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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. I welcome and encourage that engagement with industry and the representative bodies in particular. The Minister is very welcome to come to Kerry at any stage and engage with the operators on the ground. He has been very good in the past in coming to the county and meeting people. They have always been very impressed with him and he has always responded, which is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he plans to support and compensate business owners in towns such as Killarney, County Kerry, where the displacement of tourism accommodation for use as emergency accommodation has resulted in significant reductions in footfall and consumer spending; the supports he is planning for the broader SME sector and businesses exposed to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Burke, and Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, on their recent appointments. I wish them the very best during their tenure. The Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, has been there all along and I wish him continued success as well. This question is a very serious one related to the reduced footfall in towns such as Killarney resulting from displacement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I appreciate the Minister's response and the many measures being taken to address the difficulties facing many businesses throughout the country. All of those measures are very welcome. It all helps. I am speaking as a representative of the people of County Kerry where tourism accounts for a significant portion of overall economic activity. Fáilte Ireland's figure of 12%, for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position on the provision of funding to safeguard the future of RTé; if the issue of bogus self-employment and the potential cost to the organisation of this debacle is being considered; the steps she will take in respect of other public service news and broadcasting services; her views on whether these could...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís éireann (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the publication of the two Government-commissioned reports pertaining to RTé; if she has seen either report; if so, when she received the report(s); when each will be published; if Dáil éireann will have an opportunity to debate the reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland still plans to proceed with providing a new advance technology facility at Kerry Technology Park in Tralee, County Kerry; the reason for the apparent lack of progress on the plan over the past four years; the current position; if the target in respect of this facility as set out in IDA Ireland's own plans will be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools in County Kerry that applied for the safe routes to school scheme; the status of each application, in tabular form, outlining the schools whose programmes have been fully implemented, the planned completion dates, approved but no works commenced, and awaiting inclusion in the scheme; the number of schools...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been approached by the Department of Transport to consider expanding the bike-to-school provision; if so, if an anticipated cost figure has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17194/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a river flooding risk (details supplied); what solutions the local authority has proposed; if his Department will provide funding for the solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is any grant aid available for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17080/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications to date in Kerry for the vacant property refurbishment grant, in tabular form; the number of approved applications; the number of pending applications; the number of drawdowns commenced and completed; the number of refusal; to provide a breakdown of applications for properties intended for rental...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 226. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position regarding the rolling out of further hot school meals in schools in County Kerry; the number of new schools that are included in the most recent addition of schools; if she will provide a list of all schools in County Kerry now benefitting from the scheme, including the date on which the schools were...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 227. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for supplementary welfare will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17082/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the practice of the Social Protection Appeals Office accepting appeals in the context of scoping decisions without grounds for those appeals being set out and-or examined will be discontinued; how frequently this practice occurred in each of the past five years; the amount of time, on average, between an appeal being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 294. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed will be made available through emergency community support for a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17156/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 319. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how she is determining whether value for money is being achieved by local authorities through the spending of State funding and local contributions on the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. []

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 320. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how many audits of local authorities have taken place in relation to the spending of State funding and local contributions on the local improvement scheme; the local authorities that were audited, the years audited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17203/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 323. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has queried any returns from any local authorities in the past eight years under the local improvement scheme; if any further examination of drawdown and inspection has taken place; if so, the specific local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 321. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out price comparisons on the cost of roads being improved by different local authorities under the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17204/24]