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Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if overnight respite care will be reinstated for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43243/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (15 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 637. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43530/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for the beef finisher scheme will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42917/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pardons (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for her response. I acknowledge the great work the Michael O'Donoghue Memorial Heritage Project has done on this case. For the relatives of John Twiss, it is very emotive and important that they have justice done for their ancestor. I acknowledge the Minister's enthusiasm from the start. Within days of taking office she was on the case. I also acknowledge the work of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pardons (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: I am very grateful for that reassurance and I know what it will mean for the family of John Twiss, as well as for people like Johnnie Roche, who has never given up the fight on this along with his many colleagues in the Michael O'Donoghue Memorial Heritage Project in Castleisland. They firmly believe in John Twiss's innocence. Many experts over the years have examined the case in detail and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pardons (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the campaign to posthumously pardon a person (details supplied) further to ongoing correspondence from this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42427/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pardons (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: Táim fíorbhuíoch as ucht an tseans chun an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a phlé inniu. What is the up-to-date position in respect of the campaign to posthumously pardon Mr. John Twiss, who was executed in 1895 for a crime that most independent observers now concede he could not possibly have committed?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the ongoing level of instances of ramming of Garda vehicles; if it is considered further legislation is required in this area to deter such instances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42428/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of respite services for persons with disabilities and their families in County Kerry; if services will be restored to pre-Covid-19 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the senior rheumatologist position at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Safety (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a safety review of a bridge (details supplied) on a national secondary route in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Projects (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding had been submitted by a local authority (details supplied) in respect of a bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 outbreaks in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42734/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pandemic unemployment payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42690/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 428. To ask the Minister for Health his views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of restrictions on wedding music; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42718/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a BEEP scheme payment for 2020 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42582/20]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: Chairman, before we go into private session, I wish to point out I was very concerned by comments attributed to you in the past 24 hours, as were many people throughout the country. I wonder whether you, as Chairman of this committee, will take this opportunity to explain those comments. They have caused a great deal of hurt and upset to many people and this is an opportunity for you to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: No-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: As Chairman of the committee, I believe you owe it to the people to explain your comments. As the committee will consider petitions from members of the public on matters of grave sensitivity in some cases, it is of critical importance that they have confidence in the Chairman of the committee. Quite frankly, I believe your comments may have undermined that level of confidence that people...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: Sorry, Chair-----