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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Will the Taoiseach provide an update on the sports capital programme to the House? I welcome the recent allocations for sports capital equipment. It is great news for many communities and for the volunteers in sports clubs around the country. There seems to be a bit of confusion, however. There was a list detailing amounts and club names circulating online yesterday. On closer...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I wish to raise the rising cost of home insurance. Several people in County Kerry contacted me recently about soaring premiums. This is happening at a time when insurance companies are reporting soaring profits as well. I accept there is inflation in terms of construction and the cost of replacing damaged properties. However, from what I have seen and the evidence that has been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Further people involved include those directly in contact with the healthcare workers on site. Patient transfer teams were not considered. These people did similar jobs to people in ambulance teams bringing people for tests who needed to be transported. For example, the Tralee testing centre was manned by military personnel for 12 to 16 months, including Christmas and all public holidays....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will further review the pandemic recognition payment for Defence Forces personnel who worked in test centres to make sure all deserving individuals received the payment, given that some did not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22112/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: This question relates to Defence Forces personnel who worked in Covid testing and vaccination centres during the pandemic. Many of these people worked in these centres for 12 to 16 months and provided a very valuable resource but they have not been considered for the pandemic recognition payment. This is wrong. Can the matter be reviewed? Some specific personnel did great work but did not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Perhaps, on foot of this question, the Tánaiste might initiate a review. My understanding is that all members were initially on lists created by their units but that those lists were not fully accepted at a higher level. Apparently, the criteria specified that only those military personnel who were physically administering vaccines or taking swabs would ultimately receive the payment....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: First, I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, for his recent visit to Kerry to announce the purchase of lands for the new national park. It is welcome. On that issue, I raise the case of Inch beach in the locality where I live. For many years, I have been advocating for the purchase of public lands to include a traffic management plan for the beach, for the sustainable expansion of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outlook for the remainder of 2024 in terms of the conflict in Ukraine; how this will impact Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20890/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Tánaiste for his leadership over the past two years on the issue of Ukraine, as Taoiseach and as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs. I ask him to provide an update on the outlook for 2024 in terms of the conflict and the implications for Ireland. I also ask him to provide an update on upcoming events in Europe in respect of the conflict in Ukraine.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. I also welcome the forthcoming summit, which is important. Whether anything meaningful will arise from it is yet to be seen but all possible efforts must be made. I ask the Tánaiste to elaborate on Ireland's position on the use of seized Russian assets for the benefit of Ukraine. Does he believe that those assets should be sold or should...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I welcome all such moves. They are all heading in the right direction but the question is whether enough is being done. The question of using the revenue generated rather than realising the full value of assets is something that needs to be revisited. The EU also needs to co-ordinate with other world leaders in terms of a response to this. This is one of the most horrendous conflicts in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I welcome the recent allocation of funding nationwide. I particularly welcome the funding for Kerry because is very badly needed. I again call on the Minister, Deputy Ryan, if he is watching, to put some money on the table for the LIS from his Department's budget. He has plenty of money in that budget. I wish to emphasise some of the figures that Tommy Griffin gave me. I think this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: They would want to be very long.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister for her response. I want to raise with her a matter that Tommy Griffin, our candidate in the Corca Dhuibhne electoral area, raised with me. He did a detailed analysis of the LIS figures per county per annum. He established that the council in Mayo, which has marginally more finance, has done 549 roads since 2018. Kerry received slightly less funding, but it was still...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is concerned with the broad variance of outcomes in terms of numbers of roads completed per funding per local authority under the local improvement scheme; if she will consider measures to examine whether local authorities are achieving value for money with the funding provided by her Department; if she will specifically...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Residents of the Bog Road in Callinafercy, Milltown, have been waiting to have their road improved for years. The road is quite dangerous. It has subsided in places and the surface is very poor. I would say it has to be done urgently. The reason that it has not been done to date by Kerry County Council is that Uisce Éireann says the water mains have to be replaced before the road can...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: RTÉ workers are protesting outside the gates of Leinster House this lunchtime over the issue of bogus self-employment. This is an issue I have raised with the Taoiseach and here in the Chamber on a number of occasions. A total of 396 workers were let go by RTÉ after the Eversheds review. Based on the figures provided to me here last week by the Taoiseach, 297 of those workers...

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...