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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current average processing times for applications submitted to the foreign birth register; the average processing time for applications submitted in March 2020; when he expects that these applications will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28503/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of processing the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry that were paused during Covid-19 restrictions; the steps that are being taken to address the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: From all of the discussion and debate that has taken place, it seems the nub of the issue is that the DAA does not have enough staff to cater for the number of people who are going through the airport. The DAA dismissed hundreds of experienced staff. There is no doubt, as has been conceded, that this was done too quickly and that the DAA cut too deep. What process did it engage in before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: I am amazed that a plan like this, which had such implications for the airport and its staff, got through. Was Government informed of this? At that stage, the DAA was like any other company, as the witnesses have said. I presume it was drawing down a wage subsidy for some of its workers. How much money did the company generate through wage subsidy schemes? I have a business but I did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: My point is that Mr. Philips mentioned that the DAA is like any other business, but it is not. It is a strategically important part of corporate Ireland. The DAA was losing all of this money while, at the same time, drawing down the wage subsidy scheme from the national Exchequer. I cannot understand why somebody did not go to Government and tell it what the likely result and implication...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: There are many people here who could probably take some of the blame but there are a lot more out there, including Government Ministers and advisers, who should have seen this coming down the line. As somebody who has some clue about business, I know that the cost of what the DAA has done will outweigh what it has saved because it is now paying treble time and compensation. The exercise it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Lowry: Ms Gubbins has given me an answer. I would have thought the DAA's reputational profile was more important than its financial profile, particularly when it could have reached out to the Government and sought support in view of the circumstances in which it found itself. What is the ratio of permanent staff to casual staff to temporary staff at the airport? We have heard a lot of...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 6 o’clock Dublin Airport has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. The debacle on Saturday and Sunday was covered by The New York Timesand many other worldwide publications, with images of passengers at their wits' end and mind-boggling queues of hundreds of people trying to get into the airport building, even before they began the process of checking in bags and clearing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of passport application by a person (details supplied) which is now over three weeks past its target issue date; the reason it is not processed and printed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 287. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a passport application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the person receiving their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (31 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision on a home tuition grant scheme appeal will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (31 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused a scribe for their leaving certificate examinations; if the opinion of two medical professionals that support this case will be taken into account on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27520/22]

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: I am sharing time with Deputy Canney. I compliment the Minister of State on taking decisive action to develop opportunities in the apprenticeship sector and on taking corrective action to address a much-neglected sector. Apprenticeships have a crucial role to play in the future of this country and technological universities have added to their appeal. The creation of these forward-thinking...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (26 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the civil service blended working policy framework; if his Department, in collaboration with civil service employers, trade unions and staff associations have finalised and developed their tailored policies on blended working that are appropriate to their business needs and employees; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that an application to the local authority home loan scheme by persons (details supplied) was refused; if this refusal will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27005/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (26 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2021; if she intends to re-engage with the representatives of organisations (details supplied) before the legislation is finalised and enacted later in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27014/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (26 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1292 of 26 April 2022, if her Department’s review of the new scorecard system for persons who have recently turned 18 years of age has been finalised; when the updated scorecards and guidelines will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27015/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (24 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in implementing recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on reform of the family law system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26527/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (24 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: I ask the Minister for an update on the progress to date in implementing the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on reform of the family law system. Further, I ask the Minister whether she could or would consider moving the family law court hearings to a dedicated private sitting on a specific day, or to a separate location from the general...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (24 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the fact the family court Bill will be published before the recess. The Minister has captured the essence of what the problem is. The family law system in Ireland, as it currently stands, is archaic. My difficulty - and the message I get from my constituents - is that those attending their local District Court on family law matters are obliged to sit in the court where there are...