Results 6,201-6,220 of 15,510 for speaker:Brendan Griffin

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Data (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual costs of the State pension, contributory and non-contributory, in tabular form over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing the full rate of contributory pension to all recipients of the reduced rate of the state pension contributory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional funding will be provided under the school meals programme to community crèches where numbers have increased since their initial application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31761/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if administration fees will be provided with grants of over €10,000 in view of his Department's requirement for separate bank accounts for the payment of these grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31764/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 485. To ask the Minister for Health the policy on the reversal of the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, cuts imposed on the private sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32000/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Board will consider meeting representatives of an association (details supplied) on a more regular basis to discuss the modernisation of the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31589/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (25 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all the findings from the Morris report into the greyhound industry in Ireland will be implemented in the greyhound industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31590/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (26 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding third level funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a review of a breach a nitrates regulation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32268/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (27 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any tax relief or any other support available to working couples who are marginally over the income limit to qualify for student grants and who are struggling with college fees, accommodation and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (27 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of additional information submitted in respect of a jobseeker's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Oct 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32410/16]

Other Questions: Road Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate increased funding to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to initiate the shovel-ready projects in the capital investment plan, such as the N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30727/16]

Other Questions: Road Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: This question relates to shovel-ready or almost shovel-ready projects in the capital investment plan, namely the N22, Ballyvourney to Macroom road, which is in County Cork but as a resident of County Kerry I point out that it is one of the two main road arteries serving our county. Until that road is upgraded, our economic progress potential will be seriously hampered. I want this project...

Other Questions: Road Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for his reply. I want to put two points to him. The first is an invitation to travel the N22 and see the congestion caused in the village of Ballyvourney and the town of Macroom and to experience at first hand what many people experience five, six or seven days a week, depending on the circumstances. Will he sit down with me - a Deputy from one of the counties affected...

Other Questions: Road Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for his reply. As a Deputy from the county of Kerry, I see no reason the construction start date cannot be brought forward. The year 2020 was given but it is simply too far away for the people of the south west. I have mentioned the socioeconomic impacts but there is also the issue of the number of people who have to travel that road every day to health care...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32597/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline his plans to extend the fuel allowance scheme to illness benefit scheme recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32661/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Griffin: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance scheme to illness benefit recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32662/16]