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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 319. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how she is determining whether value for money is being achieved by local authorities through the spending of State funding and local contributions on the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. []

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 320. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many audits of local authorities have taken place in relation to the spending of State funding and local contributions on the local improvement scheme; the local authorities that were audited, the years audited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17203/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 323. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has queried any returns from any local authorities in the past eight years under the local improvement scheme; if any further examination of drawdown and inspection has taken place; if so, the specific local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 321. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out price comparisons on the cost of roads being improved by different local authorities under the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17204/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 322. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out price comparisons on the cost of roads being improved by local authorities under the local improvement scheme versus private contractor quotations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 324. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has identified any circumstances in local authorities where funding was drawn down under the local improvement scheme in respect of roads that were not completed at the time of drawdown; if so, if she will identify the local authorities that were involved and list each such instancy; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total amount in local contributions from residents and landowners, per local authority, under the local improvement scheme since 2016, in tabular form; the number of roads improved in each of these local authority areas in the corresponding period; the total length/area of road completed; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 326. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amounts sought by each local authority and subsequently granted to each local authority under the local improvement scheme for each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17209/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 327. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the ORIS stream 3 funding allocations will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17237/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: RTÉ workers are protesting outside the gates of Leinster House this lunchtime over the issue of bogus self-employment. This is an issue I have raised with the Taoiseach and here in the Chamber on a number of occasions. A total of 396 workers were let go by RTÉ after the Eversheds review. Based on the figures provided to me here last week by the Taoiseach, 297 of those workers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Priorities (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her priorities for the year ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a weapons amnesty to help take more guns and knives off the streets and generate greater awareness about knife crime in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17639/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17641/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on a rent supplement application (details supplied) by a person who had to leave the family home will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17347/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for advice and-or clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 organics payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17681/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (23 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if GP visit and medical card holders with underlying conditions should be charged for blood tests by their GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17531/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a safety improvement scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18170/24]