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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied) regarding the payment of the 2024 ancillary grant and information that was forwarded to schools on Friday, 26 April 2024; the steps being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20455/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance can be provided to a school (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to this school's accommodation needs; what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20495/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding their ongoing issue pertaining to the supplementary panel for the 2023/24 school year under the terms of Circular 0074/2022; the reason this teacher was denied panel rights; what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school in Tipperary regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to their accommodation needs for an additional ASD classroom; if she is aware that the delay in providing this additional accommodation has resulted in a number of children being denied an ASD place for September 2024 (details supplied); what steps...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the delay in providing this additional accommodation will result in a large number of children being forced to be educated in overcrowded classrooms for September 2024; if she will expedite the processing of this school’s DES re: R1 Form on health and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the status of an application for the school meals programme (details supplied); the reason this school did not receive approval in the latest expansion of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 567. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the issues highlighted by a person (details supplied); the steps being considered to address the issues highlighted; when the person will receive a detailed response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20480/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue in relation to funding for a Trekinetic GTE wheelchair; the reason why this funding was denied despite the supporting medical information; what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20597/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the current school transport system, specifically in relation to the situation faced by the parents of a school in Tipperary (details supplied); the measures being taken to address the concerns of these parents, who rely on the Bus Éireann school bus as an affordable transport option for their children, and who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will postpone the planned introduction of the latest round of carbon tax increases for agricultural diesel from 1 May 2024 until 1 October 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19584/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the measures being taken to address the following concerns for teachers and special needs assistants injured at work; the current provision of immediate financial assistance available to cover medical bills and medications for teachers and SNAs who have been assaulted at work; if she will consider the extension of assault...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 20 June 2023, if he intends this to only apply in situations where the licence has not been actioned (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the climate resilient reforestation scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19747/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 332. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are in place to ensure consistent oversight of burial ground management practices across all local authorities; how frequently these measures are reviewed for effectiveness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development given the critical role of burial ground management in public health and community welfare, if she will provide details of any existing national standards for these practices; if same do not exist, if she will provide an explanation for the absence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19554/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide insights into any known negative practices arising from the lack of standardisation in burial ground management across local authorities; the steps that are being considered to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19555/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department ensures it maintains adequate knowledge and expertise about sector specific challenges in burial ground management to provide effective guidance and support to local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19556/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Burial Grounds (1 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a formal mechanism for local authorities to report issues or challenges back to her Department concerning burial ground management and practices; if so, how this information is actioned to improve sector-wide practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19557/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current status of the application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of an individual (details supplied) who was previously unsuccessful; to confirm if the diagnosis of 'Classic PKU - Non-Responsive to Kuvan' (Phenylketonuria) fulfils the qualifying medical criteria for payment of domiciliary care...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (30 Apr 2024)

Michael Lowry: 555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide information in relation to whether the provision of accommodation (details supplied) was scheduled to be delivered in four phases; if the owners will be offered an extension to their current contract when the initial 12-month period ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18778/24]