Results 11,841-11,860 of 15,510 for speaker:Brendan Griffin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 537. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/14]

Topical Issue Debate (5 Jun 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Yes. I understand the Minister will be available next Tuesday and it would be preferable to discuss the matter in his presence.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (29 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a decision on an invalidity pension application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23570/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (29 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an agri-environment options scheme 1 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (28 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for the information he has given to us. We have discussed the issue of road safety and I raised in the Dáil with the Minister the need for a philosophical and attitudinal change to what we find acceptable with regard to road death figures. I used the 1970s as an example when more than 600 people died on the roads every year in Ireland. In the late 1990s the figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (28 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: It is amazing that in the 1970s society deemed such road death levels as acceptable, because it would not have happened if they had not been, as a downside of having a transport system. The outlook we need to take is zero tolerance to road deaths and injuries because one death is one too many. We should try to embrace technology more and see it as a way of self-policing road traffic...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the changes to the one-parent family tax credit system will save in 2014; his views that the measure is forcing some parents into poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22720/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allow persons in private pensions to cash in their pensions without a tax liability if they invest in a start-up business; if he sees a merit in such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22127/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry did not qualify for the supplementary panel for 2014-2015; if his Department will provide details of their shortcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22235/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualifying criteria for supplementary panel rights will be changed so that overall experience rather than just one year's earnings will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22236/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal of a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22448/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage and number of domiciliary care allowance applications in the past three years that were initially refused by her Department; the percentage and number of applications that were subsequently granted on appeal; if the results suggest there is a policy of blanket refusal of initial applications within her Department; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is departmental policy to refuse domiciliary care allowance in respect of children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22743/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Projects' Funding (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 475. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if sources of funding will be available for a community project in a Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available for rain water harvesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22238/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has additional funding for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22726/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when community groups will be able to apply for the new Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Projects (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 620. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the targeted investment scheme TAMS II will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 623. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate assessment of a site for an aquaculture licence application will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22999/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (27 May 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 668. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding solicitor training contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22581/14]