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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will consider constructing clusters of rural cottages in shared sites with communal ancillary services to keep local persons in their native rural locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62908/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to regulations to increase the extension dimensions permitted without planning permission on existing structures for first-time buyers as a measure to help incentivise the renovation of currently uninhabited or derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department has carried out in relation to the short-term rental sector with particular focus on compliance and enforcement in relation to existing regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with utility providers in relation to water and electricity connection and reconnection fees; if he will request a reduction in such fees for a stated window of time for first-time buyers subject to an occupancy clause of seven years as a measure to help incentivise the renovation of currently uninhabited...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the attention of British Government has been drawn to the outrage felt by many persons on this island in relation to its plans to provide amnesty in respect of atrocities carried out in Northern Ireland pre-1998; if the British Government has been advised by him of the enormous damage this would do to the peace process and Anglo-Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will use all available diplomatic channels to secure the immediate release of a political prisoner (details supplied) imprisoned for over two years in Belarus and for an end to the persecution of and release of opposition political activists in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 371. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will appropriately honour all the Irish soldiers who served with distinction at Jadotville; if his attention has been drawn to the time urgency of doing same and the broad range of historical primary and secondary evidence that would justify such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62897/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 372. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces recruitment and retention issues are being addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62898/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in County Kerry that lost mainstream teachers for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a contingency plan for the return of schools in January 2022 in the event of continued high Covid-19 rates amongst those under 18 years of age; if so, the details of such plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62915/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of air filtration units being provided to schools for January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated percentage of the overall number of classrooms nationwide her Department will provide with air filtration units in January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated percentage of the overall number of classrooms in County Kerry her Department will provide with air filtration units by January 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62918/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62919/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62920/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding the provision of pensions or other beneficial payments for current and former community employment supervisors; if her attention has been drawn to the upset caused by the recent offer made by her Department; if the amount offered will be revised upwards; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 554. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resource West Kerry Community Hospital with additional staff to secure the retention of existing short and long-stay beds, and open the eight long-stay and eight short stay-beds that are needed to avoid older persons from the Dingle peninsula being moved long distances from their homes to avail of residential care; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 560. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 3 December, if a reply will issue from him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62634/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (16 Dec 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has refused to publish the external service review into missed radiology scans at University Hospital Kerry; if the HSE will publish the review; if he has read the review or is aware of its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62927/21]