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

Michael Lowry: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge the fact that both the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, are making reforms and are progressive. They have taken a lot of very positive initiatives in the Department to date. I am glad that the Minister has acknowledged that the current system is failing people. The District Courts are overcrowded. It takes an unreasonable amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) concerning childcare core funding fee and education requirements; if he has received correspondence from the organisation; if so, if he has responded to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical laboratory scientists who are members of an association (details supplied) took strike action on 18 May 2022 with further industrial action proposed for May and June 2022; his views on the call to have medical laboratory scientists on the same pay parity as their clinical biochemist colleagues; the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: I ask the Taoiseach to expand on his reply in regard to the neurology service in south Tipperary. The inability to retain and attract medical professionals to work in Ireland is given as the key reason for medical deficiencies. We hear that constantly. A high percentage of our young and newly qualified doctors and nurses choose to leave the country to work abroad. Many make this decision...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: Despite billions of euro being pumped into the health services, our system still fails to meet the needs of service users. There is not just one reason for this. A myriad of issues combine to paint a picture of endless waiting lists, patients on trolleys, the inability to retain and recruit professional qualified staff, front-line staff burnout, under-resourced carers and mental health...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: Bringing home the turf in rural Ireland has long been considered a necessary and noble task. Ending the cutting of turf is ending a tradition. Irish people hold traditions very dear. I am opposed to an immediate ban on turf cutting. I voted against the Government's position on this issue last week. Most of us in this House know the dangers of global warming. The threat posed by fossil...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: University Hospital Limerick, UHL, has been in crisis for some time. There is great concern about the accessibility to the hospital, the level and quality of care and the threat to patient safety. The Department of Health has appointed an expert team to investigate the chronic overcrowding and the apparent breakdown in the delivery of services. Despite the fact that UHL gained an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation (4 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review correspondence from a company (details supplied); the reason that the company has been excluded from accessing Exchequer funding or financial subsidies in order that it can also introduce a reduction in passenger fares similar to the scheme which was announced on public service obligation serviced routes; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (4 May 2022)

Michael Lowry: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the livestock hauliers are excluded from the recently announced supports to address cost pressures arising from the current high fuel prices within the haulage sector; the steps that he is taking to address this irregularly taking into consideration that livestock hauliers are exempt from having a haulage license but...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Michael Lowry: This is organ donation awareness week and the life-saving need for organ donation cannot be stressed strongly enough. Organ donation and transplants were significantly reduced worldwide due to the pandemic and Ireland recorded one the most significant fall-offs in donors. Part of the reason is that the clinical staff were redeployed to help with the influx of Covid patients. Lung...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (27 Apr 2022)

Michael Lowry: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues concerning the treatment and prevention of Lyme disease; if his Department has implemented in full all of the recommendations issued in the October 2019 report of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre Lyme borreliosis sub-committee; the action his Department has taken to improve testing, diagnosis,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Michael Lowry: 575. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided to illuminate Nenagh Castle and its surrounding at night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (26 Apr 2022)

Michael Lowry: 775. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation of an Irish national (details supplied); if he has made representations regarding same; the details of any representations made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (26 Apr 2022)

Michael Lowry: 979. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be changed to a stand-alone payment for persons over the age of 66 years who are currently living alone in the State but who are not in receipt of one of the required qualifying social welfare payments to claim the payment; her plans to expand the scheme to this cohort considering the...