Results 841-860 of 3,701 for speaker:Michael Lowry

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Permits (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; and his plans to reduce the list to address skills shortages of dental nurses and dental hygienists in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 October 2022, if funding will be provided to deliver a town bus service in Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied), considering Clonmel is now included in the ten-minute town project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14414/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a foreign birth registration for a family (details supplied) which was submitted in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, to confer DEIS status on a school (details supplied) in Thurles, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied), concerning her Department's guidelines for the new free school books scheme; her plans to consult with the organisation and small independent retailers whose main business is the supply of schoolbooks in advance of the introduction of free books to primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the contacts she has had with a school (details supplied) regarding the allocation of additional mainstream teacher(s); if she will provide an update and give assurance in relation to the staffing levels at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new dental school at University College Cork; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) concerning the Firearms Expert Committee; when he will meet with members of two groups to address their concerns. [14489/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the review of Housing Aid for Older Persons, Housing Adaptation Grants and Mobility Aids Grants; if he plans to increase the grant amount available through this scheme to reflect the additional costs of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business Supports (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department will review correspondence from a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the supports he intends to introduce to help such business groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Government expects to approve the entire scheme concerning the planned road upgrades on the N24 between Cahir, County Tipperary via Tipperary town and Pallasgreen, County Limerick, in order that it can go to planning; if he expects this scheme to go to planning in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will insist that CIÉ provides answers to the issues and questions expressed in relation to the CIE '1951 Scheme' as detailed in the most recent elected trustee bulletin dated 10 March 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the plight of motorcycling sport clubs in the Republic as a result of massive insurance premiums, and the current prospect of the governing bodies of such clubs being unable to secure an insurance quote to run events (details supplied); the steps being taken to ensure that such motorcycling sport clubs will be able to obtain an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 524. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for a foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12503/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 548. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned in Mashhad Central Prison in Iran since 3 October 2022; the communications he has had with Iranian officials; the attempts that have been made to have them released from prison; the supports his Department has made available to their family; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the contacts she has had with a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of the need to progress the building programme for the school; if she will provide an update and give assurance in relation to the building programme at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an additional accommodation project at a school (details supplied), given the tendering process for this school build was completed on 13 October 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of extending free school transportation for the 2023-2024 academic year has been considered; if she will take into account the persistent impact the cost-of-living crisis is still having on families, and the significant demand for school transportation in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed a review of the decision made in July 2022 to allow all valid and concessionary school transport tickets to use the school transport scheme for free during the 2022-2023 academic year; if so, the review's findings and recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13312/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the eligibility for school transportation currently at primary level, that a family must reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and attend their nearest national school; if she will consider reducing this distance to less than two kilometres for the 2023-2024 academic year, given that many families have both parents and...