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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 319. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how she is determining whether value for money is being achieved by local authorities through the spending of State funding and local contributions on the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. []

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 320. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many audits of local authorities have taken place in relation to the spending of State funding and local contributions on the local improvement scheme; the local authorities that were audited, the years audited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17203/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 323. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has queried any returns from any local authorities in the past eight years under the local improvement scheme; if any further examination of drawdown and inspection has taken place; if so, the specific local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 321. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out price comparisons on the cost of roads being improved by different local authorities under the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17204/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 322. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out price comparisons on the cost of roads being improved by local authorities under the local improvement scheme versus private contractor quotations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has identified any circumstances in local authorities where funding was drawn down under the local improvement scheme in respect of roads that were not completed at the time of drawdown; if so, if she will identify the local authorities that were involved and list each such instancy; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount in local contributions from residents and landowners, per local authority, under the local improvement scheme since 2016, in tabular form; the number of roads improved in each of these local authority areas in the corresponding period; the total length/area of road completed; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 326. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amounts sought by each local authority and subsequently granted to each local authority under the local improvement scheme for each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17209/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 327. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the ORIS stream 3 funding allocations will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17237/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 24. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will urgently examine the situation whereby some RTÉ employees are being forced to make punitive payments to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of bogus self-employment contracts wrongly issued by their employer over many years; if settlements by RTÉ entered into with Revenue have also covered these individuals; if so, if the individuals...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is on the correct rate of teacher's pension; if there is any other pension or benefit available to the person from the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16785/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Schemes (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what progress has been made on commitments in the programme for Government in respect of developing a wild Atlantic walkway and a Carlingford-to-Cobh coastal route; what stage each project is at; if either is a real priority at this stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17068/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a sewerage scheme will be available for a housing estate in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16819/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal (details supplied) in respect of a person in County Kerry. [17050/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on a join family visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16777/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pardons (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [17039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 112. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will issue on the renewal of aquaculture licences at a location in County Kerry (details supplied); if licences will be further extended pending decisions on these renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 141. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (17 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 170. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17013/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his election to the office he holds. I wish him well for the future. This is my first opportunity to do so. You know you are getting old when the Taoiseach is younger than you. I will raise a serious matter. As the Taoiseach may be aware, bogus self-employment has been a serious problem affecting workers at RTÉ for a long time. In some cases, it...