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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Can Senator Crown imagine how that person must feel to hear his remarks right now when looking in on these proceedings? I ask the Senator to have a think about that now and about a lady in serious ill health back in Kerry hearing his remarks. I ask for the remark to be withdrawn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: It is not relevant, it is arrogant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Have there been cases where people have tested negative here, gone abroad to a reputable or non-reputable clinic and obtained a positive diagnosis, returned here, been retested and found positive? In cases where people have obtained positive results abroad, what happens when they return? What happens if someone goes to mainland Europe after receiving a negative diagnosis here, gets a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I wish to press my questions on people who tested negative here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Were other conditions diagnosed later, even after a positive test abroad?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any progress has been made on the review of eligibility for the insolvency payments scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1714/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a supplementary welfare exceptional needs payment will be provided for persons in need of urgent dental treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1457/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a disabled person (details supplied) in County Kerry has not qualified for the maximum valuation band reduction in the chargeable value of their sole residence which has been adapted considering the house prices in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1370/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the increase in VRT and VAT on new car sales in 2014 compared to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1502/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the advice he will provide to persons wishing to contribute their expertise and experience to the improvement of the board of a State agency; the up to date application and appointment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Roads Maintenance (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a road at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will be repaired following its deterioration due to heavy vehicle use for the Office of Public Works' embankment reinstatement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ferry Services Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a tendering process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1225/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Transfers (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the transfer of a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry to a community group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1226/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of staffing plans on a scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1227/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology used and marking system to decide tenders for State contracts for jobs such as cleaning of Garda stations and so on; if there is positive consideration given to local tenderers over larger firms; if good reputation, best price and positive service history is taken into account; his views that these merits should have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all firms seeking to secure State contracts for jobs such as the cleaning of Garda stations and so on will need ISO9000 rating in the future; if so, the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1311/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will permit the registered owners of donkeys to continue to use them in calculations of the stocking density for the disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49462/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 286. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will lift the ban on fishing dog fish for boats under 15 meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49463/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49766/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forest road grant payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1478/15]