Parliamentary questions

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

123. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education for assistance with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44595/23]

Housing Provision

Brendan Griffin

130. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding is available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44521/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

141. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted to transfer from disability allowance to invalidity pension now that he satisfies the social insurance contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44490/23]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

163. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will furnish a copy of the full contract between IPAS and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44485/23]

Mental Health Services

Brendan Griffin

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for an urgent appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44508/23]

Crime Prevention

Brendan Griffin

21. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice the efforts being made to counteract drug trafficking and dealing in our communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43901/23]

Miscarriages of Justice

Brendan Griffin

31. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position regarding the possible posthumous pardoning in the historic cases of Poff and Barrett in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43900/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

144. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the appeals officer received and reviewed a report (details supplied) before they made a decision on a disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44276/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

149. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44421/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2021 BEEP payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry) following a successful appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44258/23]

Grant Payments

Brendan Griffin

242. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44393/23]

Housing Provision

Brendan Griffin

287. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position regarding efforts to have a Kerry housing development (details supplied) completed as a turn-key project and allocated as homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43849/23]

Social Welfare Offices

Brendan Griffin

332. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason direct phone contact to local Intreo offices has been withdrawn and replaced with a centralised service; the rationale for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43938/23]

Inshore Fisheries

Brendan Griffin

379. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend a 2023 Brexit inshore fisheries business model adjustment scheme grant approval for a fisherman (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43408/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

391. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43765/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Brendan Griffin

422. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide assistance with an accommodation matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43630/23]

Disability Services

Brendan Griffin

429. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional resources will be immediately provided to address the five-year waiting list for intervention for children who have been accepted by the Swords disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43732/23]

Disability Services

Brendan Griffin

435. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE will pay the costs of private psychology occupational therapy and speech and language therapy for a child in County Dublin (details supplied) who has been placed on a five-year waiting list for HSE child intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/23]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

46. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding progressing the N86 Tralee to Dingle Road upgrade and the N22 Farranfore to Lisivigeen (Killarney bypass) projects in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43052/23]

Road Safety

Brendan Griffin

51. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the need to introduce traffic signals at the junction of the Shanaway Road and N85 just outside of Ennis, as part of an overall solution to improve safety at this location and access for the communities nearby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43051/23]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

94. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the taxes applied to building activity and materials in respect of residential construction to reduce the cost of building a dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43056/23]

Tax Yield

Brendan Griffin

106. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the total USC income collected by the State for each year since its introduction; if he will provide a breakdown, per annum, of the rates and amounts collected in each rate category; if he will provide details of the percentage of overall income tax collected that the USC has represented each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43055/23]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Griffin

311. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for his advice on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43204/23]

General Practitioner Services

Brendan Griffin

333. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health to clarify a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43233/23]

Housing Provision

Brendan Griffin

105. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has enough sites to complete the Government's modular homes programme; to identify which sites were offered by each local authority; to identify any local authority that did not engage and identify sites; to identify any local authority that offered sites that were already designated under the Housing For All programme, and if so, which sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43089/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Brendan Griffin

201. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42967/23]

Traffic Management

Brendan Griffin

209. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if traffic calming and a pedestrian crossing will be installed at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42574/23]

Budget 2024

Brendan Griffin

255. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance to provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42670/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

408. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a review for disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42215/23]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

413. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when a review of the State pension will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42287/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

418. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42429/23]

Education Schemes

Brendan Griffin

714. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a late HEAR grant application will be accepted from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42198/23]

Education Schemes

Brendan Griffin

721. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide information on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42655/23]

Foreign Policy

Brendan Griffin

42. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest breakdown of known Russian presence at the Russian embassy in Dublin, if a person (details supplied) is still in situ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41760/23]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

49. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the future of EU support for Ukraine following his recent visit to the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41761/23]

Energy Production

Brendan Griffin

75. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on what date he or his office received, in any format, the review of security of energy supply, the reason, or reasons, for the delay in his publication of the review of security of energy supply; if he misled Dáil Éireann in June 2023 with comments on his commitment to publish the review; if he will explain why these commitments were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41873/23]

Natural Gas Imports

Brendan Griffin

92. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the rationale for his intervention in the Shannon LNG planning application; how many other planning applications has he intervened in since his appointment in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41872/23]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

56. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding the N70 Milltown Relief Road project; the preferred route for the project; the up-to-date timeline for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41842/23]

Bus Services

Brendan Griffin

57. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for a bus shelter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41844/23]

Bus Services

Brendan Griffin

58. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for a bus shelter in a town in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

106. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41698/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

107. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on an illness benefit application in respect of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41840/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

120. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41841/23]

Departmental Programmes

Brendan Griffin

77. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next tranche of successful CLÁR funding allocations will be announced; the amount he expects to be able to allocate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41327/23]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

83. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to reduce the LIS list in County Kerry; if she appreciates how long it will take to clear the overall list in Kerry at the current rate of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41328/23]

Bus Services

Brendan Griffin

132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will sanction additional capacity on a bus route in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41056/23]

Road Safety

Brendan Griffin

135. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the installation of average speed zone cameras on stretches of national, national secondary and regional roads where speeding is more of a routine driver behaviour than the exception; if locations that are treated like 'fly through' localities would be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41096/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

391. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41605/23]

Hospital Facilities

Brendan Griffin

10. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if more beds will be opened at West Kerry Community Hospital; the current bed and staffing breakdown; how this compares with each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40649/23]

Misuse of Drugs

Brendan Griffin

15. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a public health awareness campaign around cocaine use and its adverse effects will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40650/23]