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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: We need to vacate the room very shortly, so I ask the witnesses to provide answers on the outstanding issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: With €130 million of capital investment, how long a lifespan would Mr. Franks expect typically from such a system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: We are talking only €4 million or €5 million per annum for the system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Mr. Coyne. I also thank Ms Graham, Mr. Nolan and Mr. Franks for their time. We have been here for just over one and a half hours. We are nine minutes behind schedule, something the witnesses would know nothing about. I thank them very much as there were a lot of questions coming at them during the last 100 or so minutes. The committee is scheduled to consider A Vision for Public...

Topical Issue Debate: Humanitarian Aid Provision (6 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing this Topical Issue to be put on the agenda. I thank the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, for being here to deal with it. As he knows, the civil war in Syria has been raging for five years. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions of people have been displaced. As usual in war, the weakest and most vulnerable people...

Topical Issue Debate: Humanitarian Aid Provision (6 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for his reply. I acknowledge the efforts made to provide relief and I welcome the increases in the recent allocations of funding. I imagine the Minister is already doing so, but I call on him to try to do whatever he can to optimise the amount he can make available given the seriousness of the situation. Unfortunately, throughout the world other similar cases are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the making available of Orkambi free to cystic fibrosis sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29118/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a capital gains exemption available in respect of the trade of equivalent areas of land without any monetary gain from one brother to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29617/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (11 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further information submitted in support of a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29480/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (11 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 267. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a qualified adult payment of an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be backdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29615/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if an area (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in the upcoming fibre broadband roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29857/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (11 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the daa's growth incentives for 2017; when these will be notified; the reason for the delay in revealing these incentives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29602/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (11 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the 30% rise in the projected cost of the second runway at Dublin Airport; if the planned length of the runway is necessary for the demand anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (12 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 69. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding public health pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29973/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the tender process for the national broadband plan will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29949/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: I never expected, with the new politics, that I would find myself here on the graveyard shift.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: Old politics are back. However, I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget. Listening to some of the contributions, one would think that some of the contributors never had an opportunity to be part of the Government, to shape policy and to make a difference, which is what I always believed we were all elected to do. I have said many things about Fianna Fáil over the years but at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (18 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; if its future will be safeguarded; the actions his Department is taking to resolve difficult issues affecting the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30242/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider giving discretion to the local authority to extend the slurry ban deadline time for 2016 and for future years as the current deadline has the potential, due to inclement weather, to cause needless pollution in local areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30432/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: This is the second night in a row that I am on the graveyard shift, having taken us up to midnight last night. One's chances of getting on "Oireachtas Report" must be increased if one speaks before the programme is broadcast, so I might get some coverage tonight. I outlined last night my general welcome for the budget and the progress we have made in recent years. I compared this budget...