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Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Priorities
Brendan Griffin
32. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice her priorities for the year ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17719/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Crime Prevention
Brendan Griffin
38. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider a weapons amnesty to help take more guns and knives off the streets and generate greater awareness about knife crime in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17718/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Brendan Griffin
299. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education to provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17639/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Teaching Qualifications
Brendan Griffin
300. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17641/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
392. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on a rent supplement application (details supplied) by a person who had to leave the family home will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17347/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Brendan Griffin
413. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17811/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Immigration Status
Brendan Griffin
425. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice for advice and-or clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17319/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Agriculture Schemes
Brendan Griffin
488. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organics payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Medical Cards
Brendan Griffin
608. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if GP visit and medical card holders with underlying conditions should be charged for blood tests by their GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17531/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Broadcasting Sector
Brendan Griffin
29. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position on the provision of funding to safeguard the future of RTÉ; if the issue of bogus self-employment and the potential cost to the organisation of this debacle is being considered; the steps she will take in respect of other public service news and broadcasting services; her views on whether these could be dealt with separately and sooner, while the RTÉ issue continues to be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17006/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Brendan Griffin
34. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding the publication of the two Government-commissioned reports pertaining to RTÉ; if she has seen either report; if so, when she received the report(s); when each will be published; if Dáil Éireann will have an opportunity to debate the reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17005/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Tourist Accommodation
Brendan Griffin
63. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he plans to support and compensate business owners in towns such as Killarney, County Kerry, where the displacement of tourism accommodation for use as emergency accommodation has resulted in significant reductions in footfall and consumer spending; the supports he is planning for the broader SME sector and businesses exposed to vastly increased overheads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17023/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Industrial Development
Brendan Griffin
127. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland still plans to proceed with providing a new advance technology facility at Kerry Technology Park in Tralee, County Kerry; the reason for the apparent lack of progress on the plan over the past four years; the current position; if the target in respect of this facility as set out in IDA Ireland's own plans will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17022/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Road Safety
Brendan Griffin
147. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport the number of schools in County Kerry that applied for the safe routes to school scheme; the status of each application, in tabular form, outlining the schools whose programmes have been fully implemented, the planned completion dates, approved but no works commenced, and awaiting inclusion in the scheme; the number of schools completed to date that are classed as rural schools or are outside urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17238/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Tax Reliefs
Brendan Griffin
157. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he has been approached by the Department of Transport to consider expanding the bike-to-school provision; if so, if an anticipated cost figure has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17194/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Flood Risk Management
Brendan Griffin
162. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on a river flooding risk (details supplied); what solutions the local authority has proposed; if his Department will provide funding for the solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17235/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Sports Funding
Brendan Griffin
196. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is any grant aid available for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17080/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Vacant Properties
Brendan Griffin
225. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications to date in Kerry for the vacant property refurbishment grant, in tabular form; the number of approved applications; the number of pending applications; the number of drawdowns commenced and completed; the number of refusal; to provide a breakdown of applications for properties intended for rental or for owner occupation; to provide a breakdown of the lower or higher maximum grant 50/70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17293/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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School Meals Programme
Brendan Griffin
226. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding the rolling out of further hot school meals in schools in County Kerry; the number of new schools that are included in the most recent addition of schools; if she will provide a list of all schools in County Kerry now benefitting from the scheme, including the date on which the schools were approved for the programme; the number of schools in County Kerry that remain outside the programme; the number of them that expressed an interest in the programme in the most recent call; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17236/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Griffin
227. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when an application for supplementary welfare will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17082/24]