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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of the decision on a carer's support grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated following a successful appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (10 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the position following the visit of the National Director of Acute Hospitals to University Hospital Kerry in November 2021; if there is a plan to address the chronic issues at the hospital as previously outlined to Dáil Éireann by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of plans to address the recruitment challenge in the health service which has left a significant number of consultant and hospital posts vacant leading to poorer outcomes for patients, including in mental healthcare. [7833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an adjustable qualifier to apply to excise duty on units of fuel to provide for a maximum and minimum unit prices as a measure to mitigate against the socio-economic impacts of peaks and troughs in global oil prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance the advice he can provide in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 289. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief is available on the cost of the renovation of listed or buildings proposed to be listed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will announce a lengthy extension to the fuel allowance season as a priority as a measure to provide assistance and security to householders at risk of fuel poverty due to the current spike in global fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the introduction of incentives for plumbers, electricians and other trades to take on apprentices and subsidise their wages in relation to the new retrofit programmes for homes. [8153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the introduction of incentives for plumbers, electricians and other trades to take on apprentices and subsidise their wages in relation to the new retrofit programmes for homes. [8154/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding ambulance and paramedic personnel who are unvaccinated; if such personnel will be returned to front-line duty in the near future; if a distinction in treatment exists for unvaccinated personnel who are recently recovered from Covid-19; if the National Ambulance Service will explain the rationale for policy in this area; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (16 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if defibrillators and life saving equipment will be exempted from VAT when European Union law allows for an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8638/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker’s overpayment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8650/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (16 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his Department's policy to increase penalties on farmers who exercise their right to appeal; if he will investigate a case in which a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry had their penalty more than doubled when they exercised their right of appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the timing of the next allocations under the town and village renewal scheme; the detail of the projects applied for from County Kerry; the amounts sought in respect of each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local improvement scheme allocation for 2022; the number of outstanding local improvement scheme roads by local authority; the value of outstanding roads awaiting improvement; the amount initially sought by Kerry County Council in respect of 2021; the amount that was sought when the local authority was called on to apply for the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (17 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the extension of electronic tagging for criminals with multiple convictions for serious offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an incentive package for owners and buyers in respect of properties that were available as short-term rental properties up to 1 February 2022, in circumstances in which the property would be made available for purchase by a first-time buyer for a limited period; if he will consider such a new scheme as a matter of urgency in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the options available to eliminate the element of taxation impacting on the cost of purchasing or building a house as a first-time buyer and the cost of selling a house to a first-time buyer; his views on whether targeted taxation breaks for sellers to first-time buyers and to first-time buyers and self-builders themselves...