Results 11,261-11,280 of 15,510 for speaker:Brendan Griffin

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (16 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will visit Kerry Airport in the new year to see the immense benefits of the airport to County Kerry economy and the impact of positive Government policies towards the airport, including the retention of the PSO flight subsidy and other State support funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48174/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sporting Events (16 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he sees potential for Killarney to be a host town for the Rugby World Cup bid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48179/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (16 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the chronological history of funding provided for a road project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48181/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (16 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Wild Atlantic Way signs for a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will be increased in size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48182/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (16 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 686. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the gorse burning season in 2015 will be extended beyond the current date in line with Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48121/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (16 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 687. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) in County Cork will be included in the consultative committee to help address the problem of farmers being at a loss because of lands being sterilised because of the hen harrier; if she will review all avenues to resolve this hugely damaging restriction for landowners; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Payments Administration (11 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not receive their bonus social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47563/14]

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Bhí mise freisin ag féachaint ar an gclár teilifíse aréir agus bhí fearg orm agus bhí mé fíor bhrónach agus mé ag féachaint air. An mbeidh seans ag gach Teachta an t-ábhar sin a phlé sa Dáil nó an mbeidh díospóireacht againn chun é a phlé agus chun ár gcuid smaointe a chur chun cinn chun...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital acquisitions tax relief in respect of agricultural land will be extended to farmers in disadvantaged areas who have to supplement their income outside of the farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments will commence in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47023/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 27 November 2013, if the Luger pistol confiscated by the RIC from Roger Casement in 1916 was ever in Garda possession; and if so, its whereabouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47028/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 317. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46915/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with ministerial colleagues the issue of the loss of entitlements of returning Irish emigrants, for example the entitlement to free third level fees, if they have been out of the country for more than a certain number of years; if he will seek a relaxation of these rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the policy on commercial motor tax in view of the difficulties it is posing for small farmers and the variation in implementation from county to county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46830/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be providing direction on the way capital funding will be allocated by local authorities to single rural cottages housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will initiate an inquiry into the handling of a planning case (details supplied) by a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if free water agreements made by local authorities will be honoured by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47212/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Projects (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 471. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a placename continues to appear incorrectly on official documents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47264/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority will examine a stretch of highly dangerous road (details supplied) in County Kerry; if a resolution plan will be prepared to make this section of road safer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider ways to offer incentives and compensation to farmers for any loss or inconvenience caused by allowing greenways or walkways through their lands, in view of the huge societal and economic potential that such infrastructure may bring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46300/14]