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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has completed the national review of speed limits; when it is anticipated that this report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42286/13]

Order of Business (9 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: When will the bail Bill be progressed? I am very concerned by what I am hearing about crimes being committed by people on bail. That is something at which we need to look. We need to try to prioritise the introduction of that Bill to address the matter. What is the timeframe for the gambling control Bill? When will it be published?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (9 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a hearing aid grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42545/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will intervene to ensure a mobile service provider (details supplied) will provide an adequate service to paying customers in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42688/13]

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I concur with previous speakers' comments on rates, which are a noose around the necks of business. The system must be reformed. The broadening of the tax base through the introduction of the domestic property tax and water charges has created scope for carrying out a review of the manner in which rates are collected from business. I have always maintained that rates on business should be...

Other Questions: Regional Aid (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I commend the Minister, Deputy Bruton, on his work on this to date. Wearing my constituency hat, all along people in Kerry felt disadvantaged because we were left out of that region. In the future we feel we should have a level playing field with everyone else. We have suffered. Tralee and other parts of Kerry have large areas that are industrial wastelands at the moment. A large factor...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create jobs in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of plastic drinking bottles that are used here annually; if he will provide a breakdown of the sizes of these bottles and the different categories of liquids used in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form information according to the figures available for each of the past five years on the amount of revenue collected for drink driving offences; the number of offences involved; the number of fines that went unpaid; the revenue subsequently lost by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42904/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths annually in Ireland due to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland who may be unwittingly vulnerable to sudden adult death syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 203. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce screening to identify persons at high risk of sudden adult death syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport according to the most recent statistics available, the percentage of fatal collisions on Irish roads in relation to which inappropriately high speed was a significant contributing factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42895/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport according to the most recent statistics available, the percentage of fatal collisions on Irish roads in relation to which alcohol use by a motorist was a significant contributing factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42896/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport according to the most recent statistics available, the amounts by which motorists were exceeding the respective speed limits in cases where inappropriate speed was a contributing factor to fatal collisions on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42897/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the effectiveness of the imposition of speed limiting devices on vehicles driven by drivers that have been before the courts on driving offence charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42898/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has studied the experiences of other countries that have used the fitting of speed limiting devices on vehicles as a means of improving road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42899/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has studied the effectiveness of fitting anti-alcohol immobilising devices on vehicles as a means of improving road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42900/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request emergency funding from the Department Finance to intensify road safety warnings and awareness in the final weeks of 2013, in view of the worrying rise in road tragedies in the first nine months of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet the Department of Justice and Equality to co-ordinate an intensification of road safety efforts in the final weeks of 2013, in view of the worrying rise in road tragedies in the first nine months of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42902/13]