Parliamentary questions

Energy Prices

Brendan Griffin

105. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that energy providers are continued to be permitted to set the rate at which they purchase electricity back to the grid, including the imposition of standing charges on customers who have installed renewable systems to provide net electricity to the grid; if he will provide a directive to the regulator in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54307/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Brendan Griffin

118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the qualifications and experience of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be accepted by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for the BER assessor pre-qualification criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54813/22]

Public Transport

Brendan Griffin

179. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 14 June 2022, if he can confirm that catering services will be fully resumed on intercity train services from early 2023; if he will also clarify if catering services will be available at Mallow railway station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54320/22]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

180. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport when the construction phase of a refurbishment and lighting project will commence on a bridge (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54321/22]

Public Transport

Brendan Griffin

181. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine proposals for improved public transport connectivity from a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54329/22]

Public Transport

Brendan Griffin

183. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport he up to date position on third level students aged under 19 years being able to apply for the student leap card and avail of the 50% fare discount. [54380/22]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

245. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for traffic-calming and safety measures at a very dangerous junction (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55613/22]

Energy Prices

Brendan Griffin

252. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance when the temporary business energy support scheme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/22]

Insurance Coverage

Brendan Griffin

254. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the insurance difficulties facing activity and adventure providers; the measures that his Department is taking to address these challenges; if there is an overall trend, upward or downward, for premiums in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54319/22]

Office of Public Works

Brendan Griffin

314. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a contract (details supplied) will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54899/22]

Public Sector Staff

Brendan Griffin

324. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that service by a temporary clerical officer (details supplied) in the public service has not transferred to a local authority; if the person’s service will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55543/22]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

331. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the review of the 2021 sports capital and equipment programme to be published; when she expects that a new programme will open for applications; the estimated budget that will be available for allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54318/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brendan Griffin

361. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will provide a rowing club in County Kerry (details supplied) with permission to proceed with the next phase of their efforts to carry out upgrade works to their existing boat house, slipway and pontoon in Killarney National Park and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54313/22]

Departmental Data

Brendan Griffin

365. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average all-in cost of social housing units approved by local authorities for the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54387/22]

Disadvantaged Status

Brendan Griffin

524. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 1169 of 26 July 2022, if she recognises that her Department’s reliance on the Pobal HP deprivation index in determining DEIS status is too blunt an instrument and can result in significantly disadvantaged students not receiving the supports they need, with an example being the index readings in Killarney, County Kerry; if she will review the matter sooner than Q3 2023, as referred to in her previous reply, with a view to factoring in broader evidence than the Pobal HP deprivation index; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54327/22]

Teacher Training

Brendan Griffin

525. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 1134 of 26 July 2022, when arrangements for next year’s supplementary panel, as referred to in her previous reply, will be published; if she intends to remove barriers to make it easier for Irish emigrant teachers to return to Ireland to take up posts rather than re-recruiting retired teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54328/22]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

576. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if the SNA allocation will be increased for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54827/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Brendan Griffin

631. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54156/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

741. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of tourism accommodation bedrooms that have been taken up, both nationally and per county, with Government contracts for Ukrainian refugees and other asylum seekers; the percentage of overall availability which this represents nationally and per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55320/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

745. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on matters relating to houses pledged for refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54295/22]

Disability Services

Brendan Griffin

936. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the budgetary provision that has been made for 2023 to meet the measures included in the Action Plan for Disability Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54303/22]

Disability Services

Brendan Griffin

937. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the number of existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports that will be provided for in Budget 2023; the way in which this relates to the needs in the Capacity Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54304/22]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

938. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in relation to the Action Plan for University Hospital Kerry; if he will outline timelines in the process to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54305/22]

Disability Services

Brendan Griffin

939. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if capital funding will be provided for a respite facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54315/22]

Health Services

Brendan Griffin

940. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health further to this Deputy’s raising of the issue, the interventions that have been provided in respect of an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54317/22]

