235. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the reason scheduled service operators (details supplied) have been excluded from the youth travel card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11720/22]
234. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the reason scheduled service operators (details supplied) have been excluded from accessing Exchequer funding or financial subsidies in order that they can also introduce a 20% 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. [11719/22]
233. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11718/22]
266. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the necessary funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to employ a full-time horse warden or wardens to ensure the prevention of maltreatment of horses and ponies in the county and to further ensure the microchipping and passporting of all horses and ponies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10213/22]
10. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce measures to support businesses impacted by increased energy, fuel and insurance costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9668/22]
86. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if provisions will be prioritised for the removal of VAT from defibrillators in the wake of agreement by European Union finance ministers to amend Council Directive 2006/112/EC on 7 December 2021 given that the removal of VAT from the cost of defibrillators would greatly increase the ability of sports clubs, first responder groups and other community organisations to provide vital emergency assistance in the event of cardiac arrests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8587/22]
418. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to deliver on a capital building programme in a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the project costs for the school have increased by approximately 60% from the price that was initially indicated on the application submitted to her Department; the steps her Department is taking to provide additional financial assistance to this school considering the entire building industry in Ireland had seen substantial inflation increases as a direct result of Covid-19, Brexit and the uncertain availability of raw materials and skilled labour in the building industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7474/22]
229. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact a company (details supplied) which provides satellite broadband to the Kilcommon, Rearcross areas of County Tipperary will permanently shut down its broadband network on 30 June 2022; the alternative broadband options that will be available in this area when the company closes; the steps taken by his Department to ensure adequate rural broadband is available to this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/22]
412. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to support women and pregnant persons with hyperemesis who face significant financial costs to access HSE recommended treatment of pyridoxine and doxylamine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7193/22]
396. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken to support women and pregnant persons with hyperemesis who face significant financial costs to access HSE recommended treatment of pyridoxine and doxylamine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7137/22]
389. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to issue guidance advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that graded exercise is no longer recommended for ME/CFS patients (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7124/22]
388. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will approve the inclusion of workers who are employed in an adult disability service provider (details supplied) in the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7123/22]
221. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the all-island Strategic Rail Review; if the review will give due consideration to a submission from an organisation (details supplied); when the review is expected to be finalised and its findings published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7140/22]
220. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will review EU Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU) which resulted in Transport Infrastructure Ireland turning off public lighting across multiple junctions across the entire motorway network; if he will consider turning this lighting back on and replacing the bulbs in public lighting on the motorway network with new energy efficient LED lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7132/22]
190. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to engage with representatives from an organisation (details supplied); if he will ensure the right environment is in place for this sector and the broader tourism industry to guarantee it can deliver to its full potential in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7134/22]
38. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options available regarding fibre broadband at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason this property cannot be connected to the fibre broadband infrastructure that is already provided in the area by commercial providers; the steps his Department has taken to provide access to full-capacity fibre broadband to this area of County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/22]
43. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can obtain consent from his Department to apply for the one person one salary scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5270/22]
153. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a form of funding that can be applied for by a person that works as a personal trainer and that wishes to establish a community gym which will deliver fitness, health and wellness programmes as well as inclusive classes and fitness programmes for persons with disabilities; if funding can be made available for such a facility; if he will take into consideration that the availability of all-inclusive gyms for persons with disabilities is limited in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4004/22]
712. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has made recent introductions between local authority broadband officers and satellite broadband companies regarding broadband connectivity at a location (details supplied); the options available in this area regarding alternative broadband services; the steps she has taken in terms of rural broadband for this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3523/22]
669. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licences issued in 2021; the total number of hectares planted; the number of afforestation licences issued by county; the number of hectares planted by county from January 2021 to December 2021; if he is satisfied with the number of hectares planted in 2021; his plans to expand afforestation in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2880/22]
668. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reconstitution and underplanting scheme applications submitted to his Department in 2021; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no approvals for the scheme were issued in 2021, given many section 5 exemptions were forwarded by farmers as requested by his Department; the reason no reconstitution and underplanting scheme approvals were issued in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2874/22]
386. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her Department will process an incremental credit claim from a teacher (details supplied) without delay given that such a delay in this case will cause financial hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3385/22]
224. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if, in the context of the campaign to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users, he has plans to ensure that disability parking bays are provided in line with international best standards, as set out in Building For Everyone: A Universal Design Approach (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3533/22]
223. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a disability group (details supplied) to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users in local authority managed carparks and on street parking; if he plans to devise a national policy and or guidelines such that 5 % of total parking bay provision is to contain parking bays for disabled users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3532/22]
187. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options available regarding satellite or mobile broadband at a location (details supplied); the steps taken to engage with satellite and mobile companies to provide a quality broadband connectivity to this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3522/22]
186. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the options available regarding broadband at a location (details supplied): the steps taken in relation to full capacity fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband to this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/22]
282. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if palliative care support beds planned for the new build St. Anthony’s Care of the Elderly facility at Tipperary University Hospital will be constructed to level 2 palliative care support bed standard as recommended in the 2001 report published by the National Advisory Committee on Palliative Care, for example, level 2 palliative care bed will have adjoining family sleep and eat facilities to support each palliative care bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2724/22]
281. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if there will be level 2 palliative care support beds provided in the new 50 bed St. Anthony’s Care of the elderly facility at Tipperary University Hospital; the number of level 2 palliative care support beds that will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2723/22]
280. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the status of the new 50 bed St. Anthony’s Care of the Elderly facility on the campus of Tipperary University Hospital; when construction will commence; the estimated completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2722/22]
1977. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target number of forestry licences his Department plans to issue in 2022; if he plans to invest additional resources in the Forest Service in order to reach the 7,000 licences required annually by the industry given the well documented additional resources invested into the Forest Service in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1344/22]
1976. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 4,035 forestry licences were issued by his Department in 2021, which is well short of his Department's own target of 4,500 for 2021; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the figure of 4,035 is far below the of 7,000 licences the industry actually required; the number of forestry licences issued by county; the categories of each type of licence issued in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1343/22]
1774. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health when he will meet with an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1781/22]
1650. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from a healthcare establishment (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will consider the reintroduction of the temporary assistance payment scheme to healthcare establishments in 2022 considering additional infection control measures need to be sustained and healthcare institutions need to be supported to maintain this level of infection prevention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1210/22]
1639. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the number of respite care centres expressly for children with disabilities and complex additional needs by county from January 2020 to the end of December 2021; the number of nights provided; the number of children who availed of respite services in these facilities; the number of facilities that remained open and that continued to provide respite care for children during Covid-19 restrictions in the same period in tabular form; the number of respite care centres that closed during Covid-19 restrictions; his plans to reopen all facilities which provide respite care for children with disabilities and complex additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1168/22]
1594. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE has provided funding to a facility (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this facility has informed residents and their families that they require additional or emergency funding to guarantee the facility can remain open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/22]
1253. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 9 December 2021, if she can arrange for officials in her Department to meet and speak to the applicant (details supplied) to explain the decision-making process relating to Irish associations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1347/22]
1139. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider special contingency measures to allow expired Safe Pass registration cards, cards that had expired after 31 December 2021, to remain valid for an additional six months in order that the safety awareness registration card shall be regarded as valid until 30 June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2308/22]
843. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 21 October 2021, if her officials made contact with the school in question to rectify the issue raised; if this matter is now resolved (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2307/22]
793. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 3 November 2021, if the National Council for Special Education has provided her with information on the status of an application for expression of interest to establishment of an ASD classroom in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1355/22]
792. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the summer works scheme through category 10 of the scheme (external environments); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1338/22]
517. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to repair a damaged weir on the River Suir at Loughmore, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1243/22]
511. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a group (details supplied) to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users in local authority managed carparks and on-street parking; when local authorities were last surveyed to check that disability parking bays provided for disabled users are compliant with international best standards, for example, that the disability parking bays are located beside dropped kerbing, disability parking bays are constructed to the required dimensions, they are correctly signed with the appropriate post and panel signs and painted ground markings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1142/22]
510. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a disability group (details supplied) to improve the availability and quality of parking bays for disabled users in local authority managed carparks and on-street parking; when local authorities were last surveyed to check that their carparks are compliant with the standard rate in which 5% of the total car parking bays provision are to contain parking bays for disabled users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1141/22]
354. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a modified Covid restrictions support scheme for retail businesses that anticipate that their income will be subjected to a substantial loss in the first quarter of 2022 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; if such a modified scheme will be examined for retail businesses that can provide evidence that their income is down 30% or more at the start of 2022 compared to their last full year of trading accounts pre-pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2169/22]
252. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will address a matter regarding national car test, NCT, test centres waiting rooms that are closed to the public due to Covid-19 restrictions; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that customers who attend NCT test centres with no waiting room facilities are required to wait outside without adequate protection from the winter elements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1784/22]
619. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to recommendations by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62497/21]
207. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if additional supports will be provided to those within the hospitality sector; if he and his colleagues in the appropriate Departments will consider measures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61248/21]
282. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will review an application for naturalisation and citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60893/21]
245. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of post-primary school places for children with additional education needs in north County Tipperary; if her Department will ensure that a student (details supplied) in County Tipperary has access to the appropriate ASD education supports in post-primary education for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61023/21]
244. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of post-primary school places for children with additional education needs in north County Tipperary; if her Department will ensure that a student (details supplied) in County Tipperary has access to the appropriate ASD education supports in post-primary education for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61020/21]