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Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I will share time with Deputy Deering. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. It was interesting to hear the contributions of some of the previous speakers on this matter. Obviously, the constituency boundary review is necessary because of changes and movements in population, and I acknowledge the work that has been done in putting the review in place. Certainly, a...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I would like to see that happening. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this. We owe it to the people we represent and to the future generations of this country to fix our problems. The country was born out of revolution and over the decades had many high and many low times, but this is probably the lowest time the country has every had. If that is not a call for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (24 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to bring foreign direct investment to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3179/13]

Order of Business (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: Deputy O'Dea has no credit anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Finance if struggling businesses who have settled with the Revenue Commissioners for penalties and interest and are paying back by installment will be accommodated in any way at times of the year that their turnover is reduced; his views on whether it is in the interest of the Revenue Commissioners and the State not to apply undue...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in relation to reforming the public tendering process for projects such as schools and roads in order that organisations are not excluded due to unrealistically high thresholds or stringent requirements for consecutive years of high turnover; his views on whether the reforms are necessary to deliver greater...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide funding for flood prevention measures to protect houses in Sneem from flooding from the Sneem River, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3289/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he envisages the availability of funding in 2013 to finish the section of embankment works that was funded by his Department in 2012 at Cromane Lower, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3290/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the data available to him regarding the seal population; his views on whether the population is so high that it is having an adverse effect on the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3286/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to protect refuse customers from irregular pricing and the lack of detailed statements of weighs and costs from private waste operators who took over from local authority waste services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3280/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that will apply to contractors to carry out remedial works on septic tanks to avail of grant aid; if it is envisaged that a registration process for contractors will be established; if any particular qualifications and skills will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3284/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the advice he will give to a person living in a house that was built around 50 years ago in a rural area on a very small site that is too small for a septic tank and is surrounded on four sides by roads, neighbouring houses and has hitherto had a sewerage disposal system consisting of a drain going under the road into another...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the operation of An Bord Pleanála; if he considers that there is a need for greater transparency in relation to the composition of the board and the decision making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3287/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment of rural environment protection scheme for 2011 has now been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [3279/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3285/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (23 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry incurred an increased sanction for a cross compliance failure; if the matter will be reviewed as the person cannot afford to lose this amount of their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emergency Funding for Natural Disasters (22 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is emergency funding available from the Exchequer for the Irish people living in America, whose homes were damaged recently as a result of storms [2511/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Statistics (22 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the number of persons who earn more than €100,000 per year in the private and public sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2270/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will issue to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration (22 Jan 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding company registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/13]