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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47716/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Appeals (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a mortgage interest supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48334/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of the 25 September 2012, the way he plans to meet the targets for the production of bio fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48213/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be made available to North and East Kerry Development for new applications for Leader funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47622/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will assist long term tenants of local authority houses with impeccable rent repayment records who wish to purchase their houses but are unable to access credit due to their age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47969/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include working horses in calculations for the disadvantaged area scheme.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47629/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a derogation scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47728/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licence is required to produce and sell a product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47842/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision on derogation on a disadvantaged area scheme application has been made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48135/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal on derogation on a disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48136/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal on a application for derogation of a disadvantage area scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48297/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a M.R.I. scan will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47250/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (6 Nov 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards currently in the system; the number of persons directly dependent on these cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47881/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: Táim fíor-buíoch as ucht an seans labhairt ar an ábhar an-tábhachtach seo inniu. When the Government came to power in March 2011, it inherited an absolutely unprecedented mess. Efforts have been made to try to improve our overall economic position in the interim. However, the latter is proving very difficult. We should not forget how we got here and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (25 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for derogation under the disadvantaged area scheme will be reviewed in respect of a person (details provided) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46861/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: In the interest of transparency, I second Senator Daly's proposal. We should have someone before us to discuss the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: We have spent almost four hours on this. Many members and people supporting them have devoted a great deal of time in preparation for this meeting. At a time when there are 450,000 people on the live register, we have a huge budgetary deficit and the country faces massive problems, the fact we are giving so much time to an issue that should never have arisen in the first place is a sin. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: If someone, God forbid, were to get into distress in those areas at the moment, is Mr. Reynolds saying there would be a potential difficulty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: Is it correct that the difficulties originate from the failure to better equip the stations at Malin Head and Valentia Island?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Brendan Griffin: I understand there was a failure to repair a system that had worked previously. We read about ships being lost and other tragedies where no distress signal was picked up. Are there cases where efforts to send a signal were made but they were not picked up as a result of that flaw?