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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagements that he has had with his counterparts in fellow EU Member States about the possibility of the implementation in the European Union of Pillar Two of the OECD agreement on international taxation by means other than a directive which has been agreed unanimously by all Member States. [52091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted analysis of the potential impact on investment and Exchequer receipts of the minimum global rate of tax being adopted in Ireland, but not in one or more EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will rule out Ireland adopting the minimum global tax rate if an implementing directive is not agreed unanimously by all EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons that the Office of Public Works will not provide a licence to access the swimming pool in the Garda college in Templemore in order that a person can provide swimming and water safety/lifesaving classes, which are considered essential life skills; if his attention has been drawn to a long tradition to allow access to this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied) which is with her Department since October 2020; if she will request that her Department makes contact with consultants who are acting on the school's behalf and are still awaiting feedback from her Department since their meeting in July 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to correspondence from a person (details supplied); her plans to address the concerns raised by this school principal; the measures that are being taken to alleviate the obstacles and alleviate the current crisis in obtaining substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (19 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to address the pay scales and current pay rates of the community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors, given the valuable and dedicated service that CE supervisors and assistant supervisors provide in running CE schemes and in delivering local based community services; the measures that are being taken...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to extend the remit of eligibility for work permits to bus drivers from third countries given the acute shortage of same within the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51772/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the substantial delays experienced by taxi operators when booking appointments to recalibrate and seal their meters for the new fare regime which came into force from 1 September 2022 (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the obstacles in having additional appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently seek a deadline extension to applicants who have received approval for funding through the eSPSV grant scheme to purchase an electric vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 563. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an application for ECCE time extension exemption for a child (details supplied) which was refused will be reviewed on the basis that this child is waiting on an assessment with the child and disability team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51320/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently seek a review concerning the level of funding for youth services such as Waterford and South Tipperary Community Youth Service in Budget 2023 (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the financial difficulties and obstacles that youth service organisations are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on radiation therapy since January 2022 until the end of September 2022, by county and radiotherapy centre in tabular form; if he is satisfied that there are enough radiation therapists working in the HSE to carry out radiation therapy treatment to those on waiting lists; the measures that are being taken to alleviate the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 878. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the environmental report grant as set out in circular 13/2022 will be payable on afforestation files planted in 2023 and payable in 2023 or afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the environmental report grant as set out in circular 13/2022, if the “report from an external ecologist” must be an NIS or does a habitat survey or ecology survey qualify for the environmental report grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51814/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: I attended a briefing on the recently published Deloitte report commissioned by University Hospital Limerick, UHL. Deloitte fulfilled the task it was given. It set out figures and predictions on patient flow and the requirement for 300 new and replacement beds up to 2036. I wholeheartedly welcome today's event, with the turning of the sod for a new 96-bed block in Limerick. This is long...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Tánaiste. At present, 58,000 people in the mid-west region are on waiting lists. UHL does not have the capacity or capability to complete these assessments. The option to upgrade and increase the services provided at Nenagh and Ennis hospitals is an obvious way to ease this pressure. I wish to acknowledge, in this House, and compliment the management and staff at Nenagh...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (12 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an applications for assistive technology for a child (details supplied) which was submitted by the child's school will be reviewed and a decision issued on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50488/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: On the final point made there by the Senator, what is the position with South Africa? I have had many inquiries and industries are short of drivers. There are drivers available in the country from South Africa but they cannot go on the road. What is the issue with the South African drivers?