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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (11 Jun 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri environment option scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (11 Jun 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 829. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed sale of Coillte harvesting rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27808/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 895. To ask the Minister for Health if personal hours will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27235/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 Jun 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 950. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be released in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26916/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (11 Jun 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 957. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26970/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a community hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27883/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Lough Leane Loop Trail (30 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the round Lough Lein trail, County Kerry; the anticipated timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (30 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue on a suckler welfare scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: Will Fianna Fáil take responsibility for anything else?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: Fianna Fáil left us a grand country.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: About what was the last Private Members' motion tabled by Fianna Fáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I hope I have the support of other members. Arising from today's meeting, I ask that we write to the Minister in strong support of the three recommendations made in the presentation today and ask him to implement them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: It is important as a matter of principle that we write to the Minister and state that this is the feeling of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: There are three recommendations. What I am proposing is that, as a committee, we support them and call on the Minister to implement them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: We should put it to the Minister. We can put these recommendations to him and state that we support them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. This Department and other Departments look at figures and statistics. The six teaching posts in question are very important because hundreds of children are affected by those six posts. The entire school communities associated with the six different schools are affected. There may have been a 1% reduction in the overall staffing levels, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Gaeltacht Schools: Discussion (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. Mo leithscéal nach raibh mé anseo ar dtús. I appreciate the presentations made here and I take on board the points that have been made. I am on the record as calling for the measures in the 2012 budget to be reversed. As late as yesterday I put down several parliamentary questions which unfortunately were not taken in the House...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Review (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the current social protection system possesses sufficient flexibility for the fluid movement of people between employment and unemployment in view of the fact that many retailers have expressed frustration that they cannot fill temporary seasonal staff positions because of the difficulties and delays that they would...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fallen Animal Statistics (29 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide figures on farm animal fatalities for 2013; the way these figures compare to the previous five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26090/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (28 May 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will halt the increase of pupil requirement thresholds for teaching posts for two, three and four teacher schools at the 2012/13 academic year levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25438/13]