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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Noxious Weeds (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 373. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding efforts to control Japanese knotweed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17265/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to register a property (details supplied) in County Kerry has been lodged with the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17393/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the problem of delays for shellfish licences; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times involved; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobs and economic activity are being put on hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17695/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an AEOS payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17948/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if Ehlers-Danlos syndrome will be covered under the treatment abroad scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in view of the fact that the expertises for the treatment of this rare disease is currently not available in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that there seems to be inconsistency and a lack of transparency in the method of calculating a payment rate for individual nursing homes under the fair deal scheme; the broad differences of payment rates that exist for similar facilities with similar overheads in similar locations; if he will challenge the National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of companies within and outside the State that the National Treatment Purchase Fund uses for forensic accounting purposes; if he will state the amounts paid to each in the past three years; the number of cases each have worked on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17694/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (15 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 700. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a place name sign on a national secondary road will be moved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17663/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection are there any plans to change the rural social scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18224/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (16 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kerry. [18226/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Technological Universities Bill: Discussion (16 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the delegates for their contributions, most of which I was able to watch on the monitor in my office. I seek clarification on the plans for the south east, as referred to by Deputy Jim Daly and Senator Hildegarde Naughton. In terms of higher education, access is the main issue for my constituents. We need to consider how the country will move forward. What can we do immediately on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Technological Universities Bill: Discussion (16 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I am anxious to hear views on access for returning emigrants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Technological Universities Bill: Discussion (16 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I welcome that. I take the point that this has not manifested itself as a problem because of how the system is set up. From speaking to people on Facebook who have been forced to emigrate, this is primarily people who have emigrated rather than second-generation immigrants.. They feel they cannot come back because they are locked out.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (17 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include farm assist as an eligible payment for the JobPlus incentive in view of the potential of the scheme to provide employment to persons who have been long-term unemployed but are not registered unemployed because they are in receipt of farm assist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18357/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Numbers (17 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that only four local authorities nationwide employ archaeologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18293/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 256. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned that a medical assessment of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details provided) in County Kerry has not been completed after being sent for review 11 weeks ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18508/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the high casualty rates among UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18543/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Communications (30 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance if any telephone calls in or out of his Department are being or ever have been recorded; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18531/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the Exchequer could derive greater benefits through direct taxation from multinationals that are based here; his views that we could extract more without crossing a tipping point after which jobs and revenue are lost, if so, the options available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18566/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (30 Apr 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter regarding the collapse of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19176/14]