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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: In general terms, these large-scale projects are hugely important to the infrastructure and economy of the country. They are prioritised by national Government and TII is the principal agency. Surely TII has conveyed to An Bord Pleanála, without mentioning a specific project, the necessity and desirability to get an improvement in the time factors, that is, how long it takes to do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: I would appreciate if Mr. Walsh could make inquiries and send me a written report on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: This is the N62. The main problem is the need to improve the junction coming on to the N62. Mr. Walsh’s engineers should be able to report on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: What about the Thurles bypass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: We have made a submission and we will be making further submissions. Is Mr. Walsh anticipating that review will be undertaken in the current year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: Regarding funding, I was surprised to hear Mr. Walsh say that he still does not know the capital allocation for 2025. A small business has some indication. To run a business properly, you need to have some indication of what your outlay will be for the following year. I could not run my business on the basis that I did not know what my capital outlay was going to be in 2025.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: Before Mr. Walsh moves on from this issue, the Thurles bypass was on the list but was then removed by the political authority at the time. It has not got back onto it since. As I understand what Mr. Walsh is saying, to use his own phrase, TII has “a matrix of projects”, which does not include the Thurles bypass, that have not been funded and would require additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: I has a final question on the bypass for Tipperary town.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: Could Mr. O'Neill please repeat that?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Fuels (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the plans for the end of the motor fuel subsidy on 31 March 2024 (details supplied); if he plans to review or reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, when her Department will issue a detailed and explanatory response to serious matters raised in correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, how the lottery system used during the STEM grant application process was highlighted in the briefing document to schools before they applied; her views on whether a lottery system was fair, considering the short timeframe offered to schools to complete the application, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to small rural primary schools that do not have the equipment or staff to heat, maintain and serve hot school meals through the hot meals programme; if her Department will provide such schools with additional funding to obtain heating equipment and the finances to compensate an existing member of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will intervene in the case of issues concerning a 2023 basic income support for sustainability, BISS, application by farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6310/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to launch the native woodland conservation scheme as part of the new forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6645/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date he intends to launch the revised ash dieback scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6646/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of clearfell and thinning licensed per county for 2024, 2025, 2026; the details that are available to him on the felling licence application provided by the applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6647/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (13 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); when a final decision will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6311/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an environmental grant is available for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6011/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: 283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an application for ECCE time extension exemption for a child (details supplied) was refused; whether the professional medical letter issued by the CDNT in support of the time extension was fully reviewed; whether this refusal will be reviewed and a time extension will be granted upon review; and if...