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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the disadvantaged area scheme and single farm payment appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43206/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence sent in support of an application for derogation of the stocking rate on a 2012 disadvantage area scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43427/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 357. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43491/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Remuneration (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 401. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of weekly or fortnightly payments for the services of home help workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 404. To ask the Minister for Health if a financial review of a medical card 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. [43166/13]

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I will be brief as the Minister of State is anxious to speak. I commend Deputy Naughten on introducing the Bill, the timing of which is apt given the dark and horrible news that entered the public domain again this week. This is progressive legislation. All efforts to address this issue should be encouraged. I commend Deputy Naughten's efforts.

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: It is a rare occurrence.

Other Questions: Regional Aid (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I commend the Minister, Deputy Bruton, on his work on this to date. Wearing my constituency hat, all along people in Kerry felt disadvantaged because we were left out of that region. In the future we feel we should have a level playing field with everyone else. We have suffered. Tralee and other parts of Kerry have large areas that are industrial wastelands at the moment. A large factor...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I concur with previous speakers' comments on rates, which are a noose around the necks of business. The system must be reformed. The broadening of the tax base through the introduction of the domestic property tax and water charges has created scope for carrying out a review of the manner in which rates are collected from business. I have always maintained that rates on business should be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create jobs in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of plastic drinking bottles that are used here annually; if he will provide a breakdown of the sizes of these bottles and the different categories of liquids used in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form information according to the figures available for each of the past five years on the amount of revenue collected for drink driving offences; the number of offences involved; the number of fines that went unpaid; the revenue subsequently lost by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42904/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths annually in Ireland due to Sudden Adult Death Syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland who may be unwittingly vulnerable to sudden adult death syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 203. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce screening to identify persons at high risk of sudden adult death syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport according to the most recent statistics available, the percentage of fatal collisions on Irish roads in relation to which inappropriately high speed was a significant contributing factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42895/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport according to the most recent statistics available, the percentage of fatal collisions on Irish roads in relation to which alcohol use by a motorist was a significant contributing factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42896/13]