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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Will the Taoiseach provide an update on the sports capital programme to the House? I welcome the recent allocations for sports capital equipment. It is great news for many communities and for the volunteers in sports clubs around the country. There seems to be a bit of confusion, however. There was a list detailing amounts and club names circulating online yesterday. On closer...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I wish to raise the rising cost of home insurance. Several people in County Kerry contacted me recently about soaring premiums. This is happening at a time when insurance companies are reporting soaring profits as well. I accept there is inflation in terms of construction and the cost of replacing damaged properties. However, from what I have seen and the evidence that has been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Further people involved include those directly in contact with the healthcare workers on site. Patient transfer teams were not considered. These people did similar jobs to people in ambulance teams bringing people for tests who needed to be transported. For example, the Tralee testing centre was manned by military personnel for 12 to 16 months, including Christmas and all public holidays....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will further review the pandemic recognition payment for Defence Forces personnel who worked in test centres to make sure all deserving individuals received the payment, given that some did not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22112/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: This question relates to Defence Forces personnel who worked in Covid testing and vaccination centres during the pandemic. Many of these people worked in these centres for 12 to 16 months and provided a very valuable resource but they have not been considered for the pandemic recognition payment. This is wrong. Can the matter be reviewed? Some specific personnel did great work but did not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Perhaps, on foot of this question, the Tánaiste might initiate a review. My understanding is that all members were initially on lists created by their units but that those lists were not fully accepted at a higher level. Apparently, the criteria specified that only those military personnel who were physically administering vaccines or taking swabs would ultimately receive the payment....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all test centre personnel should have received the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding new calls for active travel projects in 2024; if there is an anti-rural bias in the allocation of funding and the projects completed nationwide to date; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of where the funding has gone, projects completed and whether each was an urban or rural location; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actual position regarding the N22 Farranfore to Killarney road improvement project, further to TII correspondence to this Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22111/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Killarney rail and bus stations continue to be connected by a lengthy walkway; the reason both cannot be integrated, particularly for people with mobility issues attempting to transfer between both on tight schedules; if lifts and stairs will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22240/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann will review its ageist school transport policy on over-70s bus drivers, given that other publicly funded public bus services do not have this restriction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 251. To ask the Minister for Health what will happen with current HSE buildings in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions in place for people with disabilities and elderly people to access the deposit return scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22135/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a late increased cost-of-living business grant application will be accepted from a business (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21958/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the NPWS will liaise with a local first responders group regarding access to a location in County Kerry (details supplied) in emergency situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22133/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a widower's pension application (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21938/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his advice regarding an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22130/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (15 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 139. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22051/24]