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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: My question relates to the considerable number of properties around the country that are currently uninhabitable and have, in some cases, been abandoned for a long time. It is not viable for first-time buyers to purchase and do them up. It is a crying shame that we have so many vacant properties all over Ireland, yet it is too expensive to get them up to the proper standards. We need to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister of State. It is welcome that the help-to-buy scheme would be expanded because it is a good scheme. It would make sense to do that where properties have been vacant for, for example, two years. I also feel that an expansion of what worked under the home renovation incentive, HRI, scheme, that is, tax relief on the VAT on materials and labour, in respect of such...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: I acknowledge Deputy Ó Cathasaigh for tabling this question and I also want to acknowledge the work of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, on this. It is a very important development that additional boots on the ground, as the Minister of State put it, will be in place. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for coming to Killarney so...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made with the new US Administration to improve the situation of undocumented emigrants in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of REAP scheme applications received; the number rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grounds that will be considered for reviews of decisions from REAP scheme applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employment terms and conditions for school bus escorts will be reviewed to allow for pay during school holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34061/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance can be made available in a case (details supplied) in which the person is in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment has a level 9 qualification since 2018 and cannot secure employment with that qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial supports are available for third-level students whose families are marginally over the income threshold for a student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioners charging to take blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding will be provided for the REAP scheme given the significant demand by farmers for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33985/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the scoring criteria for the REAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33986/21]