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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on phases two and three of the ongoing school transport scheme review, which began in February 2021; if the review has made any recommendations to change the distance criteria eligibility for school transport (details supplied); if the school transport scheme review will consider reducing this distance to less than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 176. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 325 of 09 March 2023, if the present special leave with pay scheme will be extended for eligible staff beyond 30 June 2023; if his Department examined all available options to support staff who are unable to return to work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21938/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); when this student will be offered a primary school place in this special unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21246/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (9 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a support package for the sheep sector can be established through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund, given the extreme financial pressures faced by sheep farmers in Ireland; if he will direct officials in his Department to develop a case study for the provision of financial support through the fund, given that the sheep sector...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 18 April 2023, if he will provide an update on an additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied); if her Department has all of the necessary documentation to make a decision on this application; when a final decision will be issued; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travel Trade Sector (3 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people traveling to the UK from Ireland by air and by sea on an annual basis in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20626/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (3 May 2023)

Michael Lowry: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if he is personally aware that accounts for inpatient charges in public hospitals are referred to collection services within two months of non-payment from the date of issue of the invoice by the hospital; if this is standard practice; if he considers this appropriate practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that provision will be made to allow anyone who installed solar panels prior to 1 May 2023 to obtain a refund for the VAT they have previously paid, given that the VAT rate on the supply and installation of solar panels will drop to zero for private dwellings on 1 May 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20064/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 234. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide more data on the reasons for the refusal of a visa for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the reason two school transport applications for post-primary students (details supplied) who are otherwise eligible for school transport but are attending their second nearest school and have applied for school bus tickets to their second nearest school were denied bus tickets by Bus Éireann due to their not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (26 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 23 March 2023, if he will confirm if the Foreign Births Office has received the additional supporting documents from the applicants; when a decision on these applications is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence (details supplied) requesting additional funding to progress phase 3 of the N24 Cahir to Limerick Junction Project; his efforts to ensure that this road project is allocated the appropriate funding as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 29 March 2023, when he will make the reports by the Firearms Expect Committee available in full; when his Department will convene a broader consultation process with firearms stakeholders to address any recommended policy or legislative changes resulting from the committee’s...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (25 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1552 of 21 March 2023, if he will outline the number of engagements he or his officials have had with the relevant Algerian ministry regarding plans for a sanitary agreement to be established between Ireland and Algeria for dairy and infant formula; the most recent engagements he or his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (25 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the Coillte group is fully committed to keeping a company (details supplied) as a wholly owned subsidiary; if he will confirm that the Coillte group does not intend selling this subsidiary to an external third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19468/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide compensation, reconstitution grant aid and annual forest premiums for forest owners impacted with the fatal Ash dieback disease and if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to provide immediate financial assistance to the private forestry sector given the failure of his Department to ensure the forestry programme was introduced in January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (20 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will revisit the Nitrates Derogation Condition in accordance with the agreement reached with the European Commission to hold an interim review of the Nitrates Action Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18534/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (20 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all the locations on the N24 under the management of Tipperary County Council where Transport Infrastructure Ireland have found safety issues and asked Tipperary County Council in the past five years to do feasibility and options reports for road safety and improvement works; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) estimated week of invitation to apply for their driving test not until 10 September 2023; the reason for the delay in driving tests; his plans to reduce the lengthy wait-times experienced by those seeking to sit their driving test; when the wait-time can be expected to return to normal; and if he...