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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review of the school transportation crisis that occurred during the start of the 2022/2023 academic year as a result of her Department's decision to waive costs of obtaining school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58411/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department's ongoing engagement with both the HSE and the Department of Health to ensure that no alcohol industry-funded literature produced by a website (details supplied) is used in schools to educate school-aged children regarding the dangers of alcohol; if she has formally directed or informed schools...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered delaying the implementation of the new benefit-in-kind regime for company vehicles, which is scheduled to begin in 2023, given the broader context of rising living costs and the fact that these changes will reduce income for workers who require a company vehicle to perform their duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to reports that persons who were receiving a disability payment from her Department and have then commenced training or entered into further education and were transferred to a training allowance for the duration of their training and education, will not be eligible for the €500 lump...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an issue in Tipperary CHO3 and CHO5, in which diabetes-related lower limb amputations and in-patient foot ulceration treatment have increased significantly between 2020 and 2021 (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the number of permanent full-time podiatry posts in CHO3 and CHO5; the number of posts that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 8 November 2022, if he will provide an update on the provision of EV chargers specifically for Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the route of the Rural Link bus managed from the Tipperary Rural Link office to accommodate persons from the Knock area in County Tipperary to travel to Roscrea town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a situation involving a person (details supplied) who is having difficulty gaining a college placement for their apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 281. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and number of staff attached to the Clonmel community disability network team; the number of children awaiting intervention with the Clonmel community disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57055/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the caseload and number of staff attached to the Cashel community disability network team; the number of children awaiting intervention with the Cashel community disability network team in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 283. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on Budget 2023, which announced that free GP visit cards would be extended to children aged six and seven years of age by the end of 2022; if GP visit cards will be extended to this cohort of children by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (16 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1269 of 8 November 2022, the number of times that his Department met with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that representatives of an organisation (details supplied) are included in the industry led working group in regard to the request for tenders dated 12 October 2022 relating to services to prepare a business plan for the establishment of an Irish group forest certification scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that representatives of each existing group certification scheme in Ireland are included in the industry -led working group in regard to the request for tenders dated 12 October 2022 relating to services to prepare a business plan for the establishment of an Irish group forest certification scheme; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is appropriate to allow an alcohol industry-funded organisation (details supplied) to provide literature and programmes on the risks of alcohol to school-aged children; if she will direct schools not to utilise any material which they have received from the organisation; if she will support a named campaign for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding changes to the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 and the national fleet database; when he intends to respond to the organisation; and if a copy of this response can be made available to all members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to consultants by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the name of each organisation used; the reason that each organisation was appointed; the cost to the State, and the person who approved these appointments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the engagement that the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service had with women's health stakeholders such as midwives, clinicians, representative organisations (details supplied) or women's health advocate groups; if the national oversight group for the HSE national home birth service can confirm if its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently seek approval to reintroduce the fuel cost subsidy or to reform the diesel rebate scheme; the additional measures that will be implemented to support persons and operations of the freight industry (details supplied); the measures that are being taken to alleviate the current fuel price crisis for the freight...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Nov 2022)

Michael Lowry: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to remove the barriers to having a fast electric vehicle charging point made available in Thurles, County Tipperary, given the Government's commitment to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....