Parliamentary questions

Haulage Industry

Michael Lowry

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]

Educational Disadvantage

Michael Lowry

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]

State Examinations

Michael Lowry

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]

Health Services Staff

Michael Lowry

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]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

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]

Undocumented Irish in the USA

Michael Lowry

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]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Lowry

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]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

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]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

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]

Pigmeat Sector

Michael Lowry

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]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

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 oireachtas.pcrs@hse.ie 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]

Aviation Industry

Michael Lowry

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]

Public Sector Staff

Michael Lowry

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]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

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]

Electric Vehicles

Michael Lowry

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]

Taxi Licences

Michael Lowry

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]

Credit Unions

Michael Lowry

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]

Heritage Sites

Michael Lowry

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]

Schools Complaints Procedures

Michael Lowry

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]

Nursing Homes

Michael Lowry

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]