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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (24 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) relating to lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied) on the extension of an allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10603/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (24 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the maximum periods of detention currently permissible to gardaí in respect of individuals involved in serious antisocial behaviour and public order offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10829/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to update legislation to increase the maximum possible sentence for crimes such as knife crime, serious assault and grievous bodily harm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10830/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (24 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish a list of the provisions enacted under justice legislation since 1994 that have yet to be commenced in the area of serious crime prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10831/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: There are thousands upon thousands of properties around the country that are currently short-term rentals. Many of them would be far better used if they were available on the long-term rental market or, better still, available for purchase by first-time buyers. I want to ask the Taoiseach three things specifically. First, will the Government better resource local authorities to enforce the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: These are all related, a Cheann Comhairle. Second, will the Government introduce a package of supports for first-time buyers to purchase such properties? Third, will the Government introduce an incentive package for owners of such properties to make them available for purchase by first-time buyers? This could literally bring thousands of new units onto the market for first-time buyers.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 51. To ask the Taoiseach if the planned memorial for persons who passed away during the pandemic will include everyone who passed away during the two-year period or if it will be just for persons who passed away from Covid-19 specifically. [9215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychologists and psychiatrists available in University Hospital Kerry and County Kerry, respectively for adult mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres nationwide due to be fitted out and completed in 2022; if he will provide further details regarding the future opening of new primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10331/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 242. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent annually on procuring consumable and other equipment related to drug and alcohol prevention and treatment programmes nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10343/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Ms Haugen for joining us and for all of the work she has done. She has done the world a great service and it is important that is acknowledged. This meeting is a good opportunity for us to consult her and hear her views. Today we are having a good, moderate and reasonable discussion, with some good contributions from my colleagues but it is not likely to be amplified on Facebook....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: On a separate matter, it seems that the more psychopathic the leader of a country is, the more of an online presence he or she has. This is possibly more pertinent this week than other weeks and in that context, I wish to ask about Facebook's relationship with Russia. What is happening at the moment in Ukraine is incredibly worrying and could be destabilising for the whole world, not just...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Ms Haugen.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an incentive package for owners and buyers in respect of properties that were available as short-term rental properties up to 1 February 2022, in circumstances in which the property would be made available for purchase by a first-time buyer for a limited period; if he will consider such a new scheme as a matter of urgency in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the options available to eliminate the element of taxation impacting on the cost of purchasing or building a house as a first-time buyer and the cost of selling a house to a first-time buyer; his views on whether targeted taxation breaks for sellers to first-time buyers and to first-time buyers and self-builders themselves...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the commencement of operations at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Feb 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9621/22]