Coroners Service

Brendan Griffin

941. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for post mortem examinations in County Kerry; if a Kerry-based pathologist would reduce the waiting times; if he will clarify if a post mortem will be carried out in Kerry when just one body awaits; if he considers it unacceptable for the next-of-kin to have to wait three days for a post mortem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54322/22]

Hospital Services

Brendan Griffin

942. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if it is considered best practice for the next-of-kin of recently deceased patients at University Hospital Kerry to be brought in to see their loved one in a room occupied by five other patients; if this practice will be discontinued for the sake of all involved, with privacy being provided to those recently bereaved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54323/22]

Healthcare Policy

Brendan Griffin

943. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a chief pharmaceutical officer would be appointed to assist in the development of a strategic vision for the future of pharmacy care within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54324/22]

Pharmacy Services

Brendan Griffin

944. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the measures that he is taking to support the viability of community pharmacies nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54325/22]

Medicinal Products

Brendan Griffin

945. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the provision of the CF drug kaftrio under the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54326/22]

Medical Cards

Brendan Griffin

1067. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a cancer patient in receipt of a full medical card has to pay for a shingles vaccine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54776/22]

Business Regulation

Brendan Griffin

1115. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a business (details supplied) requires a licence to sell vapes. [54926/22]

Departmental Funding

Brendan Griffin

1197. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to University Hospital Kerry under the winter plan; the way in which this compares to other hospitals in the South/Southwest Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55321/22]

Medical Cards

Brendan Griffin

1236. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if GPs should be charging medical card holders for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55569/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

1281. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department consulted and engaged with hill farmers before the ACRES scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54993/22]

Job Creation

Brendan Griffin

26. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new IDA jobs per county since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53872/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Brendan Griffin

32. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the advance technology building for Tralee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53871/22]

Community Development Projects

Brendan Griffin

114. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when further community centre grants will be announced and open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53869/22]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on local improvement scheme waiting lists per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53870/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Brendan Griffin

191. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth registration certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53935/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Brendan Griffin

230. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53928/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Griffin

237. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if community welfare officers who formerly worked under the HSE and paid a 5% contribution between 2011 and 2015 without any apparent benefits will have that payment recognised in their pension entitlements or will be reimbursed the contributions made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54038/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

238. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's benefit payment will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54063/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

239. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54067/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

240. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for the carer's support grant by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54070/22]

Child and Family Agency

Brendan Griffin

245. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53966/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

246. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54028/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

248. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54072/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

249. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54073/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

250. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54089/22]

Fishing Industry

Brendan Griffin

316. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 866 of 18 October 2022, if he will provide clarification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53961/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

318. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for applications to the ACRES scheme beyond 10 November 2022, given the complications with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54001/22]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

332. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a club was put forward for CLÁR funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53962/22]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

66. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if she will increase the existing goodwill and ground survey payments to landowners for national road schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53786/22]

Housing Policy

Brendan Griffin

79. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income threshold for social housing applications to €50,000 (details supplied) following a resolution by members of Kerry County Council. [53621/22]

Water Services

Brendan Griffin

80. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that has been allocated to Kerry County Council under the multi-annual rural water programme in the past five years; the amount of this funding that has been drawn down; the amount that remains unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53636/22]

Water Services

Brendan Griffin

82. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 29 March 2022, if Kerry County Council has drawn down funding for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; if so, if he will provide details of the drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53647/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53658/22]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

250. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification in relation to benefit-in-kind on company cars (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53028/22]

Education and Training Provision

Brendan Griffin

377. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education her views on matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding trainee educational psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52835/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

428. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer’s benefit payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be extended and reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52730/22]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

440. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the way in which the total contribution approach for calculating pensions will be phased in over ten years starting in 2024; if averaging will be available during this ten-year period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52897/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

475. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when a disability allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53326/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

476. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53343/22]

Ukraine War

Brendan Griffin

506. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees given the increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53109/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Brendan Griffin

721. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned following recent reporting of irregularities in the election process for the Irish Horse Board which is affiliated to Horse Sport Ireland; if a review into the election process will be initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53198/22]

