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Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department can help first-time buyers bring derelict houses back into use as homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3249/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I want to ask about the issue of derelict housing. It is an issue I have raised time and again over the years. There is an opportunity to bring thousands of units throughout the country in every community back into use as homes for people and to do so in a relatively short period of time. What action is being taken? It is something that is very urgent.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will act without delay to introduce additional new measures to help bring derelict houses back into use as homes for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Angling Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a river (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reopened for salmon fishing in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 710. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the LEADER food initiative in County Kerry to fund a number of projects at locations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3432/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I commend both the Minister and the Minister of State, in particular, on their work in the sports capital and equipment programme. It is really important that more funding is provided and I acknowledge the significant work the Minister of State has done in it. Quite simply, a bigger budget means more funding for a larger number of clubs. In the context of Covid, we know that over the past...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister of State. It is a very important part of our heritage. Unfortunately, the State failed to keep island life alive but we want to keep the stories and traditions and the brilliant heritage there alive. To do so, we need to be able to make the island accessible to people. One of the first books I read, when I was eight or nine years of age, was the English translation of...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding the provision of an improved landing facility on An Blascaod Mór; the progress he hopes to achieve in 2022 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2553/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: This question concerns the landing facility - or the lack of an adequate one - for An Blascaod Mór. It is a very important and popular heritage location and tourist attraction. I ask the OPW prioritises improving the landing facility on that important island.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I know he is no stranger to that part of the world and spent time there learning the Irish language many years ago. More recently, he was with me in Dún Chaoin and helped resolve a matter relating to the local playground site. The island is not far from where we were in September 2021. I invite the Minister of State to come down and take...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a site for a community playground in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2552/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress she is seeking in 2022 in relation to the commitment in the Programme for Government in respect of creating a wild Atlantic walkway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2311/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regulatory Bodies (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been made by the Central Bank on the shared equity scheme given that a decision was due in November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reform to community employment schemes in which an existing participant can remain in place until an replacement is found will be implemented before 4 February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a 2021 basic payment scheme dual claim will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for claimed lands at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the log period for smaller lobster fishing boats will be extended; if flexibility will be shown in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (20 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will consider purchasing forestry at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2832/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: I wish the Taoiseach and everybody in the House a happy new year. I want to ask the Taoiseach about a matter I have been raising here on a very regular basis over the years, namely, derelict housing and the opportunities there to bring thousands and thousands of housing units back into use in a relatively short period. I am asking that renewed focus be put on putting in place the proper...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 21 April 2021, the status of the review of the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Jan 2022)

Brendan Griffin: 98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if supports will be put in place for hospitality businesses who were forced to close at 8 pm but did not qualify for the Covid restriction support scheme and wage subsidy scheme over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2026/22]