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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I wish to raise the important issue of the backlogs in driving tests and driver theory tests. The pandemic has created havoc in respect of both backlog lists. What is the plan to clear both lists? These are very important services throughout the country, both in rural Ireland, which is often mentioned, and urban Ireland. It is vital that these services would be available speedily to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I commend the efforts to keep the service going as much as possible during the pandemic at the times when it was possible to operate. I acknowledge it is important that essential workers would be prioritised, but I believe that more could be done, particularly in respect of online theory tests. That is an area where there could be greater progress. I must express concern about some of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. I acknowledge the safe operating record as well. Those figures are fantastic. The Minister has set out very ambitious targets there and I hope they will be met. I ask the Minister to personally keep a close eye on it because it is so important to so many people. What the Minister has said here this morning will be reassuring to the hundreds of people who have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I wish to ask about moneys that will go unspent by the Department. There are shovel-ready LIS projects across the country that badly need funding. Although they have moved from the Department of Transport to the Department of Rural and Community Development, I ask that the Minister engage with the Minister for Rural and Community Affairs. We have thousands of roads around the country, many...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the witnesses. I have one for Mr. McGeoghegan about photosensitive epilepsy. When I think about the idea of trolls deliberately trying to trigger seizures, I ask who these people are. Besides deliberate targeting of people, is online content that may unintentionally target and inadvertently trigger seizures in people a factor in regular social media or organised news outlets...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make cycling and walking safer on existing rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the use of Covid-19 antigen testing as part of efforts to support the Irish aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for Sceilig Mhichíl for the 2021 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will carry out an audit of flood prevention embankments and other infrastructure to establish the potential that such infrastructure holds for adaptation to walking and cycling infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32349/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) regarding driver theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a date for a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants on special Covid-19 leave at the end of 2020; the number at the end of May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding declaring a housing emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32571/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Backlog Working Group established as part of Project Woodland; the suggestions by the Group to solve the forestry licencing crisis; his plans for the implementation of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to the introduction of statutory timelines with respect to the issuing of forestry licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering wholesale regulatory reform with respect to the issuing of forestry licences in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32679/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is reviewing the 15 km screening radius with respect to forestry projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32680/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (17 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied). [32681/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I am sure that the Taoiseach will agree that the incident involving Danish footballer, Christian Eriksen, ten days ago was very distressing to watch. It reminded us all how such tragic events can occur in everyday life. It can happen to anybody. In the course of my work, one of the issues that is raised frequently is the lack of supports for community groups that provide defibrillators....