Online Safety

Brendan Griffin

46. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice if she has engaged with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider legislative and policy measures to prevent the recording of and subsequent sharing of videos of acts of violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52366/22]

An Garda Síochána

Brendan Griffin

67. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice if she is concerned by the number of instances of ramming of Garda vehicles annually; her views that such actions warrant being classified as a stand-alone crime, carrying a lengthy sentence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52367/22]

Health Services Staff

Brendan Griffin

148. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if a locum audiologist will be put in place in Kerry to cover the public audiologist currently on maternity leave; if he will detail the impact this uncovered leave has had on the waiting list and provide data regarding the current numbers on the list in Kerry including waiting times for those on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52365/22]

Hospital Staff

Brendan Griffin

163. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health the current staffing breakdown at West Kerry Community Hospital; the way this compares with the numbers at the start of this year; if extra beds will be opened at the hospital; the specific efforts that are being made to recruit new nurses at the hospital including a breakdown of details of advertisements that have been made in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52364/22]

Energy Conservation

Brendan Griffin

189. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will intervene in a case to allow a family (details supplied) in County Kerry whose house has been without heating and hot water for over three weeks due to the lack of availability of the services of Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland registered technical assessors assess a better energy home grant for a replacement heat pump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52489/22]

Electric Vehicles

Brendan Griffin

194. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the three-month grant draw-down period for eSPSV scheme grants given the wait times for new electric vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52474/22]

Financial Services

Brendan Griffin

205. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance the reason that mortgage holders whose mortgages were sold by mainstream banks are now subjected to punitive interest rates by the mortgage purchaser without the option to switch providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52482/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Brendan Griffin

91. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52444/22]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

130. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52145/22]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

131. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52147/22]

Agriculture Industry

Brendan Griffin

296. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is currently planning the introduction of payments and compensation to farmers to reduce herd sizes to meet climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52275/22]

Grant Payments

Brendan Griffin

108. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase the SUSI grant qualification threshold further for the next relevant academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51626/22]

Third Level Fees

Brendan Griffin

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students can expect their student contribution fees to be further reduced beyond 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51625/22]

Fishing Industry

Brendan Griffin

209. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on a matter (details supplied). [51876/22]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

267. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if an anomaly (details supplied) that is preventing self-employed sole trader professionals from claiming expenses for food and so on when out working will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51210/22]

Customs and Excise

Brendan Griffin

283. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51535/22]

Tax Code

Brendan Griffin

293. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the capital allowance depreciation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51740/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Brendan Griffin

344. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51559/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Brendan Griffin

415. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51164/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

491. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51099/22]

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

514. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a State pension (non-contributory) will be paid to a person in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51434/22]

Asylum Seekers

Brendan Griffin

569. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a list of vacant properties (details supplied) offered for accommodation of refugees has been with IPAS since August 2022 without progress or correspondence with representatives despite repeated efforts; if this is a widespread occurrence; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51797/22]

Mental Health Policy

Brendan Griffin

786. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding funding inequity for trainee educational psychologists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51751/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Brendan Griffin

865. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding the ACRES scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51516/22]

Fishing Industry

Brendan Griffin

866. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51517/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

46. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to be able to provide the bonus child benefit payment to families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50617/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

64. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the implementation of the expansion of the fuel allowance scheme for persons over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50616/22]

Childcare Services

Brendan Griffin

153. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the way childcare costs will be reduced for families in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50618/22]

International Protection

Brendan Griffin

159. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is engaging with relevant stakeholders to ensure that refugees placed in accommodation in isolated areas will have access to transportation for basic requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50619/22]

Energy Policy

Brendan Griffin

183. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the up-to-date position on the ban on smoky coal sales; the steps that retailers are expected to take with stock that remains unsold by the ban date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50977/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Brendan Griffin

196. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50850/22]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

273. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if there is an existing panel of qualified educational psychologists in the south-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51020/22]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

274. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education the reason that a current educational psychologist post vacancy in the south-west is not being filled from the existing educational psychologist panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51028/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Brendan Griffin

283. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for fuel allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50780/22]