Results 1-20 of 553 for long speaker:Brendan Griffin

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (25 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...in the Department's scope section; if the section is adequately staffed to undertake the work required of it in relation to examining bogus self-employment in large organisations such as RTÉ; how long she expects the RTÉ scope investigation to take to conclude; if the scope section plans to examine cases of workers at RTÉ prior to the period currently under examination by...

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

Brendan Griffin: ..., 297 of those workers would have been employees at the time they were dismissed. What steps is the Government taking to redress the rights of those employees? This matter has been going on for a long time but does not seem to be getting the attention it deserves in terms of the injustice done to these people and to the many hundreds of other workers at RTÉ who have fallen victim to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...old when the Taoiseach is younger than you. I will raise a serious matter. As the Taoiseach may be aware, bogus self-employment has been a serious problem affecting workers at RTÉ for a long time. In some cases, it has dragged on for decades for people. Meanwhile, people find themselves in stressful scenarios, such as RTÉ dragging them through lengthy proceedings to have...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (21 Mar 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...No. 33 of 8 September 2022, the progress that has been made on the review of the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme to date; the anticipated timeframe in finding a solution to this long-running saga (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13498/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...all the right reasons, but perhaps it now needs to be reviewed. Perhaps it is outdated and of its time, a time before social media. We need to have a look at this. On social media, a minute is a long time but 32 hours is an eternity.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...? Do you think that is best practice? Do you think that is fair and acceptable in this day and age for people who are on fractions of the wages that you are earning, when they cannot resolve a long-standing issue? I think the issue has to be resolved. I ask the director general if there is an estimated figure of the cost to resolve this. Is a letter from Arthur Cox to your workers any...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...July, at a time it has been losing massive amounts of licence revenue. In that time when the €20 million plus was lost, the TV licence had not been advertised outside of RTÉ. Why did it take so long for RTÉ to recommence advertising?

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...has to be mentioned today. To put it into perspective, when John was first elected to this House in June of 1969, the Beatles were at number one in the Irish charts with "Get Back". That is how long ago it was. What a distinguished career, and what a long career of 35 years' service to the State. I can say that, as a kid growing up in the early 1990s, John Bruton was the first Fine...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: Good, I will do the lotto tonight because it is not often we get down to Question No. 154. This relates to the 9% rate of VAT. I have long held the view that to be competitive internationally and within our own domestic economy, the most that should be charged for our hospitality and tourism sector is the 9% rate of VAT. The Minister had a decision to make. His Department does not have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: ...because this is really important from a safety point of view and from a wider general economic point of view. It has been a terrible road over the years. Many people have campaigned for a long time. As I said, it is constantly coming up in my office. People talk to me about it when I meet them out in Dingle and along the way. Tommy Griffin is out campaigning at the moment, and he is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 263. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how long recipients of the most recent tranche of CLÁR funding will have to draw down the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55797/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Brendan Griffin: Yes. Another outstanding matter relating to the senior team is a main sponsor. There is obviously a cost to that as long as it goes on. What is the up-to-date position in regard to that?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...No. 33 of 8 September 2022, the progress that has been made on the review of the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme to date; the anticipated timeframe in finding a solution to this long-running saga; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reviews (16 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason he has not published the review of security of energy supply; how long since he received the first draft of the report; when he will publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50280/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...one in five of those are in County Kerry. I constantly meet people who were down at 500 or 600 on the list. At the current rate of approximately 25 a year, the Minister and I will probably be long gone from this House by the time those roads are reached. Something needs to be done to address that. I drove around my own parish of Keel last weekend. I drove up a few little roads around...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...road improvement scheme. The entire section from Baile Bhuirne to the far side of Macroom has now been upgraded. It is a fantastic piece of infrastructure and one for which we campaigned for a very long time. However, in terms of the economic corridor between Tralee and Cork city, the section from Coolcour, which is on the Cork side of Macroom, to Ovens, which is on the near side of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Brendan Griffin: The N22 Farranfore to Killarney project is long awaited and long overdue. It is a vital project, not just for the alleviation of traffic within the Killarney town area but also for regional connectivity, connecting our county town of Tralee safely to County Cork. There has been great progress made on the N22 between Ballyvourney-Macroom and on to Cork city but that section of connection...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...much sooner. It is a pity he is not here himself this morning and I am not sure of the reason for that. Yet, here we are heading into October and we have not seen the review yet. This is a long-running saga. There is a strong feeling in my constituency that this delay is linked to the Shannon LNG application recently decided on by An Bord Pleanála. As the Minister of State knows,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: ...has received everything it looked for in recent years. Is it, therefore, a question of the local authority's capacity to do more roads in the year? That is part of the problem and why it will take so long. The Minister is also looking for more funding. I raised this with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, when I met him recently at our parliamentary party meeting and asked that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Griffin: 83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to reduce the LIS list in County Kerry; if she appreciates how long it will take to clear the overall list in Kerry at the current rate of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41328/23]