Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Olympic Games

Brendan Griffin

110. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position regarding preparations for Team Ireland for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55749/23]

Sports Events

Brendan Griffin

111. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position regarding preparations for hosting Ryder Cup 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55750/23]

Sports Events

Brendan Griffin

112. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what future major international sporting events her Department hopes to bid for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55751/23]

Appointments to State Boards

Brendan Griffin

113. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of current vacancies on the board of RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55853/23]

Appointments to State Boards

Brendan Griffin

114. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for forthcoming vacancies on the board of RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55854/23]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

115. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of dates when she met with the chair of RTÉ in 2023; if she will provide the agenda for these meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55856/23]

Television Licence Fee

Brendan Griffin

116. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date figures for television licence renewal and new licences to the most recent week; how these compare with last year; the revenue differences; the percentage differences; the year-to-date total differences in each category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55858/23]

Social Media

Brendan Griffin

117. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has met with a company (details supplied) regarding online misinformation; if she is aware that the company recently declined to attend an Oireachtas media committee meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55860/23]

Artists' Remuneration

Brendan Griffin

118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department provides funding to the artists support scheme pilot; if so, if she will provide the figures relating to participants and costs accrued to date and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55861/23]

Vacant Properties

Brendan Griffin

130. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is continuing the repair and lease scheme; the total number of applications from Kerry approved under this scheme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55830/23]

Housing Schemes

Brendan Griffin

131. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest figure regarding applications and approvals from County Kerry under the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55831/23]

Housing Provision

Brendan Griffin

132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new units expected in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55832/23]

Housing Policy

Brendan Griffin

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what categories of housing stock returning to use are not classified as new units; if LA voids and student accommodation is categorised as such; if so, the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55833/23]

Planning Issues

Brendan Griffin

134. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he plans to target extortionate planning objectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55834/23]

Planning Issues

Brendan Griffin

135. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider creating an objection qualification requirement, similar to local need qualification requirement, in respect of residential development proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55835/23]

Budget 2024

Brendan Griffin

136. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what changes to the tax code in relation to all aspects of construction and the property, rental and housing market his Department proposed to the Department of Finance in the context of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55837/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Brendan Griffin

137. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his targets for 2024 in respect of emergency accommodation figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55838/23]

Housing Policy

Brendan Griffin

138. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has given further thought to the proposal from this Deputy to introduce a right-sizing grant, similar to the Croí Cónaithe scheme, to create two or more units out of properties where occupants are currently over-housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55839/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

147. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of the decision on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55497/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

156. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55821/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

158. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55871/23]

Organic Farming

Brendan Griffin

190. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organic farming scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55672/23]

Organic Farming

Brendan Griffin

191. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organic farming scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55673/23]

Organic Farming

Brendan Griffin

192. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands leased by a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) will be linked with his herd number for their organic scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55676/23]

Housing Schemes

Brendan Griffin

198. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered broadening the Ukrainian housing assistance scheme (800 per month) to cover people on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55836/23]

Medical Cards

Brendan Griffin

242. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards in the State; a breakdown of the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55703/23]

Medical Cards

Brendan Griffin

243. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the cost of the General Medical Services, GMS, in 2023; how it compares with 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55704/23]

Mortality Rates

Brendan Griffin

244. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded each year from 2018 to 2023 to date, in tabular form due to sepsis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55705/23]

Mortality Rates

Brendan Griffin

245. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded each year from 2018 to 2023 to date, in tabular form due to cocaine use-abuse-overdose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55706/23]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

246. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on the status of St. Finan's Hospital, Killarney; the annual total cost since its closure, in tabular form for maintaining the property and estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55707/23]

Medicinal Products

Brendan Griffin

248. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on when the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics will approve the drug Palforzia from a company (details supplied), given that the European Medicines Agency has already approved the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55714/23]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

249. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health to provide an update and timeline for the roll out of peanut oral immunotherapy for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55715/23]

Mortality Rates

Brendan Griffin

250. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths recorded at UHK for each year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55716/23]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

251. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the construction of the new Killarney Community Hospital; if the project is on time and within budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55717/23]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

252. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the anticipated opening of the new Killarney Community Hospital; how many beds will open; how this will compare with the current number of beds in the existing facilities; if he will provide a history and timeline for the project to date since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55718/23]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

262. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next CLÁR funding recipients will be announced for County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55796/23]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

263. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how long recipients of the most recent tranche of CLÁR funding will have to draw down the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55797/23]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

264. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application to draw down funding in respect of the Inch Beach Masterplan (CLÁR) has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55798/23]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

265. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of ORIS funding will be announced; if she will provide a list of the three strands of Kerry applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55799/23]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

266. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much has been drawn down in respect of the town and village renewal funding announced for Killorglin in 2021; the current status of the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55800/23]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

267. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when county allocations for LIS 2024 will be announced; if she will take into account that over 600 roads in Kerry, about one fifth of the national total, await improvement; if she will consider allocating funding relative to the number of roads awaiting improvement per local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55801/23]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

268. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding allocations to County Kerry have been withdrawn by her Department since 2016; the reasons for any such withdrawals; the total percentage this amount represents of her Department’s allocations in respect of the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55802/23]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

269. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her future plans for the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55803/23]

Community Development Projects

Brendan Griffin

270. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her future plans for the community centre programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55804/23]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

271. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering any new funding streams for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55805/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

464. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement can be paid to a person who works more than 30 hours per week to prevent homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54597/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

471. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for child benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54686/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

488. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if the 2023 carer’s support grant will be paid to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54937/23]

National Minimum Wage

Brendan Griffin

773. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to meals on wheels providers (details supplied) to cover increases to minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54614/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

115. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54000/23]