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

Michael Lowry: 1662. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capacity output if the number of licences issued for afforestation, roads and private felling per week by the forest service of his Department as reflected in the weekly dashboard is not capacity output under its current resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the number of licences issued for afforestation, roads and private felling per week by the forest service of his Department as reflected in the weekly dashboard is the actual capacity output of his Department under its current resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15014/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1016 of 10 March 2021, if he is stating that the forestry sector is not a relevant stakeholder with regard to the CAP strategic plan; if the forest sector, which is a section of his Department, is not a part of the CAP process regardless of the way in which it is funded; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1016 of 10 March 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that he has excluded the entire private forestry sector and appears to be reliant on his officials who have presided over the demise of the current forestry programme under the current CAP in his reference to all relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 of 10 March 2021, his views on whether not including afforestation initiatives in the pilot agri-environment scheme will further disincentivise afforestation among the farming community; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the GLAS and afforestation schemes were and remain...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of weekly full-time equivalent ecologists working in the forest service of his Department since June 2019 including the ecologists who are subcontracted by the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 10 March 2021, if he will review the answer provided given that the question did not ask for the departmental target but the number of licence and scheme approvals his Department must issue each year in order to deliver on targets; if he is stating that the target of 4,500 new licences...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I thank the witnesses for their presentation today. It was certainly interesting and informative and gave us a clear understanding of how complex and complicated the whole system is. I acknowledge the contribution made in relation to the principal items, namely, income, business support, personal safety and the lack of consultation and involvement in the solution process. We must find...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I thank Mr. Brophy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their presentations. We all know that for years our post offices have been allowed to wither and die. Most post offices are under the threat of closure. An Post is worn out from analysis. It has been flogged to death by Government indecision. An Post has been the subject of a mountain of reviews, assessments and evaluations and numerous reports....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I appreciate that this is a long-term project. I have already said I believe interim measures are required. This is why I stated the €30 million loan advance has created a precedent and I cannot see why it is not possible for the Government to make the funds available to sustain the Irish postmasters and give them a proper income and reward for their effort and the work they do....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary, who has been approved for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan, was refused mortgage protection insurance from the insurance underwriters for the home loan; the options available to the person in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has refused to deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to the doctor's surgery of a 93 year old person with multiple serious health conditions (details supplied); the reason this vulnerable person has been referred to a mass vaccination clinic to receive their vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Covid-19 vaccine for front-line staff in dental practices, pharmacies, opticians and other front-line services has been delayed in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13614/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: I compliment the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, on their innovative and creative approach to their new Department. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has the capacity and ability to play a central role in our national recovery plan. These are exciting and refreshing times for institutes of technology. I am...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: In February 2017, Tipperary town primary schools were overlooked for inclusion in the DEIS programme. This omission was blatantly wrong. After a determined campaign to highlight the injustice, the Department of Education yielded to pressure and agreed to appoint an inspector to review the circumstances of all five primary schools. After extensive engagement with all relevant stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement that has taken place with his Department and officials in the Central Bank following the decision of a bank (details supplied) to close 88 branches in Ireland; if he or the Central Bank officials plan to meet with senior management of the bank to discuss these closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13519/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (10 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 780. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can obtain permission to complete a charity run from Mizen to Malin Head; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Michael Lowry: 1014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if afforestation initiatives will be included in the pilot agri-environment scheme being developed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12830/21]