Results 201-220 of 2,632 for speaker:Michael Lowry in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether his Department and the Road Safety Authority have recently initiated discussions with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the implementation and deployment of floating bus islands and cycle lanes as integral components of active travel initiatives; if he and the RSA will to arrange a meeting with the organisation to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reinstating the VAT equalisation measure for rental cars in budget 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Air Quality (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 231. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide information on the educational seminars, radio marketing campaigns, expenditures on radio marketing, email campaigns, direct mail initiatives or any other related activities that have been conducted between 26 May 2023, and 1 October 2023, with the objective of raising awareness among both public and private...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Air Quality (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 232. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an assessment has been conducted regarding the awareness levels of employees and employers in Ireland, encompassing both the public and private sectors, with regard to the Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality; if such an assessment has not been carried out, to outline the strategies and initiatives planned to enhance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Air Quality (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 233. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he is confident that both public and private sector employees are well informed about the Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality; if he will elaborate on the steps taken to ensure there is awareness of the Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43245/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 235. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what assistance his Department can offer to the residents of Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, in light of the recent closure of a factory (details supplied) and the resulting loss of approximately 50 jobs, which has placed significant hardship on the affected families; if he will commit to making every possible effort to aid the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will accelerate the processing of an application for additional accommodation submitted in March 2023, by a school (details supplied); if she will consider the unique circumstances of this school, which currently operates as a three-teacher school with only two classrooms; if she will take into account that using an SET...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has been apprised of the situation concerning a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 26 September 2023, if she will provide an update on this matter and confirm the current status of the provision of school transport for the person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that staff working in citizens information services have not received any pay rise since 2008; if she will provide information on the efforts being made to address this issue and bring the compensation of staff in citizens information services in line with those working in equivalent positions within the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has received a request from citizens information services in County Tipperary asking for additional funding and permission to increase its current complement of information officer posts (details supplied); if she will consider and approve the request from citizens information services in County Tipperary; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 318. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 Question Reference of 18 January 2023, if he will provide an update on the status of a person’s (details supplied) redress claim within the mother-and-baby institutions scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 329. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation on behalf of nursing members across Tipperary, Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford, who are employed in CareDoc (section 39) organisation as community intervention team nurses; if he is aware that this cohort of nurses has not received their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 16 May 2023, when the low-cost loan scheme for energy upgrades will be made available and opened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 28 September 2023, if he can confirm and provide clarity on the reason the timeframe for the approval to completion of works under the Croí Cónaithe (towns) fund was reduced from 18 months to 13 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and Irish Rail will consider the full reopening and upgrading of the train station in Clonmel, County Tipperary; if he and Irish Rail will explore the possibility of operating additional direct rail services between Waterford and Galway by utilising the current Waterford-Limerick line, thereby benefitting commuters of Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can confirm when the income limit for the carer's allowance means test was last reviewed by her Department; if she is aware that the current income limit appears to be excessively restrictive, particularly in light of recent wage increases aimed at offsetting the significant rise in the cost of living, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (3 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review a case (details supplied); if the Minister is aware that since the identification of TB reactors in their herd, they have been unable to trade and are experiencing extreme financial hardship; the reasons they have been informed by the Department that they cannot claim any TB support payments; what financial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the timeframe for the approval to completion of works under the croí cónaithe (towns) fund was reduced from 18 months to 13 months; what the rationale behind this decision was, especially considering that the initial 18-month timeframe was already proving difficult to achieve; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Lowry: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he would consider extending the free energy upgrades provided under the warmer homes scheme to automatically encompass applicants who are over 66 years of age (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/23]