Parliamentary questions

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

411. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 area of natural constraints will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51138/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

413. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of IPAS applicants and Ukrainian refugees, respectively, currently accommodated with the support of the State; the respective number of IPAS applicants and Ukrainian refugees in receipt of State-supported accommodation per local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50527/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

414. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the evaluation of local capacity for further accommodation of IPAS applicants that his Department carried out recently, prior to the decision to send over 70 additional IPAS applicants to Killarney; when precisely any such evaluation took place; what the process entailed; what consultation took place with other agencies, departments or relevant parties; the point at which he believes Killarney will have too many IPAS applicants; if he takes notice of concerns expressed by local and national public representatives from the area and concerns by local authority officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50528/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

415. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and IPAS applicants being accommodated by the State or with the support of the State in Dublin Fingal; the per capita figure that this represents in the context of the overall population of the local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50529/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

416. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and IPAS applicants being accommodated by the State or with the support of the State in Kerry and the per capita figure that this represents in the context of the overall population of the local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50530/23]

Childcare Services

Brendan Griffin

422. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarification on a matter (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to rectify a situation in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50569/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Brendan Griffin

440. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for his urgent attention on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50965/23]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

548. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50967/23]

Medical Cards

Brendan Griffin

556. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50987/23]

National Broadband Plan

Brendan Griffin

19. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the up-to-date position regarding the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50281/23]

Departmental Reviews

Brendan Griffin

32. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason he has not published the review of security of energy supply; how long since he received the first draft of the report; when he will publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50280/23]

Driver Test

Brendan Griffin

117. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50355/23]

Road Network

Brendan Griffin

120. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if a safety audit will be carried out on a bridge in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50396/23]

Departmental Data

Brendan Griffin

123. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance when an appeal for a person in County Kerry will be processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50320/23]

Departmental Advertising

Brendan Griffin

155. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount spent by her Department on advertisement of and promotion of the TV licence for each of the past five years, including to date in 2023; if additional funding has been spent since the fall off in licence fee renewals in July 2023, if the messaging in formal advertising has changed to try to address the fall off; if beneficiaries of licence fee revenue other than RTÉ have been highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50421/23]

Television Licence Fee

Brendan Griffin

157. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date figures relating to TV licence fee renewals and new licences; if she will provide a month-by-month comparison, in tabular format, between 2022 and 2023 showing the number of licences renewed and each new license in each respective month by all transactional methods, and the associated revenue generated by these renewal; if the available figures for November so far would be provided; if the cumulative loss in revenue so far in 2023 (versus the same period in 2022) would be provided; if county by county data exists and, if so, if it will be provided in respect of each category above; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50458/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

171. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a child benefit payment in respect of a person in Co. Kerry (details supplied) will be reinstated and backdated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50409/23]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

231. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health whether the signing of the annual pension allowance declaration form under the Appropriation Act 1962 and relevant pension scheme rules is necessary for those over 65 years until a claimant's death; whether a notice could instead be sent to the applicants advising them of the need to contact the HSE if circumstances change; if he accepts that seeking clarification from people in their 70s and 80s as to whether they are working is unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50345/23]

Third Level Staff

Brendan Griffin

257. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a further response on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50315/23]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

12. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for details of the latest local improvement scheme, LIS, waiting lists, including number of roads and estimated costs per local authority; if she has received a response from the Minister for Transport regarding whether his Department will co-fund the scheme in the future; if she has considered opening the scheme to private contractors to help clear lists where local authorities have limited capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49667/23]