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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Michael Lowry: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the visiting restrictions in place in maternity services in response to the Covid-19 document from the national women and infants health programme in September 2020 will be updated regularly to reflect the changing circumstances of the pandemic and the response including vaccination roll-out; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1429 of 24 March 2021, if a guarantee will be provided that student radiographers will be treated the same as student nurses and midwives (details supplied); if student radiographers will receive a standardised travel and accommodation allowances, a pandemic payment grant and internship payment in their fourth year; and...

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: Family carers across Tipperary and the country in general are one of the greatest assets to healthcare. They are undervalued, unappreciated and all too often overlooked. Despite the service they provide, they consistently remain on the bottom rung of the ladder when it comes to recognition. We can never hope to pay family carers their true worth. No price can be placed on love, compassion...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the turnover criteria in relation to funding for small business through the small business assistance scheme for Covid, given that applicants are required to have a minimum turnover of €50,000 for each rateable premises; his views on whether many small businesses that are looking to avail of these supports...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in the school meals allowance scheme with immediate effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17380/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1118. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1659 and 1662 of 24 March 2021, if he will answer the substantial part of the question which remains unanswered; if he will prioritise the vaccination of special educational staff and teachers that work in the special education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17292/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the interim standards for felling and reforestation October 2019 were converted to actual standards; when the industry was notified of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of submissions that were received by his Department during the consultation period on the interim standards for felling and reforestation October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of submissions received by his Department on the interim standards for felling and reforestation October 2019 during the consultation period that pointed out impracticalities and operational impossibilities and unrealistic requirements in the standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (31 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1287. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department take notice or regard of the submissions received during the consultation period in relation to the interim standards for felling and reforestation October 2019 which appear to have been converted to actual standards following a consultation period; the way this notice or regard was translated into the standards...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: This Bill is long overdue. For far too long, a minority of people have brought false and fabricated insurance claims before the courts, in the same way as others might place a bet. They have gambled and taken a chance because they knew they had little to lose except perhaps the cost of their own legal representation, assuming they were not using a no-win, no-fee solicitor. Insurance fraud...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I welcome today's upbeat assessment. I certainly hope the Minister's expectations are delivered because there is a palpable change of mood in the country. That burst of hope that came with the news that vaccine roll-out was under way has evaporated. Despair, doubt and frustration have replaced it. With every passing day, patience and tolerance are fading. There have been problems, excuse...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Bus Éireann's plans to withdraw the Expressway services on the N7 and N8 routes in the near future (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1355/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the current delay in the issuing of driving licence cards to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1356/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 381. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position on the provision of a ring road in Tipperary town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position on the delays being experienced by essential workers who have applied to sit a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1354/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 969. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of the carer’s allowance cannot avail of the fuel allowance; if the criteria for receiving the fuel allowance will be reviewed and amended to automatically include persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance as a qualifying payment; if this request will be considered in the overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of student radiographers (details supplied) to allow same to put forward a request for the development of standardised allowances, placement grants and payment for work carried out while on student placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1627. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite funding and approval for patisiran Onpattro or an equivalent drug used to manage the condition hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14857/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1659. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to expedite the vaccination of special educational staff who work and teach some of the most vulnerable children in the special education sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14996/21]