Results 21-40 of 3,413 for speaker:Michael Lowry

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will postpone the planned introduction of the latest round of carbon tax increases for agricultural diesel from 1 May 2024 until 1 October 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19584/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the measures being taken to address the following concerns for teachers and special needs assistants injured at work; the current provision of immediate financial assistance available to cover medical bills and medications for teachers and SNAs who have been assaulted at work; if she will consider the extension of assault...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, if he intends this to only apply in situations where the licence has not been actioned (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the climate resilient reforestation scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19747/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 332. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are in place to ensure consistent oversight of burial ground management practices across all local authorities; how frequently these measures are reviewed for effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development given the critical role of burial ground management in public health and community welfare, if she will provide details of any existing national standards for these practices; if same do not exist, if she will provide an explanation for the absence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19554/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide insights into any known negative practices arising from the lack of standardisation in burial ground management across local authorities; the steps that are being considered to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19555/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department ensures it maintains adequate knowledge and expertise about sector specific challenges in burial ground management to provide effective guidance and support to local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19556/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a formal mechanism for local authorities to report issues or challenges back to her Department concerning burial ground management and practices; if so, how this information is actioned to improve sector-wide practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19557/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: I welcome that the Taoiseach acknowledges that we cannot have disruption and that it should be avoided. A myriad of issues threaten people if Imagine and the other broadband suppliers decide to leave the market in advance of the arrival of the national broadband roll-out. We must do everything possible to avoid that scenario but at the moment, we are drifting towards it. I will be here...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: The subsidised provision of fibre broadband across all regions of the country is critical to Ireland's economic and social progress. Despite being plagued by delays, National Broadband Ireland has stated it is confident that all 227 deployment areas will be completed by early 2028. While the broadband project may be almost four years away from its projected completion, existing commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of the application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of an individual (details supplied) who was previously unsuccessful; to confirm if the diagnosis of 'Classic PKU - Non-Responsive to Kuvan' (Phenylketonuria) fulfils the qualifying medical criteria for payment of domiciliary care...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information in relation to whether the provision of accommodation (details supplied) was scheduled to be delivered in four phases; if the owners will be offered an extension to their current contract when the initial 12-month period ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the current WTE posts filled and unfilled, respectively in south Tipperary primary care services, broken down by discipline for physiotherapy, occupational therapist, speech and language therapy, psychology, dietician, audiology and ophthalmology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to reduce paediatric primary care wait lists in south Tipperary; if he will give a commitment to improve the waiting times for children waiting to access these much-needed appointments in 2024, many of whom are waiting over 12 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19011/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus route which provides transport to a school (details suppled) will be adjusted and the route changed, in order that children living in a particular area can be collected outside of their home; the reasons previous correspondence to Bus Éireann on this matter have not received a reply; and if she will make a statement on the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: I am very concerned. We have to protect charities, voluntary organisations and sporting organisations. Numerous charities and such bodies have contacted me expressing their reluctance and concern about this aspect of the Bill. In general, I believe that everybody supports the principle behind the Bill. If we have reduced services because the sponsors of those services are unable to...

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: This year will go down in living memory as the year that brought farmers across the country to their knees. Incessant rain has caused devastation across every county, leaving farmers and their families reeling in its wake. We have an estimated 6.9 million ha of land overall in Ireland and 64% of this land is suitable for agriculture. However, the Irish agricultural sector overall has...

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: Becoming a family carer can happen at any stage in life. It comes about as a result of need. It is undertaken as a result of love. While need and love are the driving forces behind one family member undertaking to attend to the needs of another, the long-term reality of what is involved can prove to be daunting. Neither the need nor the love diminish as time moves on. Until people stand...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: I have been listening to the discussion, and I have read the witnesses' documentation, and I do not want to go back over what they have already covered here with other members. How highly does the RSA rate the difficulty we have with accident black spots and the poor condition of roads? Mr. Waide stated that a high percentage of accidents, 48%, occur on rural roads with speed limits of at...