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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (28 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a winch will be repaired at the pier in Ballinskelligs, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23905/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (29 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); if changes will be implemented to improve services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24190/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 172. To ask the Minister for Health if an ex-gratia payment will issue to a widower of a former employee (details supplied) without the requirement of a grant of administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24176/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 199. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current position regarding the next allocations of the sports capital and equipment programme; when the grants will be allocated; if a budget has been agreed; how this compares to the total demand;the total allocation versus eligible demand for the recent equipment scheme; if a similar allocation can be achieved for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine ways to streamline the application and drawdown of croí cónaithe grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Bus Éireann, as the Tánaiste may be aware, does not allow drivers aged over 70 to operate on its school routes or passenger services. Other private operators can do this safely. In the area I come from, we have many companies operating school services on behalf of Bus Éireann which are having difficulty finding drivers, yet we have many people aged 70 or slightly older who...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her future plans for funding of RTÉ and other broadcasters and radio film and television sector operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24378/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase housing assistance payment rent limits in Kerry, in line with Cork and Limerick rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24415/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 182. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the latest up-to-date figures regarding TV licence renewal and purchase of TV licences for 2024 versus 2023; the figures for July 2022 to May 2023 inclusive versus July 2023 to May 2024 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24578/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of primary and secondary schools in Kerry approved for the hot school meals programme; the total number actively in receipt of hot meals at this point; the total number of schools approved but not yet commenced; the total number of schools not approved yet; the number of children benefitting from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 263. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue from the HSE to a representation reference (details supplied) submitted on 26 February 2024; if measures will be put in place to deal with the unacceptable delays in receiving timely responses from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24570/24]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Chair and thank the witnesses for coming in. I particularly welcome the new chair, Mr. Terence O'Rourke, and congratulate him on his appointment. He has taken on a difficult job at a very difficult time and I wish him well in his endeavours because the whole country needs him, the board of RTÉ and the executives to do well and steer the station in the right direction and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Brendan Griffin: How many times has Mr. O'Rourke met the Minister since his appointment?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Brendan Griffin: How does that compare with the director general? How often does Mr. O'Rourke meet with the director general?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Brendan Griffin: What concerns does the chair have, from his time in the organisation and from having watched committee proceedings at various stages here and maybe at the Committee of Public Accounts, in relation to bogus self-employment?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Brendan Griffin: We are going back down a rabbit hole again now. I have been here many times before and, as Ms Cusack well knows, that is only part of the story. There are legacy issues going much further back than 2018 that I am concerned about and that the workers who have been disenfranchised and disadvantaged are concerned about. These are the issues the chairman has an obligation to fully examine and...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (12 Jun 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Is Mr. O'Rourke willing to not be captured by executives like previous boards have been, to insist on fairness and to insist that we cut out the speak where Eversheds and 2018 are constantly being referred to as the starting point of this issue when we all know it is not and that it goes back much further than that? As the new chair, it would be refreshing for Mr. O’Rourke to come in...