Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Michael Lowry

1519. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 of 13 December 2022 and 528 of 5 December 2022, according to the these response, University Hospital Waterford will provide 20 Level 3 inpatient beds; it is also recommended in best palliative care practice that each level 3 bed have an equal number of Level 2 support beds in the region; according to the response, 5 level 2 palliative care support beds are located in Dungarvan, and 5 to 6 palliative care beds in south Tipperary; is it not opportunistic and prudent to increase the number of Level 2 beds in urban centre also, and increase the number of palliative care bed in Clonmel at the new development in St. Anthony’s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13969/23]

Departmental Meetings

Michael Lowry

1520. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 532 of 13 December 2022 and 538 of 5 December 2022, if he will clarify a date for the meeting between the SECH Older People Services and the Hospital Palliative Care Tipperary committee, prior responses indicate that such a meeting will take place in the first quarter of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13970/23]

Hospital Services

Michael Lowry

1521. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the design, layout and plans for the footprint of the development at St. Anthony’s unit, Clonmel to this Deputy and the Hospital Palliative Care Tipperary Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13971/23]

International Agreements

Michael Lowry

1552. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for a sanitary agreement to be established between Ireland and Algeria for dairy and infant formula; if the principle of such an agreement is a priority; the timelines for the implementation of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12841/23]

Departmental Funding

Michael Lowry

1618. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial and grant assistance available through her Department to help an organisation (details supplied) to develop a community walkway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13445/23]

Rural Schemes

Michael Lowry

1620. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 8 February 2023, if he is aware that the RRDF project in Carrick-on- Suir, County Tipperary will go to tender shortly (details supplied) and that work is scheduled to begin in early June 2023, the level of work that the Carrick-on-Suir RRDF project must complete before Cahir, County Tipperary, can draw down funds to begin work on its town centre renovation, car park and library projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13529/23]

Rental Sector

Michael Lowry

213. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a review of the current designated rent pressure zones will be completed; if he will review the standardised average rent for County Tipperary to ascertain if the county now qualifies as a RPZ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12042/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Lowry

325. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify his and the HSE's position on Special Leave with Pay for HSE personnel suffering from long-term Covid illness and unable to work; if the present Special Leave with Pay scheme will be extended for eligible staff beyond 30 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12041/23]

Housing Schemes

Michael Lowry

106. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the first-home scheme; if he supports requests for the scheme to be restructured to allow first-time self-builders who currently own a home; if it will allow first-time self-builders who do not already own a home to apply for the scheme; if a scheme review has been undertaken; when he expects such a review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11740/23]

Disability Services

Michael Lowry

202. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he has received and reviewed a press statement by an organisation (details supplied) concerning the recently published National Report, Staff Census, and Workforce Review for 2022 of children's disability network teams; what efforts he is making to ensure progress is made to increase staffing levels in the CDNT teams; if he and relevant Ministers of State in his Department will meet representatives of the organisation to discuss this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/23]

Office of Public Works

Michael Lowry

274. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress made on the development of a new Garda station in Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the additional engagement that has occurred for this development between his Department, the Minister of State in the Office of Public Works, the Minister for Justice, and the National Development Finance Agency (details supplied); if the development of Clonmel Garda station is considered a priority for the Government, given that a new Garda station in Clonmel is urgently needed for the all members of the public who are served by the members of An Garda Síochána stationed in Clonmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11459/23]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

399. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to a response (details supplied) which this Deputy received from the National Council for Special Education on 7 June 2022, if she will confirm whether the NCSE has provided her with an update on the status of an application to establish an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classroom in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11438/23]

Medical Cards

Michael Lowry

584. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health where the processing team in the medical card section obtains information on applicants' previous employments and self-employments records (details supplied); the reason requests for historic employment are being made of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11071/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Lowry

586. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) who worked for a company in a position that qualified them to receive the pandemic special recognition payment during the applicable time period was not paid, and had their claim rejected by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11076/23]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Michael Lowry

77. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which he expects to meet carbon reduction targets in commercial transportation and other transportation sectors without jeopardising Ireland's economic capabilities; the Government and EU supports that will be provided to these sectors; the investments his Department intends to make in Ireland’s transport infrastructure to aid the transition to a zero-emission future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9911/23]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Lowry

39. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a person who is in receipt of an invalidity pension (details supplied) did not qualify for funding through the warmer homes scheme to install a heat pump eco-heating system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10292/23]

Flood Risk Management

Michael Lowry

243. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the recent discussions he has had with the Ballymackeogh and Kilmastulla Drainage Committee and the local authority regarding flooding (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the measures that will be implemented to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9842/23]

State Examinations

Michael Lowry

336. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a request from an organisation (details supplied) for reasonable accommodations during State examinations for a specific provision for pupils with epilepsy; if examination candidates who had an epileptic seizure immediately before or during a State exam will be given the opportunity to re-sit any impacted examinations within the same examination cycle and academic year; her views on whether students who had an epileptic seizure before or during a State exam will be at a disadvantage in comparison to 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. [9521/23]

Mental Health Services

Michael Lowry

649. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the WTE allocations of the CAMHS team based in Nenagh, County Tipperary, broken down into disciplines; the vacancies within the multidisciplinary teams; the caseload number for each multidisciplinary team; the number of referrals received last year; how many of those referrals were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10081/23]

Medicinal Products

Michael Lowry

682. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 February 2023, if he will meet with a group (details supplied) at his earliest convenience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10255/23]