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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: What will be the position on local databases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: If it does not, does it go back for manual sorting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: I presume the postman or the person with the local knowledge would kick in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: What about something like "IRA"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: As a resident of a very rural part of County Kerry, I appreciate the difficulties that exist at present pertaining to a number of people having the same name at the same address. Where I grew up in Caherfealane, there were five Michael Griffins, while in the adjacent townlands of Shanahill and Shanakeal, there were about ten John Foleys or Seán Foleys or whatever but everyone could add...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: Yes. The other question I wished to ask pertains to the codes themselves. I note that a combination of numbers and letters is being used. Have the witnesses considered potential difficulties that may arise from the use of letters such as a lower-case "l" and the numeral "1"? Sometimes, people will use lower-case letters with their computers or whatever. In looking at my notes, I cannot...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 80. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision is expected on an application for Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44487/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 135. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.113 of 15 October 2014, if he will liaise with the Department of Education and Skills to devise a fairer and more progressive approach to continuing education and school transport for persons with disabilities as they enter adulthood, as the current system presents numerous transitional difficulties and there seems to be...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has approached, consulted with or invited interest from other State agencies or Departments regarding putting the old Dingle Community Hospital to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44518/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the old Dingle Community Hospital building falling into a state of repair and dereliction if it is not put to use soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44519/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been any serious expressions of interest in the old Dingle Community Hospital from potential investors, public or private; if so, if details of these expressions of interest will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44520/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be permitted and enabled to carry out the full planned expansion now in one phase rather than partially in two phases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44492/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement measures to reverse the adverse changes that were made in relation to guidance counsellor positions in schools in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44515/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she acknowledges that changes to the status of school guidance counsellor positions are now resulting in costly consequences, such as increased university drop out rates and other social problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44516/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement measures to reverse the adverse changes that were made in relation to guidance counsellor positions in schools in recent years; her views on these changes now resulting in costly consequences, such as increased university drop out rates and other social problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44521/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the difficulties caused by the changes to teaching structures in schools affecting assistant teaching positions; her views on these changes limiting principals' freedom to delegate, stifling promotion opportunities and making it more difficult to find suitable candidates for principal or deputy principal positions; and if...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate measures to allow the National Roads Authority to liaise with An Bord Pleanála on a pre-planning basis on projects of strategic public interest, such as the Adare bypass project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44522/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if increased funding will be provided to Kerry County Council to replace the old bridge at Listry on the R563; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44523/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to progress the N86 road improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44524/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Nov 2014)
Brendan Griffin: 192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to protect a historical structure (details supplied) from being washed away by the sea; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44525/14]