126. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the livestock hauliers are excluded from the recently announced supports to address cost pressures arising from the current high fuel prices within the haulage sector; the steps that he is taking to address this irregularly taking into consideration that livestock hauliers are exempt from having a haulage license but have a professional competence certificate in road haulage transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21979/22]
125. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will review correspondence from a company (details supplied); the reason that the company has been excluded from accessing Exchequer funding or financial subsidies in order that it can also introduce a reduction in passenger fares similar to the scheme which was announced on public service obligation serviced routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21977/22]
139. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issues concerning the treatment and prevention of Lyme disease; if his Department has implemented in full all of the recommendations issued in the October 2019 report of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre Lyme borreliosis sub-committee; the action his Department has taken to improve testing, diagnosis, treatment and management of Lyme disease on foot of the October 2019 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/22]
1380. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the financial supports that will be made available to treatment centres (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this organisation is carrying legacy Covid-19 debt of €400,000 from 2021 which has still not been addressed; the financial help that the organisation can receive from the Covid relief payment scheme; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this organisation will have to reduce services if funding is not provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19385/22]
1359. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with persons (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that he has not met with an organisation since he assumed office in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19332/22]
1292. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 1 March 2022, if her Departments review of the new scorecard system for persons who have recently turned 18 is finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20365/22]
1291. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice if she has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) concerning the need to protect women form domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20363/22]
1206. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied), which is currently the only financial institution in Ireland that offers a suitable loan linked directly to the graduate-entry medical course, will no longer offer this service from 3 July 2022; if he will provide details of the other options available to students struggling to afford the €16,000 fees for the graduate-entry medical course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20557/22]
1149. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ask officials in charge of a Tusla facility at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, County Tipperary whether they will engage with a person (details supplied) regarding a previous agreement allowing members of a club to use parking facilities on the grounds of Ferryhouse when fishing on the River Suir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20710/22]
1075. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to a statutory redundancy payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20796/22]
979. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be changed to a stand-alone payment for persons over the age of 66 years who are currently living alone in the State but who are not in receipt of one of the required qualifying social welfare payments to claim the payment; her plans to expand the scheme to this cohort considering the significant increase in the cost of living as part of her Department’s budget in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19435/22]
826. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if advice will be provided concerning matters raised by a school (details supplied) in relation to an exceptional review of its mainstream special needs assistant allocation which was submitted to the National Council for Special Education in October 2021; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this school has no permanent special educational needs organisers in place since September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19438/22]
815. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if dyslexia and literacy assessment training will become mandatory for persons studying a professional master of education, primary teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19242/22]
775. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation of an Irish national (details supplied); if he has made representations regarding same; the details of any representations made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/22]
673. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the turf cutting compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20721/22]
575. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided to illuminate Nenagh Castle and its surrounding at night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/22]
350. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a County Tipperary student who was studying dentistry in Ukraine (details supplied) and is now seeking to continue their education to a become dentist at an Irish university; the assistance that will be provided to this student to allow study at the appropriate university here in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18945/22]
306. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the way that a teacher (details supplied) can transfer their reckonable teaching hours worked at secondary level over to primary level; if these hours can be used to increase their current pay scale point on the primary teachers’ pay scale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19077/22]
102. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if additional DEIS support such as schools completion and home school liaison supports will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18496/22]
17. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) concerning an extension of the Government emergency support for the haulage sector which seeks the extension of the scheme to own account operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18524/22]
799. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who was employed as a Covid-19 vaccinator did not have their employment contract extended; when they will be paid their final wages, bank holiday entitlements and holiday pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17837/22]
461. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a request by an organisation (details supplied) that reasonable accommodations be made at State examinations for a particular provision for students with epilepsy; if examination candidates who suffered a seizure will be given the opportunity to re-sit any impacted examinations within the same examination cycle and within the same academic year; her views on whether students who suffered a seizure will have an unfair disadvantage in respect of other candidates in the same examination cycle; if she has discussed this matter with the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17638/22]
73. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a request by the parents of a person (details supplied) who needs a special educational school placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16804/22]
913. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed a jointly developed pig stability fund proposal (details supplied) which was commissioned by organisations; if he will support this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/22]
659. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the financial supports that will be made available to treatment centres (details supplied); if he will review the attached breakdown of the cost and loss incurred which clearly demonstrates the financial crisis this organisation is experiencing; the reason three applications for ongoing funding to the HSE have been refused; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this organisation will have to close some services if funding is not provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15991/22]
451. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a request by a school (details supplied) for an exceptional review of its SNA hours with the National Council for Special Education, given that its SNA allocation is not sufficient to provide SNA supports to a student in second class; the steps that are being taken to address the SNA needs of this child in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16635/22]
432. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the status of an ongoing building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16362/22]
166. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America with the President of the United States; and if this matter was raised with other officials when attending meetings in the United States of America. [16130/22]
375. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason that staff working in the HSE medical cards service were unable to access or reply to enquiries submitted to dedicated Oireachtas email [email protected] between approximately 15 February 2022 and 9 March 2022; the reason that Oireachtas members were not notified of issues with this dedicated email account; when it is envisaged that staff in the HSE medical cards service will be able regain full access to emails sent by Oireachtas members to this dedicated email account; if applications which may now be closed due to this issue will be given sympathetic consideration and reactivated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15547/22]
88. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the need for additional classroom accommodation in a school (details supplied); the initiatives her Department is undertaking to address this school's additional classroom accommodation needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15166/22]
47. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 2 February 2022, the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary was refused accesses to the one person one salary scheme; the appeals mechanisms that are available to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15168/22]
24. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the number of fifth freedom applications he has received from an airline (details supplied) in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the routes for these applications; the applications he has approved; if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15135/22]
818. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the inclusion of the drug melatonin for reimbursement in the drug payment scheme given that it is being prescribed by the medical profession to promote sleep; the reason that melatonin was previously available to persons and now appears to be no longer available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13948/22]
817. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health his views on policy issues raised by a representative organisation (details supplied) relating to nursing home charges and the financial pressures on private sector nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13947/22]
539. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received an ex gratia appeal from a former pupil of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14737/22]
282. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to improve ventilation for staff who work in the basement area of a building (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the basement area has no mechanical ventilation; if a HEPA air cleaning and-or purification system will be installed in the building before it fully opens to the general public on health and safety grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/22]
268. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance when he will honour a commitment in the programme for Government to enable the credit union movement to grow as a key provider of community banking in the country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14681/22]
201. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the reason that a local hackney licence application was turned down in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14676/22]
169. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand and increase funding to the electric vehicle toll incentive scheme to allow for the expansion of the scheme beyond 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/22]
148. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she has plans to extend DEIS status to schools in Tipperary town; if so, the scale of the planned extension; the manner in which new schools will be chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13158/22]
126. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact there are no special educational needs organisers covering south County Tipperary which is greatly restricting the development, delivery and co-ordination of education services to children with special educational needs, including the establishment of special class and special school placements in south County Tipperary; when the National Council for Special Education will have a dedicated special educational needs organiser for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13157/22]
123. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the efforts her Department and the National Council for Special Education are making to address the lack of ASD units in primary schools in south County Tipperary, specifically in the Carrick-on-Suir attachment area; her plans to develop new ASD units in primary schools in greater south County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13156/22]
165. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda roads policing unit vehicles that came into the Nenagh Garda district fleet in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of Garda roads policing unit vehicles that were withdrawn or considered end of life from the fleet during 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13219/22]
164. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the number of official marked Garda cars and vans attached to Nenagh Garda district as of 28 February 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13216/22]
120. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to replace the current HEA net broadband connection to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when a service provider will be awarded a contract by her Department to supply the school with a new highspeed fibre broadband connection; when the school will avail of fibre broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13211/22]
85. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the website on incremental tenant purchase scheme will be updated with the new terms and conditions (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the website has not been updated since 13 October 2021 despite the terms and condition of the scheme changing in February 2022; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the website still contains information concerning the old minimum gross annual income of €15,000 and that the information booklet for this scheme has not been updated since February 2016; when local authorities will receive updated application forms as many are still working off the 2016 terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13345/22]
234. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the carer’s allowance is being considered as part of the income of a person (details supplied) when calculating rent for a local authority property in County Tipperary; his views on whether it is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12328/22]
606. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will review issues concerning the new scorecard approach introduced for citizenship applications such as in the case of a person (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the new scorecard approach this person will be unable to provide the information and documentation that is required with a citizenship application; her plans to amend the scorecard approach for young adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11765/22]
454. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to replace the current HEA net broadband connection to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when the school will be able to avail of fibre broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10894/22]
450. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Defence if a singular amendment can be made to Defence Force Regulation A9 to allow for the provision of a pandemic service medal for the Defence Forces (details supplied) given the acknowledgment of the significant contribution made by the Defence Forces during Operation Fortitude to the HSE and to the populace of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11722/22]