Parliamentary questions

Industrial Development

Brendan Griffin

69. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the performance of the IDA advance facility at Kerry Technology Park (details supplied); if he will consider the job opportunities hitherto foregone; if best practice was followed throughout the entire process of attracting and agreeing the tenancy; if adequate safeguards were put in place as part of the process; if he will engage with the IDA with a view to optimising employment opportunities at this site in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51505/23]

Debt Collection

Brendan Griffin

114. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of elderly people being pursued by financial companies for historic debts; if he is aware of the extreme distress being caused to people in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51581/23]

Interest Rates

Brendan Griffin

123. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he is concerned with the increases in mortgage interest rates being demanded of customers by financial lenders; to provide an update on his recent engagements with such lenders and the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51580/23]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

174. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding progressing the N86 Tralee to Dingle Road upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51788/23]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

228. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position regarding the latest Sports Capital and Equipment Programme; the number of applications received, per county; the estimated total value of applications from each county; the estimated total value of applications nationwide; the estimated total value of applications under the equipment only, local and regional categories, per county; the total overall budget available for this round of the programme; the anticipated timelines for the announcement of allocations under equipment only, local and regional categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51801/23]

Television Licence Fee

Brendan Griffin

229. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she believes enough is being done to promote the importance of paying the TV licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51813/23]

Housing Provision

Brendan Griffin

235. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has had engagement with Kerry County Council regarding the process of having the Annagh Banks Development in Castlemaine, County Kerry, taken on as a turn-key development; if the 14-unit development will be successful in this regard (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51793/23]

Departmental Data

Brendan Griffin

251. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position regarding the possible posthumous pardoning in historic cases (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51785/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

256. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a BISS penalty in respect of a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51589/23]

Departmental Reviews

Brendan Griffin

266. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the process regarding a potential land deal in Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51741/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

281. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it was known at the time of entering a contract with an accommodation provider (details supplied) that there was and still is no fire certificate for this building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51708/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

282. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a maximum number of single IPAS applicants permitted per hotel room; if three to four men per room is considered acceptable by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51709/23]

Community Development Projects

Brendan Griffin

362. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional time will be provided in respect of the drawdown of a grant for a project in Kerry (details supplied) to allow for greater consultation with the local community; if so, how much time will be given to the community to complete this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51782/23]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

363. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects the latest ORIS scheme to be adjudicated upon and allocated; if she will provide a list of eligible projects from County Kerry that have been applied for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51784/23]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

364. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a project in Kerry under the Clár scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51796/23]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Brendan Griffin

30. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if ComReg will investigate the poor mobile coverage at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51203/23]

Agriculture Industry

Brendan Griffin

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers in Kerry are permitted to spread spoilt water after the recent storms and heavy rain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51318/23]

School Facilities

Brendan Griffin

228. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50561/23]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

232. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry is on the correct pay scale. [50658/23]

Education Policy

Brendan Griffin

237. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education what drug awareness programmes are run in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50756/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

356. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice the outcomes per nationality for IP applicants in both 2022 and to date in 2023, the number arriving from each country and the decisions reached, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50531/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

396. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments for 2023 will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50694/23]

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]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

24. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects the next tranche of successful CLÁR funding applicants to be announced; how much she expects to announce in these allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49666/23]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

91. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49311/23]

Greenways Provision

Brendan Griffin

92. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if works will be carried out at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49328/23]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

93. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport for a timeframe on a project for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49332/23]

Driver Test

Brendan Griffin

94. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49336/23]

Trade Promotion

Brendan Griffin

170. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the current situation regarding the use of an IDA advance facility in Kerry (details supplied); his views on whether the county is being badly served by the arrangement; the cost to the IDA and taxpayer of developing this facility in the first place; what contractual arrangements, if any, the IDA has with the company in respect of this property; if the terms have been breached by the company; if the company is paying to use the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49703/23]

Housing Provision

Brendan Griffin

237. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a housing scheme for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/23]

Pension Provisions

Brendan Griffin

292. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49453/23]