Results 101-120 of 558 for long speaker:Brendan Griffin

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ...the 9% VAT rate in respect of 2022, which I called for in the House and at private parliamentary party meetings as well. That is a good measure, but it is very important that it would be continued long beyond September 2022. It is very welcome, but this will be a long recovery for the tourism and hospitality sector and we will need such supports. Deputy Carroll MacNeill referred to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ...calling for fairness and consistency in how we treat all pubs and restaurants. I also call for an early signal that there will be continuation of the supports in place for pubs and restaurants long into the future until they can stand on their own feet again, given what they have endured over the last 15 months. I also ask that the reopening grant be made available to all pubs. I...

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Reports 2018 and 2019: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ...to electric vehicles? One thing we know about PCPs is that they can be a very suitable product for people if they are planning to stay with the same type of car or the same manufacturer for a long period of time but a significant change is coming in how we do private motoring in this country. Do the witnesses envisage a requirement for regulatory change and Government action? My next...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Brendan Griffin: Why has it taken so long? If I went into a town hall meeting with a cloak over my face and started to abuse everybody there, I would be taken and put outside the door immediately. Twitter has been around for more than ten years. Why has it taken until 2021 for this development to be announced?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ...It is a scandalous situation. Twitter must act now - not soon or in the future, but now. It should have acted ten years ago. What is going on is scandalous and it has been going on for far too long.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 May 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ..., the reduced rate, from 13.5% to 9%, was introduced in respect of 2021 as a stimulus to the industry but most operators have not been able to benefit from that yet. There will be a difficult and long recovery road ahead. Right now, businesses are taking bookings for weddings and selling holidays abroad for 2022 and yet they do not have certainty in respect of the VAT rate. It would...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Brendan Griffin: ...terms of capital? I want to ask about the sports monitor. Over the years, we have seen that the figures in regard to women's participation are improving, which is positive, although there is a long way to go. As we head into the middle of 2021, do the witnesses feel that the targets set out in the national sports policy need to be reviewed and need to be more ambitious? The issue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Apr 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on a matter regarding long-term immunosuppressants group 4 in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21004/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insolvency Payments Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 7 July 2020, the status of the long-awaited review of the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20296/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 Feb 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if long-term recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment will be become eligible for community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (13 Jan 2021)

Brendan Griffin: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a widow's pension could made available to a long-time partner of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbour Fees (16 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 15 September 2020, if will provide an update on the long-awaited review of harbour charges for fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43733/20]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Challenges facing Public Broadcasting and the broader Media Sector as a result of Covid-19: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...have almost 50 years of broadcasting experience between them. That is hard to believe. Both stations have made a significant contribution to Irish life in recent decades and I hope there is a long future ahead of them as well. Like everything in 2020, that is being jeopardised by Covid-19, but we all have to work together to try to ensure that we preserve as much of Irish life as we can...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (9 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a postgraduate student (details supplied) who is a long-term recipient of a Department of Social Protection payment is not eligible for the special rate of student grant; if the matter will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42292/20]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...be more comfortable with? Is the research showing that this is what people have an appetite for when they start travelling? Beyond that, assuming we will have a full vaccination roll-out during 2021, how long will it take to get back to where we were in 2019? Will we revert to 2019 figures in 2022?

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...about the development of two routes that I was very keen to have included in the programme for Government? The first is the Carlingford to Cobh coastal route and the development of an experience along that route. The other is the development of the wild Atlantic walking route from Malin Head to Kinsale. I live along that route and have been very keen for years to see the linking up, for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Brendan Griffin: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to alleviate the chronic shortage of long-term rental properties in cities and towns across the country due to competition from the short-term rental market (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenways Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...years, particularly the people in Kerry County Council who never lost faith and many others in the south Kerry area who helped us to get to this point. We are not over the line yet and there may be a long way to go but last Thursday's decision was certainly very positive. The funding is the next step.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greenways Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...line which initially opened in 1885, when it reached as far as Killorglin, before being extended to its full length in 1893. It ran until 30 January 1960. The line has now been closed for almost as long as it was open. I hope the great renaissance this greenway represents will be symbolic of a great future for that part of Iveragh and of Kerry. From where I live on the Dingle...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Credit Unions (14 Jul 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...have declared, a Chathaoirligh, that I previously, many years ago, was a member on a board of a local credit union, lest there be any accusations of conflicts of interest or anything, but that was long before being in public office. That experience gave me great insight into the work credit unions do to improve their own situations and to progress in life. I am concerned at the moment...