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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...

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

Michael Lowry: Whose responsibility is the inspection of vehicles?

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

Michael Lowry: On that figure of 44,000 seriously defective vehicles, what is the follow-up when a defect is detected? With whom does the RSA liaise or who has the authority to take that vehicle off the road?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide new stacked timbers, known as stoplogs, or wooden panels known as flashboards, to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what assistance can be offered to a school (details supplied); when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase the provision of ASD places in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17551/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to increase the provision of ASD places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17552/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Consultations (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 27 February 2024, to confirm if officials in her Department have reviewed correspondence (details supplied); to confirm whether contact was made with representatives from a named association; if she will ensure that every effort will be made to rectify any possible irregularities...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that farmers along the Shannon Callows in Redwood, Ballyea and Ballymacegan, areas of County Tipperary who were greatly impacted by flooding over a minimum of six flood occurrences over the course of dates between 2 July 2023 and 29 September 2023, were not included in the recent compensation scheme; if he is taking...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (18 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the consideration of the VAT proposal submitted by an organisation (details supplied) in March 2024, which calls for the extension of VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists in Ireland; what steps are being taken to address the issues raised by the IACP, including the low VAT turnover threshold, high compliance costs, and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (18 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain and provide clarity on the current discrepancies in VAT treatment between different professions in the mental health sector; what measures are being considered to ensure fair treatment and regulatory coherence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17145/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (18 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance to clarify the Government’s stance on an organisation’s (details supplied) call for a pre-registration VAT-exempt status for its qualified and accredited members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17146/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding sought from his Department and the number of properties purchased by Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17116/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocated funding provided to Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation maintenance, repairs and upgrades in Traveller-specific accommodation in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17117/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding his Department refused to provide to Tipperary County Council for Traveller-specific accommodation purchases and Traveller-specific accommodation maintenance, repairs and upgrades in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17118/24]

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: A total of 16 people lost their lives on roads in Tipperary last year. This was more than double the number who died on the county's roads the previous year, making Tipperary the county with the highest number of road fatalities in 2023. Nationally, fatalities occurred across all categories of road users, including drivers, passengers, motorcyclists, pedal cyclists and pedestrians. Sadly,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (17 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to correspondence sent to her office from a person (details supplied); if she and the Government will support Ireland’s ambition for an organisation to host stages of the FIA World Rally Championship in Ireland over a three-year period from 2025-27; if she is aware of the tourism, economic,...