the VAT rate on the supply and installation of solar panels will drop to zero for private dwellings on 1 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20064/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 234. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide more data on the reasons for the refusal of a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the reason two school transport applications for post-primary students (details supplied) who are otherwise eligible for school transport but are attending their second nearest school and have applied for school bus tickets to their second nearest school were denied bus tickets by Bus Éireann due to their not...

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

Michael Lowry: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 23 March 2023, if he will confirm if the Foreign Births Office has received the additional supporting documents from the applicants; when a decision on these applications is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19685/23]