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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Ms Haugen for joining us and for all of the work she has done. She has done the world a great service and it is important that is acknowledged. This meeting is a good opportunity for us to consult her and hear her views. Today we are having a good, moderate and reasonable discussion, with some good contributions from my colleagues but it is not likely to be amplified on Facebook....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: On a separate matter, it seems that the more psychopathic the leader of a country is, the more of an online presence he or she has. This is possibly more pertinent this week than other weeks and in that context, I wish to ask about Facebook's relationship with Russia. What is happening at the moment in Ukraine is incredibly worrying and could be destabilising for the whole world, not just...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Ms Haugen.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify a matter in relation to Irish horse sectors and TAMs (details supplied). [11216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (2 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review on the transposition by primary legislation of EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions will be completed following the recent public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12037/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (2 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if officials in his Department will engage with a person (details supplied) regarding setting up a data centre strategy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12166/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his Department’s efforts to regulate short-term rental properties in the context of the shortage of long-term properties for rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to build the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12094/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Transport Infrastructure Ireland in relation to the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an incentive scheme to make short-term rentals available for purchase by first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12092/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Senator Conway for sharing his time and thank the Chair for facilitating me. I welcome the witnesses and I acknowledge the many people who are watching, particularly the families and people in south Kerry affected by this really outrageous sequence of events. There are many questions still to be answered. Serious improvements in services and interventions are needed given the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: What are the consequences where we have complaints in writing and flares going up about issues, but nothing is done? We are looking at all of these records but what are the actual consequences for people who clearly dropped the ball here? What is going to happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: HSE (2 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: In the short time I have left, I want to raise a specific and tragic case. In September of last year, my office was approached by the family of a young child who had presented at south Kerry CAMHS with the child's mother. They were sent away and told they would be contacted but they were not contacted at all. Two weeks after that, the child took their own life. I flagged this subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of the cases in which imperative reasons of overriding public interest were invoked for infrastructural projects; if he will provide a note on the mechanisms of the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice will be provided on a matter regarding school transport for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the review of a special needs assistant allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the dental benefit scheme will be accepted. [12366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Mar 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 364. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12465/22]