Results 361-380 of 2,632 for speaker:Michael Lowry in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1578. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies in place to address the General Practitioners shortfall in County Tipperary, particularly in light of the impending retirement of certain long-term general practitioners; if he intends to overhaul the present locum system in order to recruit general practitioners and healthcare professionals into Ireland in order for them to assist to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1645. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied), who had received septorhinoplasty ENT treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, has been denied additional treatment through the NTPF despite a senior consultant ENT confirming that this person requires additional ENT specialist treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1756. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing issues within County Tipperary ambulance service; the steps he is taking to provide additional support to ambulance services in County Tipperary to address ambulance shortages within the county; if he will provide from January 2022 to March 2023, in tabular form, the number of ambulances and ambulance staff operational or stationed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1757. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form from January 2022 to March 2023, the number of times ambulances typically stationed to operate in County Tipperary were asked to responds to ambulance call-outs outside of County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18172/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Apr 2023)

Michael Lowry: 1758. To ask the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form from January 2022 to March 2023, the number of times ambulances not typically stationed to operate in County Tipperary were asked to respond to ambulance call-outs in County Tipperary because an ambulance was not available for dispatch within County Tipperary; the average response time for ambulance call-outs in such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of seizures conducted by customs officials on illegally imported solid fuels in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15687/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been provided to the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 to combat smuggling of solid fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15688/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government why Tipperary County Council is unable to purchase a ground floor two-bedroom apartment at (details supplied) due to the annual management fees associated with the property and the building in which it is located; currently, this property is being sold by the owner and is currently rented for over ten years to an elderly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what additional financial assistance has been provided to primary and post-primary schools to help them with their rising energy and utility bills; if she will confirm whether her Department will issue a scheme for schools that is comparable with the temporary business energy support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality concerning the firearms expert committee, if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from an association regarding the firearms expert committee's proposed recommendations and amendments for persons in receipt of a firearms licence; if he will meet with the organisation ; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on and define the qualifying criteria for publicly funded IVF fertility treatment as outlined in the programme for Government; if people who pay for IVF treatment between now and September 2023 will be reimbursed for their costs starting in September 2023, given his stated plan to start providing interim public support for IVF...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the reason terminally ill young children living in the south east are still being denied community paediatric palliative care services, therefore depriving them of the right to die at home; if immediate steps will be implemented to provide this critical treatment to young children in need of paediatric palliative care services; the reason home palliative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendations listed in the Bee Wee report 2020 for the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life-limiting conditions towards the end of life is being implemented in the south east for paediatric palliative care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15550/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional special needs assistant will be put in place to meet the classroom education needs of a child who attends a school (details supplied); if she will provide an update and assurance on SNA staffing levels at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 February 2023, if he will provide an update on the current status of a school building project in Thurles, County Tipperary (details supplied); if the project will be expedited; when the necessary funding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the ongoing payment issue pertaining to the construction of additional accommodation or a new school building for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that construction has been halted for two weeks due to the building contractor not receiving all stage payments from her Department; when the necessary funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the University of Limerick's proposed new veterinary school (details supplied); if he has received a report from the HEA expert panel concerning the relative capacities of UL for the provision of extra veterinary training places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 21 March 2023, if he will review the email address which was provided in his response; the reason the address (details supplied) is not listed in his Department's domino directory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Skills Shortages (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the critical skills list; his plans to expand the list to address the national skills shortages in healthcare, including the delivery of oral healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Permits (23 Mar 2023)

Michael Lowry: 156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; and his plans to reduce the list to address skills shortages of dental nurses and dental hygienists in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/23]