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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 1 June 2021, the meaning of developer provided wastewater infrastructure in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 1 June 2021, the reason the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Water Services Acts allow for the taking in charge of developer provided wastewater treatment infrastructure but the memorandum of understanding between Irish Water and local authorities does not allow the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided on an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the supplementary panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33078/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive an apprentice incentive scheme payment for two trainees they have employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an appeal to retain a teacher for academic year 2021-2022 for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33834/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (23 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a State pension (contributory) by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33825/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I acknowledge Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for tabling this question and I also want to acknowledge the work of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, on this. It is a very important development that additional boots on the ground, as the Minister of State put it, will be in place. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for coming to Killarney so...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with the Minister for Finance to consider a comprehensive package for first-time buyers to incentivise the purchase and renovation of properties that are currently derelict or uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33919/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: My question relates to the considerable number of properties around the country that are currently uninhabitable and have, in some cases, been abandoned for a long time. It is not viable for first-time buyers to purchase and do them up. It is a crying shame that we have so many vacant properties all over Ireland, yet it is too expensive to get them up to the proper standards. We need to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister of State. It is welcome that the help-to-buy scheme would be expanded because it is a good scheme. It would make sense to do that where properties have been vacant for, for example, two years. I also feel that an expansion of what worked under the home renovation incentive, HRI, scheme, that is, tax relief on the VAT on materials and labour, in respect of such...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: Town centres are very important but there are also huge numbers of properties scattered all over the countryside. Such a scheme could very well apply to those properties. I will also add another suggestion. Right now, under planning laws, a person can extend at the rear of a building without planning. I believe the dimensions are approximately 400 square feet. It might make sense to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I add my voice to the condemnation of what has been happening in Hungary and Poland recently. I encourage the Minister to keep up his work on highlighting our outrage at what has been happening. Last night, as I arrived back in Leinster House from here, the Pride flag was being shone on our Parliament Buildings. This is the position we need to maintain. We need to be a beacon for the rest...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I welcome what the Minister said about universal agreement across the House, which we rarely get. On this issue it is very encouraging to see. I also wish to acknowledge the Houses of the Oireachtas authorities for their work at this time. Members of the LGBTQI+ community have seen the Pride flag flying in the Parliament, and it will be in place over the weekend. It means an awful lot to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made with the new US Administration to improve the situation of undocumented emigrants in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33917/21]