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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: This is a question about the timing of the forthcoming budget, whether the Minister could inform the House if a decision has been made on its timing and the factors that are being considered.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Budget Process (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. I welcome his brevity and clarity. I felt that last year the September budget was a positive precedent. September is a month of renewal. A lot of people are planning ahead and the earlier budget helped people to plan for the winter and the months ahead. It should be considered and would be a positive development if we established September as the regular month for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upgrade of the N22, Macroom to Ovens phase, is a priority of his Department; if he recognises its strategic importance for connectivity in the south-west region; if he will provide an estimated timescale that all stages of such a project would take, an outline of what the scheme would entail, and an estimated cost in today's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will move to build the Adare bypass now that judicial reviews will not be taking place; if he will provide details of costs of all stages of the project and estimated timelines for these; if he recognises the difficulty for socioeconomic activity that the lack of this infrastructure causes in the mid-west and south-west regions;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail what lessening of personal taxation has occurred since 2011 in terms of entry points, rate changes, band changes, tax credits, and so on; if he will provide examples of how these changes have affected earners from both single-income households and double-income households on €25,000, €45,000, €65,000, €85,000...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30236/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (21 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 21 March 2023, when a State property lease will issue to a sports club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29895/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the April cost-of-living payment will be paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30059/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I will be very brief because we are against the clock. I congratulate Ms Galligan and Ms Doocey, whom I had the pleasure of meeting in the corridor earlier along with Senator Cassells. Well done on the work. Did they get any feedback, in conversation or officially, from the people they interviewed regarding individual showering facilities or changing cubicles and whether they would make a...

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

Brendan Griffin: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29216/23]

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

Brendan Griffin: 426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on an exceptional needs payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 654. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29321/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 688. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: I want to raise the issue of the shortage of transmission lines workers and the difficulties this leads to in rolling out the critical infrastructure we need to decarbonise as a country. These workers cannot be sourced within the EEA. They need to be included on the critical skills list but the Department has not responded to requests from contractors who are looking to bring in these very...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (15 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Russian diplomatic presence in Ireland; their numbers and specific purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28881/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (15 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on how we can further support Ukraine in any way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28882/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (15 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the potential of universal broadband connectivity to transform livelihoods and the delivery of services; if he will indicate the discussions and the planning which he is undertaking to deliver this potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the difficulties many householders and business owners are having in relation to accessing adequate broadband speeds in cases where these customers were provided service by commercial providers and not covered by the NBS; if he is aware that many are not achieving the 30mbps speeds that were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Jun 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28896/23]