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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs officers that have been appointed to County Tipperary; the reason that there is no full-time SENOs appointed in south County Tipperary; the number of children currently seeking special educational needs supports in County Tipperary; the number of students currently awaiting placement in an ASD unit and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review of the school transportation crisis that occurred during the start of the 2022/2023 academic year as a result of her Department's decision to waive costs of obtaining school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's ongoing engagement with both the HSE and the Department of Health to ensure that no alcohol industry-funded literature produced by a website (details supplied) is used in schools to educate school-aged children regarding the dangers of alcohol; if she has formally directed or informed schools...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed is the only co-educational and multidenominational school in Thurles. It has DEIS status and is the only provider of ASD classes to boys in Thurles. It is experiencing continual pressure to accommodate increasing enrolments since 2010. It has an enrolment of 500 post-primary students, which is an increase of 90% in the past six years. This enrolment does not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Taoiseach for what is generally a positive and constructive approach. I ask that the matter be dealt with as a matter of urgency. It has been dragging on for a number of years. Coláiste Mhuire Co-Ed is a very successful and progressive school and the management and staff there have been outstanding. They are delivering excellence in education under extremely difficult...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: I look forward to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform visiting us.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered 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 Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that persons who were receiving a disability payment from her Department and have then commenced training or entered into further education and were transferred to a training allowance for the duration of their training and education, will not be eligible for the €500 lump...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue in Tipperary CHO3 and CHO5, in which diabetes-related lower limb amputations and in-patient foot ulceration treatment have increased significantly between 2020 and 2021 (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the number of permanent full-time podiatry posts in CHO3 and CHO5; the number of posts that...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: I support the Chairman on this matter. We raised it with the RSA and made the point that these people were on long-term temporary contracts and so had experience and were understood to be capable and competent. Because we were effectively in an emergency situation with a very large backlog, it made sense to employ these people on permanent contracts. The process the Minister of State says...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: It would be helpful if the Minister of State could do that. Could she also chat with the RSA about another matter? We currently have a massive problem with the recruitment and retention of staff in every sector and the transport industry is no different. It has a massive problem with drivers. A great number of substantial transport, haulage and logistics companies have shortages of...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: Last year, the licensed haulage emergency support scheme paid out €15.5 million. When will the new scheme be in place? Will the financial support be similar or improved? What is the thinking in that regard?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: Has the Department undertaken a review of the redistribution of air travel? We all know that Dublin Airport is completely overburdened and is unable to cope. People cannot find spaces to park because the car parks are full. Every service within the Dublin Airport campus is under pressure. There is no let-up in that regard. At the same time, Shannon and Cork airports are not being...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: It is no coincidence that they are from east Limerick, is it?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 November 2022, if he will provide an update on the provision of EV chargers specifically for Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the route of the Rural Link bus managed from the Tipperary Rural Link office to accommodate persons from the Knock area in County Tipperary to travel to Roscrea town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: The Government must explain to the public what it is doing to address the dangerous staff shortages in our health service. The situation has gone beyond crisis point when midwives in Tipperary University Hospital have issued a warning that staff shortages are causing risks to the safety of women and their babies. INMO members working in the maternity department have formally written to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a situation involving a person (details supplied) who is having difficulty gaining a college placement for their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and number of staff attached to the Clonmel community disability network team; the number of children awaiting intervention with the Clonmel community disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57055/22]