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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the choice of predictive grades will be considered in the case of a student (details supplied) along with the sitting of exams for the 2021-2022 academic leaving certificate year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2160/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment placement will be extended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1973/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2409/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment for bank holidays will be extended to causal jobseekers who don’t receive payment from their employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2459/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department can help first-time buyers bring derelict houses back into use as homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3249/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I want to ask about the issue of derelict housing. It is an issue I have raised time and again over the years. There is an opportunity to bring thousands of units throughout the country in every community back into use as homes for people and to do so in a relatively short period of time. What action is being taken? It is something that is very urgent.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This is an area in which I have a great interest. It is very frustrating to see in my community and while travelling in County Kerry and throughout the country so many vacant units in the middle of a housing crisis. It is critical that we provide incentives to get these derelict properties on to the market, as is the stick which is coming in the...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: As I have been getting different figures, I would be grateful if the Minister of State could provide me with definitive figures on how many derelict properties there are in my County Kerry. I am sure he does not have them with him now. I also emphasise that in our messaging we should not refer only to towns and villages but also to the thousands of derelict cottages and old farmhouses...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will act without delay to introduce additional new measures to help bring derelict houses back into use as homes for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Angling Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a river (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reopened for salmon fishing in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 710. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the LEADER food initiative in County Kerry to fund a number of projects at locations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (26 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if a pandemic bonus tax exemption will be introduced for employers that want to give their employees a pandemic bonus up to the value of €1,000 similar to the tax-free voucher scheme of €500 that is already in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3942/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the need for neurology nurses at Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3673/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (26 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 154. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding leave following a miscarriage and for those going through fertility treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the drug cariban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3962/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: The review of south Kerry child and adult mental health services, CAHMS, makes for devastating reading. This failure by CAHMS has caused enormous pain and suffering for children and their families in south Kerry. It has had a catastrophic impact on some children. I believe this case warrants a full Garda investigation and I hope that happens. Will the State issue a formal apology to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the latest position in relation to progress with the administration of President Biden regarding undocumented Irish citizens living in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the message has been received in London that attempts to provide an amnesty in respect of troubles related atrocities is unacceptable and that justice is demanded in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement the Defence Forces have with the school system in the context of promoting the positive work carried out by the men and women of Óglaigh na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3866/22]