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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: The €800-per-month scheme for pledged accommodation for Ukrainian refugees has been quite successful. I know many families who have been housed as a result of the scheme. We can learn from what has happened with it. Will the Government consider expanding the scheme to include other cohorts of people in need of housing, including, for example, those who are currently classified as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (9 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the rates and bands relating to the application of USC to workers' incomes with a view to reducing the taxation burden on workers in the context of rapidly rising living costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21467/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ukraine War (9 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all Irish-based financial services operations are adhering to financial sanctions imposed against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working family payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21324/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (9 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for JobsPlus will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry received a reduced organics payment; if this payment will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (11 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform which sites were made available to the OPW from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and other public bodies for the modular programme; if the OPW was provided with enough resources to finish the programme and expand it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22089/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding improvements to visitor facilities and conservation efforts on An Blascaod Mór; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22153/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (11 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the site selection process for a new advance technology building in Kerry Technology Park will be accelerated by the IDA in view of the disappointing recent jobs figures pertaining to IDA supported companies in Kerry; the number of IDA-sponsored site visits to Kerry to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will urgently include lineworkers on the critical skills occupation list as companies rolling out vital national infrastructure cannot source the qualified personnel to carry out this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is grant aid available to set up a wheelchair-accessible taxi business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the reopening of the Blasket Islands and Sceilg Mhichíl for the 2023 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Question Heading for question(s) 76 (10 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the circular with details of the changes to the vacant property grant of 1 May 2023 will issue to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21950/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I want to raise with the Minister issues that have been brought to my attention by constituents regarding the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. There are huge delays with paper registrations, for example. Even though the board will say it is taking seven weeks, constituents are telling me it is taking ten to 12 weeks. There are delays on the phone. I checked it this morning. I was on for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available for a sports-related workshop in a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23552/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will fund proposals in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (17 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ministerial consent was provided approving the 1983 transfer of a Land Commission Trust property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 May 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the average wait times for medical procedures in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23266/23]