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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Bus Éireann, as the Tánaiste may be aware, does not allow drivers aged over 70 to operate on its school routes or passenger services. Other private operators can do this safely. In the area I come from, we have many companies operating school services on behalf of Bus Éireann which are having difficulty finding drivers, yet we have many people aged 70 or slightly older who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine ways to streamline the application and drawdown of croí cónaithe grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position regarding the next allocations of the sports capital and equipment programme; when the grants will be allocated; if a budget has been agreed; how this compares to the total demand;the total allocation versus eligible demand for the recent equipment scheme; if a similar allocation can be achieved for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (29 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); if changes will be implemented to improve services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if an ex-gratia payment will issue to a widower of a former employee (details supplied) without the requirement of a grant of administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24176/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 199. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional traffic calming measures, including further raised pedestrian crossings will be installed on the N86 in the vicinity of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23610/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if lands that have received business tax relief for fixed terms will be exempted from the residential lands zoned tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his office will facilitate a meeting between the head of monuments and a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23894/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical and financial evidence submitted for a review of a decision on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review/appeal of a decision to apply a State pension (non-contributory) overpayment on the estate of a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23741/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a winch will be repaired at the pier in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23905/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the development of the old Pretty Polly facility in Killarney as a new training centre of excellence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23281/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his priorities for further SUSI reform in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how the recent package of supports for business will impact on business owners; to provide up-to-date county breakdowns of take-up of the ICOB scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23279/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the IDA's plans to proceed with providing a new advance technology facility at Kerry Technology Park in Tralee, County Kerry; what progress has been made on the plan over the past four years; if the target in respect of this facility, as set out in the IDA's own plans, will be met; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address as a matter of urgency the lack of facilitation of rail passengers travelling with bicycles on trains bound for Tralee Casement station, which is immediately adjacent to the Tralee to Fenit greenway; his views on whether the unique location of Tralee station on the greenway warrants a tailored service response from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a reversal of changes to benefit-in-kind treatment of workers, particularly in respect of sales representatives and other similar position holders, whose primary use of company cars is for the sole purpose of carrying out their roles; if he sees a distinction between the use of company cars to travel to work versus travelling as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of residences owned by the OPW in Killarney, County Kerry; the number of these that are currently occupied, unoccupied or uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concessions and additional accommodation for students with dyscalculia will be considered for Leaving Certificate mathematics; if such measures would include additional points for students with dyscalculia; her views on whether such students have been unfairly overlooked to date; if she is prepared to review their circumstances; and if she...