Results 961-980 of 3,697 for speaker:Michael Lowry

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider increasing the testing lane capacity at the current National Car Testing Service facilities at Nenagh and Cahir, County Tipperary, due to the high demand for tests and given that the testing centres in Nenagh and Cahir also provide testing capacity to persons living in counties Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Clare,...

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

Michael Lowry: 307. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the 9% tourism VAT rate beyond 28 February 2023 as raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider delaying the implementation of the new benefit-in-kind regime for company vehicles, which is scheduled to begin in 2023, given the broader context of rising living costs and the fact that these changes will reduce income for workers who require a company vehicle to perform their duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocated funding provided to Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation purchases in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding spent by Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation purchases in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2079/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was returned and unused by Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding sought from his Department and the number of properties purchased by Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation from 2020 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the eligibility criteria for deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure students who have an unexpected medical emergency such as an epileptic seizure while sitting an examination are eligible for deferred sittings; and if the review will take into account submissions her Department has received from an organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding post-primary teacher redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63272/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 970. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information on the way that a person (details supplied) can access information on their redress claim through the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63901/22]

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

Michael Lowry: 1004. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the reason an organisation is refusing to accommodate a person (details supplied) who is deaf with an interpreter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2073/23]

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

Michael Lowry: 1246. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department is taking to secure dental services for medical card holders in County Tipperary; the services that are available to patients who cannot find a local dentist to avail of the dental treatment services scheme; when the current scheme will be replaced with a fit-for-purpose scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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

Michael Lowry: 1247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Tipperary which have ceased providing medical card services to persons with disabilities in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to adult persons with disabilities; the provision that is in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card...

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

Michael Lowry: 1248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Tipperary that have ceased providing medical card services in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to medical card users; the provision in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1262. To ask the Minister for Health if women who have hyperemesis gravidarum and are prescribed Cariban by their general practitioner which will be funded from 1 January 2023, will receive Cariban free of charge, as per the funding for women's health initiatives in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63585/22]

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

Michael Lowry: 1348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the rules in relation to children who require after-hours Caredoc or Shannon Doc services but have been told that they cannot be treated or seen without a negative antigen test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63895/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1651. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a letter from Clare County Council regarding a notice motion and resolution passed at the January meeting of Clare County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Service (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1679. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the civil registration office for the register of births, deaths, and marriages in Thurles, County Tipperary is now closed; the reason the Health Service Executive is not providing this service to the people of Thurles; the solutions that have been put in place to have the civil registration office reopen in Thurles; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance that will be provided to the estimated 16,000 farmers who were unable to participate in the agri-climate rural environmental scheme; if these most vulnerable low-income farmers will receive a gap payment in 2023, given that they will be unable to afford a year without support payments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Jan 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1799. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the delivery of forestry licence targets in 2022 for both Coillte and the private forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63810/22]