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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status, given that DEIS status was already secured by the town’s two other secondary schools; when DEIS status will be awarded to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance being offered to a school (details supplied); when will this school be provided with an update and funding for these reconfiguration works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will address the points raised; how she plans to address and resolve the serious financial situation and challenges this school and other national schools are facing; if she and her Department will engage directly with the management and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied); if she will address the points raised; how she plans to address and resolve the serious financial situation and challenges this school and other national schools are facing; if she and her Department will engage directly with the management and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on what steps are being taken to address the urgent concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied); if she can ensure these concerns will be addressed promptly to provide the necessary resources and services to special schools like this one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22963/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 14 May 2024, if she can review additional details (details supplied); if the Minister can provide assurance that these concerns will be addressed and confirm that this child will receive an ASD primary school place for the 2024-25 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22966/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding or grants that can be obtained and provided to a playschool (details supplied); if the Department will contact this school and provide assistance to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 578. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the current situation at the child and adolescent mental health services at Nenagh Health an Centre, County Tipperary, where there is currently no occupational therapist is in place (details supplied); the status of the recruitment process for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22462/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (16 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress being made to improve a dangerous and busy junction on the outskirts of Thurles, County Tipperary, given that Turtulla Cross and this section of the N62 has been the location of a number of serious and fatal occurrences over the years; what safety works and junction redesign can be carried out at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (16 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the timeline for the establishment of the nature advisory council, as recommended in the 2021 strategic review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (16 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way he plans to ensure rural interests such as those of farmers and game clubs are fully included in discussions and consultations regarding future policy on hunting and conservation, including discussions and consultations at ministerial-level meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22298/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: During the Covid pandemic, the health service came together and we used the private sector to very good effect. In this case, the big problem is with the assessments. We do not have enough child psychologists in the public sector. They are in the private sector and we should make a once-off effort to get them to combine and do whatever is necessary to reduce the backlog. There are young...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: I also wish to raise with the Minister the issue of special needs. Raising a child with special needs is challenging and rewarding. It is demanding, yet fulfilling. For parents, it becomes a labour of love in almost every sense. They want what is best for their son or daughter. They want their child to have the best possible start in life. They plan for the years ahead when their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: I thank the Chair. I would like to welcome the Commissioner to the committee and thank him for his presentation, which is comprehensive and gives us an update on the progress regarding enforcement measures. I represent Tipperary and we had the unfortunate and tragic situation where Tipperary suffered the highest number of road fatalities last year. Obviously, involved in that was personal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to this child’s ability to obtain an ASD primary school place for the 2024/2025 academic year; the steps being taken by her Department to address the issues highlighted; if she will confirm that this child will receive an ASD primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (14 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the recent budget cuts to the national school summer programme, known as the July provision, which supports students with complex needs (details supplied); if she will outline, given that only a third of primary schools are offering this programme, the steps that are being taken to encourage wider participation and ensuring that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for additional accommodation submitted by a school (details supplied) in November 2023; if the Department has considered the request for a new mainstream classroom and accommodation for this new autism class, given the significant demand indicated by the National Council for Special Education and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (14 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the level of funding available to private ECCE preschool providers; if he plans to review the funding allocation within this sector; if he is aware of requests for an increase in ECCE rates, in line with inflation from such private ECCE preschool providers (details supplied); his...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: 264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth f he will provide an update on an application submitted in October 2023 to the children’s disability fund by an organisation (details supplied); when the organisation will receive a decision on its application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21056/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2024)

Michael Lowry: The HSE currently has a plan to use the new community nursing home in Nenagh as a step-down facility to tackle overcrowding from University Hospital Limerick, UHL. This initiative is contentious and controversial as it denies the long-awaited opportunity for the transfer of patients from St. Conlon's community nursing unit, which is deemed by HIQA as unfit for purpose. After consultation...