Results 801-820 of 3,701 for speaker:Michael Lowry

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 358. To ask the Minister for Finance concerning the current rate of tax concessions associated with tax relief for health insurance premiums, the present tax relief available is equivalent to the lesser of the following: 20% of the policy's cost or 20% of €1,000 which is equivalent to a maximum €200 credit, given the increased cost of health insurance premiums and as this tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the impact of the implementation of Pillar One and Two rules on the Exchequer; his plans to reduce any negative impacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16982/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 375. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department perceives the EU directive on Pillar Two rules as being a risk to long-term tax stability and certainty in Ireland, if other EU Member States were to advocate for a minimum corporation tax rate that would be higher than 15% in the future; how the Exchequer will manage such a risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16983/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 467. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline how the SME Advisory Group purports to address the issues affecting SME participation in public procurement and to understand how representative bodies, that are not included on the group, can make submissions on operational matters that impact them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17179/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 492. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will honour the terms of the employment regulation order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain why a school (details supplied) has received communication from her Department that funding allocated to the school in 2021 to obtain two SEN classrooms and prefabbed rental accommodation is being completely revoked; if the decision to revoke funding to this school will be reviewed given the circumstances outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the contact her Department has had with a school (details supplied) regarding an additional accommodation scheme application; if she will provide an update and give assurance in relation to the accommodation needed at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an additional school accommodation scheme application from a school (details supplied); if additional accommodation will be provided to this school in view of the circumstances outlined; if she will clarify that funding is available for such projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if additional emergency accommodation will be provided to this school in view of the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16361/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 999. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to the Probation Service and other relevant organisations in order to guarantee that the transfer of sentenced people on temporary release runs smoothly and without delays; the reason a person (details supplied) who is approved and waiting on immediate temporary release...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1018. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will assist a person (details supplied) who is attempting to apply for citizenship but does not meet the 150 points needed on the 'scorecard' system for assessing their identification and residence history; if his Department can furnish guidelines of what extra information is required from a person to make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1091. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take the time to review correspondence (details supplied) and request a derogation from legalisation that will forbid production of creosote fencing products from April 2023 because the market for timber fencing has not yet caught up with regulations, such a derogation would prevent a severe shortage of high-quality...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1228. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the two senior psychologists working in CHO5 children’s disability network team, Clonmel, have both issued notice of their intent to resign and will be vacating their posts in the coming weeks; the efforts his Department will take to guarantee that these senior psychologist positions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1345. To ask the Minister for Health if the CHO3 adult ADHD clinic is fully staffed; the number of vacancies, if any, that exist in CHO3, adult ADHD services; what the current caseload of the team serving the CHO3 ADHD clinic is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1346. To ask the Minister for Health if there are active policies and procedures in place in CHO3 to guarantee a smooth transfer from CAMHS to adult ADHD services for children with ADHD who reach 18 years old (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's disease nurse specialists working in neurology centres in Tipperary University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1363. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that appropriate funding is to be provided towards the employment of additional Parkinson's disease nurse specialists in neurology centres, and specifically in Tipperary University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1383. To ask the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1578. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to address the General Practitioners shortfall in County Tipperary, particularly in light of the impending retirement of certain long-term general practitioners; if he intends to overhaul the present locum system in order to recruit general practitioners and healthcare professionals into Ireland in order for them to assist to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1645. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied), who had received septorhinoplasty ENT treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, has been denied additional treatment through the NTPF despite a senior consultant ENT confirming that this person requires additional ENT specialist treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/23]