Parliamentary questions

Health Services Staff

Michael Lowry

1345. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if the CHO3 adult ADHD clinic is fully staffed; the number of vacancies, if any, that exist in CHO3, adult ADHD services; what the current caseload of the team serving the CHO3 ADHD clinic is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16339/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

1346. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if there are active policies and procedures in place in CHO3 to guarantee a smooth transfer from CAMHS to adult ADHD services for children with ADHD who reach 18 years old (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16340/23]

Hospital Staff

Michael Lowry

1362. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson's disease nurse specialists working in neurology centres in Tipperary University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16402/23]

Hospital Staff

Michael Lowry

1363. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure that appropriate funding is to be provided towards the employment of additional Parkinson's disease nurse specialists in neurology centres, and specifically in Tipperary University Hospital, University Hospital Limerick and University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/23]

Hospital Services

Michael Lowry

1383. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the way that his Department is supporting the medical genetics service in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16486/23]

General Practitioner Services

Michael Lowry

1578. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the strategies in place to address the General Practitioners shortfall in County Tipperary, particularly in light of the impending retirement of certain long-term general practitioners; if he intends to overhaul the present locum system in order to recruit general practitioners and healthcare professionals into Ireland in order for them to assist to stabilise the general practitioners and healthcare systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17308/23]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Michael Lowry

1645. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reasons a person (details supplied), who had received septorhinoplasty ENT treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund, has been denied additional treatment through the NTPF despite a senior consultant ENT confirming that this person requires additional ENT specialist treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17584/23]

Ambulance Service

Michael Lowry

1756. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing issues within County Tipperary ambulance service; the steps he is taking to provide additional support to ambulance services in County Tipperary to address ambulance shortages within the county; if he will provide from January 2022 to March 2023, in tabular form, the number of ambulances and ambulance staff operational or stationed at each ambulance station in County Tipperary; the average response time to ambulance call-outs per ambulance station in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18171/23]

Ambulance Service

Michael Lowry

1757. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form from January 2022 to March 2023, the number of times ambulances typically stationed to operate in County Tipperary were asked to responds to ambulance call-outs outside of County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18172/23]

Ambulance Service

Michael Lowry

1758. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health to provide in tabular form from January 2022 to March 2023, the number of times ambulances not typically stationed to operate in County Tipperary were asked to respond to ambulance call-outs in County Tipperary because an ambulance was not available for dispatch within County Tipperary; the average response time for ambulance call-outs in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/23]

Customs and Excise

Michael Lowry

82. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the number of seizures conducted by customs officials on illegally imported solid fuels in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15687/23]

Customs and Excise

Michael Lowry

83. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funding that has been provided to the Revenue Commissioners in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 to combat smuggling of solid fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15688/23]

Housing Schemes

Michael Lowry

96. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why Tipperary County Council is unable to purchase a ground floor two-bedroom apartment at (details supplied) due to the annual management fees associated with the property and the building in which it is located; currently, this property is being sold by the owner and is currently rented for over ten years to an elderly gentleman in his 70s who is in receipt of HAP; the reason the local authority is not permitted to purchase this property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15572/23]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

125. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education what additional financial assistance has been provided to primary and post-primary schools to help them with their rising energy and utility bills; if she will confirm whether her Department will issue a scheme for schools that is comparable with the temporary business energy support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15691/23]

Control of Firearms

Michael Lowry

164. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice concerning the firearms expert committee, if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from an association regarding the firearms expert committee's proposed recommendations and amendments for persons in receipt of a firearms licence; if he will meet with the organisation ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15699/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

179. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason terminally ill young children living in the south east are still being denied community paediatric palliative care services, therefore depriving them of the right to die at home; if immediate steps will be implemented to provide this critical treatment to young children in need of paediatric palliative care services; the reason home palliative care is still being denied to children in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15549/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

180. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if the recommendations listed in the Bee Wee report 2020 for the clinical governance and operational arrangements for supporting a model of care for children with life-limiting conditions towards the end of life is being implemented in the south east for paediatric palliative care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15550/23]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Michael Lowry

204. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on and define the qualifying criteria for publicly funded IVF fertility treatment as outlined in the programme for Government; if people who pay for IVF treatment between now and September 2023 will be reimbursed for their costs starting in September 2023, given his stated plan to start providing interim public support for IVF treatment via private clinics in September 2023 and the urgency of receiving IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15693/23]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

375. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if an additional special needs assistant will be put in place to meet the classroom education needs of a child who attends a school (details supplied); if she will provide an update and assurance on SNA staffing levels at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14695/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Lowry

376. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 February 2023, if he will provide an update on the current status of a school building project in Thurles, County Tipperary (details supplied); if the project will be expedited; when the necessary funding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14698/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Lowry

415. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate the ongoing payment issue pertaining to the construction of additional accommodation or a new school building for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that construction has been halted for two weeks due to the building contractor not receiving all stage payments from her Department; when the necessary funding will be released to allow construction to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15270/23]

Third Level Education

Michael Lowry

551. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the University of Limerick's proposed new veterinary school (details supplied); if he has received a report from the HEA expert panel concerning the relative capacities of UL for the provision of extra veterinary training places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15226/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

583. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 21 March 2023, if he will review the email address which was provided in his response; the reason the address (details supplied) is not listed in his Department's domino directory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/23]

Skills Shortages

Michael Lowry

155. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the critical skills list; his plans to expand the list to address the national skills shortages in healthcare, including the delivery of oral healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/23]

Work Permits

Michael Lowry

156. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; and his plans to reduce the list to address skills shortages of dental nurses and dental hygienists in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/23]

Bus Services

Michael Lowry

183. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 October 2022, if funding will be provided to deliver a town bus service in Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied), considering Clonmel is now included in the ten-minute town project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14414/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Michael Lowry

232. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a foreign birth registration for a family (details supplied) which was submitted in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14377/23]

Educational Disadvantage

Michael Lowry

258. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the proposals, to confer DEIS status on a school (details supplied) in Thurles, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14380/23]

School Textbooks

Michael Lowry

259. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied), concerning her Department's guidelines for the new free school books scheme; her plans to consult with the organisation and small independent retailers whose main business is the supply of schoolbooks in advance of the introduction of free books to primary schools for the 2023-2024 term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14383/23]

School Staff

Michael Lowry

261. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will detail the contacts she has had with a school (details supplied) regarding the allocation of additional mainstream teacher(s); if she will provide an update and give assurance in relation to the staffing levels at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14389/23]

Further and Higher Education

Michael Lowry

318. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the new dental school at University College Cork; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14415/23]

Departmental Policies

Michael Lowry

323. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) concerning the Firearms Expert Committee; when he will meet with members of two groups to address their concerns. [14489/23]

Housing Schemes

Michael Lowry

139. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to publish the review of Housing Aid for Older Persons, Housing Adaptation Grants and Mobility Aids Grants; if he plans to increase the grant amount available through this scheme to reflect the additional costs of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14261/23]

Business Supports

Michael Lowry

162. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he and his Department will review correspondence from a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the supports he intends to introduce to help such business groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12317/23]

Road Projects

Michael Lowry

272. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport when the Government expects to approve the entire scheme concerning the planned road upgrades on the N24 between Cahir, County Tipperary via Tipperary town and Pallasgreen, County Limerick, in order that it can go to planning; if he expects this scheme to go to planning in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael Lowry

278. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will insist that CIÉ provides answers to the issues and questions expressed in relation to the CIE '1951 Scheme' as detailed in the most recent elected trustee bulletin dated 10 March 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13264/23]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Lowry

312. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the plight of motorcycling sport clubs in the Republic as a result of massive insurance premiums, and the current prospect of the governing bodies of such clubs being unable to secure an insurance quote to run events (details supplied); the steps being taken to ensure that such motorcycling sport clubs will be able to obtain an appropriate insurance quote that would allow for the running of any road, off-road, and circuit racing on the island of Ireland in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12739/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Michael Lowry

524. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for a foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12503/23]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Michael Lowry

548. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned in Mashhad Central Prison in Iran since 3 October 2022; the communications he has had with Iranian officials; the attempts that have been made to have them released from prison; the supports his Department has made available to their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13622/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Michael Lowry

634. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will detail the contacts she has had with a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of the need to progress the building programme for the school; if she will provide an update and give assurance in relation to the building programme at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/23]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

661. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an additional accommodation project at a school (details supplied), given the tendering process for this school build was completed on 13 October 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12849/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

726. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if the possibility of extending free school transportation for the 2023-2024 academic year has been considered; if she will take into account the persistent impact the cost-of-living crisis is still having on families, and the significant demand for school transportation in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13311/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

727. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her Department has completed a review of the decision made in July 2022 to allow all valid and concessionary school transport tickets to use the school transport scheme for free during the 2022-2023 academic year; if so, the review's findings and recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13312/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

728. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the eligibility for school transportation currently at primary level, that a family must reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and attend their nearest national school; if she will consider reducing this distance to less than two kilometres for the 2023-2024 academic year, given that many families have both parents and guardians working outside the home; if efforts are ongoing to ensure that more students are accommodated within the school transportation scheme for the 2023-2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13313/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

781. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will support an application for the provision of school bus transport for 14 students from Emly, County Tipperary, who require school bus transport into post primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13779/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

782. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will request that Bus Éireann school transport review the current school bus route for a school (details supplied); if she will request that Bus Éireann reconfigures this route to include the home of a student so that they can avail of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13782/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Lowry

849. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has a policy of writing to social welfare payment recipients and asking them to change their method of payment from collection at their local post office to electronic fund transfer with their bank; if correspondence from the postmaster (details supplied) has been brought to her attention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13789/23]

International Protection

Michael Lowry

920. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can confirm the total number of persons who are permitted to reside in St. Anne's, Roscrea; if this facility is being considered as a potential site for the use of modular dwellings to house Ukrainian refugees or for persons seeking asylum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12846/23]

International Protection

Michael Lowry

981. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason his Department did not contract a property (details supplied) for the provision of humanitarian accommodation for individuals fleeing conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13791/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael Lowry

1030. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has received correspondence (details supplied) from a group of 1st year students from the University of Limerick who are partaking in a business studies degree and who have been tasked with a social and civic engagement project; when he intends to review and response to this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13535/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

1079. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the steps that a person should take in order to become a peace commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13282/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

1080. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the criteria which would prohibit a person from becoming a peace commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13283/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

1081. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice where a County Tipperary resident may acquire a list of all Tipperary appointed peace commissioners and their contact details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13284/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

1082. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice if a peace commissioner is appointed in the Mullinahone area of County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13285/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

1083. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the number of peace commissioner applications received and pending approval from persons resident in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13286/23]

Peace Commissioners

Michael Lowry

1084. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice how frequently the list of peace commissioners is updated to reflect commissioners who have died, who have retired, surrendered or been removed from their peace commissioner appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13287/23]

Hospital Staff

Michael Lowry

1351. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if patients with hemochromatosis can still be treated in the day ward at Nenagh General Hospital by a person (details supplied); if he will review correspondence from a person and hemochromatosis patient living in Nenagh, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13094/23]

Health Services Staff

Michael Lowry

1471. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the status of discussions regarding pay increases and full pay restoration for section 39 workers and those who work in day care centres for the elderly and disabled; if he will consider communication from (details supplied); when funding will be provided to cover this organisation's annual wage increase of 5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13693/23]

Health Services

Michael Lowry

1497. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 281 of 20 January 2022, 532 of 13 December 2022 and 528 of 5 December 2022, if he will confirm that the review and service demand need analysis which have been carried out in part to identify the allocation of long-stay, respite, palliative care beds in St. Antony's unit Clonmel can be made available to myself and the Hospital Palliative care Tipperary Group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13799/23]

