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

Michael Lowry: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and number of staff attached to the Cashel community disability network team; the number of children awaiting intervention with the Cashel community disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57056/22]

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

Michael Lowry: 283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on Budget 2023, which announced that free GP visit cards would be extended to children aged six and seven years of age by the end of 2022; if GP visit cards will be extended to this cohort of children by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (16 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1269 of 8 November 2022, the number of times that his Department met with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that representatives of an organisation (details supplied) are included in the industry led working group in regard to the request for tenders dated 12 October 2022 relating to services to prepare a business plan for the establishment of an Irish group forest certification scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that representatives of each existing group certification scheme in Ireland are included in the industry -led working group in regard to the request for tenders dated 12 October 2022 relating to services to prepare a business plan for the establishment of an Irish group forest certification scheme; and if he will...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on efforts made by the Office of Public Works to identify a site for a visitor and interpretative centre in Cashel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56757/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: I ask for an update on efforts to identify a site for a visitor and interpretative centre at Cashel. Discussions, consultations and appraisals have been ongoing for years and we have been going around in circles with no conclusions. We have too many agencies around the table. We need someone to get a hold of this, give direction and make it happen.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: The Rock of Cashel is a jewel in the crown of Tipperary and Irish tourism. It is the number one attraction in the south east. It is known worldwide and a destination of choice for a huge number of national and international tourists. Cashel has rebounded from Covid. Recent statistics reveal that, as of August this year, up to 170,000 visitors had enjoyed the majestic Rock of Cashel,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Office of Public Works (15 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: When does the Minister of State expect that decision to be made? The continuing delays in providing a visitor centre in Cashel are depriving the town of much-needed revenue. The business centre of the town has never been able to take full economic advantage of the numbers visiting the town. Typically, when tour buses stop at a popular destination, people on the bus are given a certain...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is appropriate to allow an alcohol industry-funded organisation (details supplied) to provide literature and programmes on the risks of alcohol to school-aged children; if she will direct schools not to utilise any material which they have received from the organisation; if she will support a named campaign for...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: Since this motion was first mooted in the media by Deputy Naughten and taken up by the Regional Group, I have been inundated with emails and calls. Each person who contacted me told his or her own harrowing story. Many have been suffering since the first wave of the virus back in 2020 and none of them know how long their suffering will last. In Tipperary alone, 670 people are certified as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding changes to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 and the national fleet database; when he intends to respond to the organisation; and if a copy of this response can be made available to all members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to consultants by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the name of each organisation used; the reason that each organisation was appointed; the cost to the State, and the person who approved these appointments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the engagement that the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service had with women's health stakeholders such as midwives, clinicians, representative organisations (details supplied) or women's health advocate groups; if the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service can confirm if its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently seek approval to reintroduce the fuel cost subsidy or to reform the diesel rebate scheme; the additional measures that will be implemented to support persons and operations of the freight industry (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the current fuel price crisis for the freight...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to remove the barriers to having a fast electric vehicle charging point made available in Thurles, County Tipperary, given the Government's commitment to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that are being taken to appease the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the uplift to section 481 for the film, television, and animation tax credit, which provides an additional financial incentive to productions based outside counties Dublin, Wicklow, and Cork, and has helped to preserve the better regional spread...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a river will be dredged or if flood relief works will be considered at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in order to alleviate the flood risk to the surrounding property and lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55458/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the difficulties facing local broadcast media in the aftermath of Covid; when her Department will review the current broadcast levy; if such a review will take into account online publishers and broadcasters as potential organisations that should be included in the broadcast levy; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 5 October 2022, if her Department's broadband technical team has been able to resolve the problems preventing a school (details supplied) from accessing high-speed broadband; the steps that are being taken to remove these obstacles as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter....