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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a printer for the Cork Passport Office to facilitate in-person one-day rapid renewals there and take pressure and demand off the Mount Street office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33167/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure each passport application is checked for validity immediately on receipt to allow time for applicants to submit corrected information, if required, as anomalies are too frequently being discovered too late in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33168/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: There has already been a discussion about the passport service this morning. The specific issue I raise is the possibility of a printer being installed in the Cork office to alleviate pressure on the Mount Street office and provide a quicker service to people in the south and south-west regions. In addition, I raise the issue of the stage in the process at which a passport application is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I acknowledge the huge efforts that have been made by the Minister and his Department to try to address the difficulties that people have been facing. To be honest, I have never seen anything like the volume of requests from people in my constituency who have been in contact with my office because of the risk of losing their holidays and flights. Unfortunately, some people did not get their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I acknowledge the efforts of my staff and of all parliamentary staff on all sides of the Houses. It has been very stressful for them and they have borne the brunt at the front line in hearing the stories and taking that stress on themselves to get the issues resolved. If the Minister is considering moving the Cork passport office, he is more than welcome to move it to Kerry, if he so...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (22 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the active travel scheme will open for applications from local authorities in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered ways of incentivising the long-term letting of properties that are currently being let as short-term rentals in an effort to create increased supply of long-term rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33091/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when grant aid will be made available for first-time buyers to do up old derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carers support grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 433. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the €1,000 HSE pandemic bonus payment. [33419/22]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: Given the number of abstentions on this vote-----

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: There is a very high level of abstentions in the vote on this very important issue.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: Given the very high level of abstentions on the division on this very important matter relating to the Special Criminal Court, I call for a vote on the amendment other than by electronic means. A huge proportion of the Members of this Parliament have abstained on a vote concerning the Special Criminal Court.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: As 31 Members of Dáil Éireann have abstained on the vote on a motion regarding the Special Criminal Court, I ask that the vote be carried out by other than electronic means.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I asked the Leas-Cheann Comhairle a question but did not receive an answer from her.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: As a Whip and a teller, I asked a question of the Chair and did not receive an answer.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: You did not.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: Will the Leas-Cheann Comhairle please clarify? She did not answer me.

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I want to record my disgust that 31 Members of Dáil Éireann abstained in a vote on a motion on the Special Criminal Court.