Mental Health Services

Michael Lowry

1518. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary concerning proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 2001; if he will address the concerns raised by this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/23]

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]

Electricity Generation

Michael Lowry

166. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the Clean Export Premium feed in tariff Euro rate per/kWh that residential and domestic solar microgeneration customers may anticipate getting when they sell surplus residential solar microgeneration electricity back to the national grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9297/23]

Tax Code

Michael Lowry

193. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if carbon tax is levied on domestic and commercial electricity bills; if so, the rate levied; how a person can determine the financial amount levied by the utility supplier on each electrical bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9292/23]

Tax Reliefs

Michael Lowry

194. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if a full tax exemption for any income earned from excess residential solar microgeneration provided back through the National Grid can be explored, given that such a tax exemption would incentivise households to migrate to renewable energy options, such as solar PV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9293/23]

Disability Services

Michael Lowry

259. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the number and location of summer camp-based specialist services for children with complex support needs that will be established in County Tipperary for summer 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9308/23]

Disability Services

Michael Lowry

260. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of establishing specialist summer camp-based services for children with complex support needs in County Tipperary throughout the summer months; if such services are included in the HSE Service Plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9309/23]

Disability Services

Michael Lowry

261. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if a respite centre (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive the necessary funding to run a summer camp for children with special needs in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9310/23]

Tax Code

Michael Lowry

105. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance his views on maintaining the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector, given the view that the lower VAT rate is critical to Ireland's international competitiveness and tourism business model (details supplied); if he will extend the 9% tourism VAT rate beyond 28 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8936/23]

Hospital Services

Michael Lowry

220. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the number of minor injuries units in hospitals across County Tipperary; the hours and days each minor injuries unit operates; the number of patients treated in each unit in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; the treatments that are available at these minor injuries units in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9008/23]

Hospital Services

Michael Lowry

221. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to extend the opening hours of each minor injuries unit that operates in County Tipperary; if the opening hours will be extended in 2023 to include weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9009/23]

Hospital Services

Michael Lowry

222. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to increase the number of minor injuries units in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9010/23]

Medicinal Products

Michael Lowry

240. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) regarding the current reimbursement policy for cariban in respect of medication to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; if he will pursue the HSE to have this medication licensed with the Health Products Regulatory Authority in order that it can be to be prescribed through a GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/23]

Business Supports

Michael Lowry

213. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will apply and maintain the reduced 9% VAT rate to hairdressing services on a permanent basis; if his Department has received and reviewed a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8067/23]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Lowry

526. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine and review the salary and contracts for local training initiative co-ordinators, given that they have not been reviewed since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8092/23]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Lowry

588. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice the level of consultation within his Department with An Garda Síochána staff members on the proposed changes to the terms and conditions of their employment as part of the Police, Security, and Community Safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/23]

School Meals Programme

Michael Lowry

387. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of DEIS schools in County Tipperary that participate in the school meals programme in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6525/23]

Ukraine War

Michael Lowry

435. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will assist and make contact with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6807/23]

Education and Training Provision

Michael Lowry

476. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the courses now available at the Further Education and Training Centre in Archerstown, Thurles, County Tipperary; the number of students enrolled in each; if he will outline and report on the measures that he will facilitate to further develop the FET centre in Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7417/23]

Student Accommodation

Michael Lowry

477. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his Department's activities in assisting third-level institutions in the construction of student accommodation; his projected schedule for implementing suggestions relating to a new model in which the State would assist in the provision of student accommodation; if he and his Department will fund the construction of student accommodation for Mary Immaculate College, Thurles and for students attending the TUS Campus at Thurles and Clonmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7418/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Michael Lowry

113. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason homes in Mulcaire Manor, Newport, County Tipperary are unable to obtain fibre to the home, FTTH, broadband despite the fact that commercial operators are already delivering high speed broadband services in this area of County Tipperary; if he will ensure that any works required for the provision of FTTH broadband are completed and available so that each home in Mulcaire Manor can access FTTH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Lowry

206. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the current status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the project will be expedited and the necessary funding provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5723/23]