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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Annagh Banks is a 14-unit development on the Inch-Dingle road out of Castlemaine. Anyone familiar with my part of the country would see it on the right-hand side as they are leaving Castlemaine. It has been unfinished for well over a decade. These houses would take very little work to get them over the line and become homes for people. Kerry County Council is preparing a turnkey...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39795/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40198/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Posthumous Pardons (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the review of historic cases (details supplied); if a recommendation has issued to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide funding to a person with a disability in County Kerry (details supplied) to carry out essential works, not covered under the local authority grant scheme, to their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a lower threshold for SUSI qualification in respect of applicants from households in receipt of a widow's pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 1062. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending SUSI supports to lone parents participating in part-time courses to help offset childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 1091. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider including provision for local history projects in one of her Department's funding streams; if she sees the value of such projects for communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reforms of SUSI to include part-time students and better conditions for students from households in receipt of a widow’s pension or lone-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be selected as a turn-key housing project; the current status of the application by Kerry County Council; if the case will be accelerated given the number of units and relatively short time that would be required to complete the units; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications will open for the voluntary dairy cow scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Last Thursday, I raised the issue of cocaine use in our communities, and the normalisation of the use of cocaine that we have seen creep in in recent years. The reaction that I got over the weekend was one I did not expect. There was an enormous reaction. I received many very difficult phone calls from the heartbroken parents, spouses and siblings of people who have fallen into addiction...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to reduce the LIS list in County Kerry; if she appreciates how long it will take to clear the overall list in Kerry at the current rate of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41328/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for her response. I commend her on all the work she is doing. I welcome the €7.7 million allocated to my county, Kerry, over the past six years. It involved 173 roads that previously were not done, which is important to the residents and farmers using those roads. For those people, they are the most important road there are. There are hundreds more roads that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I know people in County Kerry who are No. 300 or 400 on the list. At the current rate of 25 per annum, which is a good year, it will still take so many years to get it done. I am under enormous pressure, as are other Deputies and councillors. If the council says it only has so much capacity to do X number of roads in the year, which is what I understand has been happening in recent years,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next tranche of successful CLÁR funding allocations will be announced; the amount he expects to be able to allocate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41327/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I am anxious to know when the next round of successful CLÁR allocations will be announced. The CLÁR scheme has had a massive impact all over the country and the funding is very welcome for communities. If the Minister could update the House, I think everyone would be interested.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. The announcement on the successful measure 1 and 3 projects is absolutely eagerly awaited. The Minister referred to the 2,100 projects that have been supported all over the country since the reintroduction of the programme back in 2016. Every single one of those projects is important in those communities. I raised the issue with the Minister during the summer. In my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: One of the really important features of the programme is that it is relatively small money in the overall scheme of things. However, the fundraising capacity of the communities to which this funding is delivered is quite limited. For example, Camp Community Council, which is not far from where I live, was in contact with me. It built a fabulous playground many years ago. It needs an...