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Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2022)

Michael Lowry: Paying for health insurance is an expense that increasing numbers of Irish people now equate to the importance of paying their mortgage or rent. In excess of 2.3 million people now have some form of health insurance. Between April 2020 and March 2021 at the height of the pandemic, private health insurance companies gained almost 38,000 new customers. Ironically, also due to Covid-19,...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: The tradition of horse racing and greyhound racing is ingrained in the Irish psyche. Ireland is recognised across the globe for its exceptional standards in breeding and training racehorses and greyhounds. As an industry, horse racing has generated billions for the Irish economy. My home county of Tipperary is steeped in the tradition of the industry. Horses and everything related to...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: The forestry and timber business is of huge economic importance to those involved in the sector across County Tipperary. It is a national business and industry that has never achieved its full potential. There are many unhappy people in the forestry sector. These same people are very disgruntled with the administration of the Department. Services, practices, procedures and various schemes...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: Since 1965, the people of Templemore have enjoyed the use of the swimming pool at the Garda training college on Friday evenings after the college has closed to trainees. Generations of families have learned to swim in the pool and engage in water safety and life-saving classes. The pool is a much-valued asset to the town. The pool closed owing to pandemic restrictions, but, unlike other...

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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (6 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the Government’s recent engagement with the United Kingdom Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland concerning the Northern Ireland protocol; the other engagement that has taken place with other European Union member states, EU institutions and globally in support of...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Michael Lowry: Everyone accepts that those impacted by mica have suffered enormously. We see the images of houses disintegrating and it is heart-wrenching. The hopes and dreams of their owners have crumbled into dust. These are not just houses; they are homes to 8,000 families who have innocently found themselves trapped in a nightmare. Their homes were the biggest and most significant investments of...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: I wish to make an observation on how budget day has been diminished. I have been in this House for more than 40 budgets. Gradually, I have seen the procedure around budgets and the delivery of budget statements altered dramatically. In the past, policy intentions were well-guarded and budget day was much-anticipated. There was an air of anxiety, anticipation and excitement. We were...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Michael Lowry: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — that SSE Airtricity has announced that it will increase prices for its customers on the 1st October, with electricity bills rising by over 35 per cent and gas bills increasing by 39 per cent; — that in the space of 12 months there has been a more than €1,000 increase in both gas and electricity bills; —...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jul 2022)

Michael Lowry: Farmers have made significant progress in reducing emissions by improving their efficiency through measures such as: improved breeding, grassland management and the use of animal waste. They have proven both their awareness and long-term commitment. I have been contacted by numerous farmers from across County Tipperary who have expressed their mounting concern at the demands and...