141. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the calls for an acceleration of the proposed works and refurbishment for a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [4614/22]
338. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when side B of Abbeyleix nursing unit will be brought back into use to accommodate the 18 intermediate acute care beds to be overseen by Portlaoise General Hospital. [4035/22]
234. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the total spend related to the Special Assignee Relief Programme in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. [2942/22]
1770. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home support hours but who are awaiting a carer in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; and the number waiting for more than three and more than six months. [1765/22]
1370. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the adult community services in County Laois; the number of vacancies that exist; and his plans to recruit additional occupational therapists. [63037/21]
613. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the collection of dead dogs from private property, public spaces or roadways; and if there is role for the knackeries to collect same. [62430/21]
584. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise including all posts that are in place; and the number in each one. [62830/21]
576. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if psychological assessments of needs are being carried out in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise, County Laois; the number of same carried out to date in 2021; the longest waiting time; and the number of persons on the waiting lists. [62779/21]
142. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider commissioning an investigation to review the tax agreement signed between the Revenue Commissioners and the courier sector in October 1997 (details supplied) to assess the grounds upon which the deal was signed, the financial implications to the State and to the workers involved and the knock-on effect to other sectors. [61506/21]
112. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has the authority to initiate or commission an investigation or a review into the Revenue Commissioners; and if so, the number of investigations or reviews his Department initiated in the past five years. [61505/21]
447. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if a statement (details supplied) by the Secretary General of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs in a letter to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Accounts in September 2000 represents an accurate account of her Department’s actions. [61644/21]
446. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department did not amend the 1995 determining factors for employment status of courier drivers following the outcome of a Supreme Court case (details supplied). [61643/21]
445. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasoning of her Department for each of the three factors established by her Department in 1995 with regard to the determination of employment status of courier drivers (details supplied). [61642/21]
444. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific legal basis for an appeals officer in 1995 to establish a set of criteria in relation to determining the employment status of a group and class of workers specifically in relation to establishing a set of criteria to determine the employment status of courier workers. [61641/21]
443. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of test cases that were undertaken prior to her Department’s establishment of criteria in 1995 to determine the formal insurability and employment status of courier workers. [61640/21]
442. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is of the view that the 1997 Revenue Commissioners courier sector tax agreement which was discontinued in 2019 was in keeping with her Department’s factors for determining the employment status of courier workers (details supplied). [61639/21]
66. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of connections that the National Broadband Plan has made in total; and the total projected connections by December 2022. [61450/21]
45. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost within the National Broadband Plan for the use of the infrastructure of Eir over the duration of the contract. [61451/21]
285. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice the annual Garda bill to the State for protecting the US military at Shannon Airport in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [60964/21]
231. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence the annual Army bill to the State for protecting the US military at Shannon Airport in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [60965/21]
196. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the number of exemptions which were issued for the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft to US military at Shannon Airport in each of the years 2010 and 2020, in tabular form. [60963/21]
195. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the number of US military troops that have travelled through Shannon Airport in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [60962/21]
194. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the yearly weight of US military cargo through Irish airspace in stone and kilograms in each of the years 2010 to 2020, in tabular form. [60961/21]
143. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce legislation to provide hospitality workers with a legal right to their tips, service charges and other gratuities. [60394/21]
126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to the sectoral employment order for the electrical contracting sector. [60395/21]
30. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the involvement of farmers in the area of renewable energy. [60396/21]
28. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding or technical support his Department offers to farmers that wish to form a renewable energy co-operative. [60397/21]
188. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his short- term and long-term plans for day care facilities for the elderly for County Laois. [59223/21]
132. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the day care facilities for the elderly are re-opened once refurbishment works are completed at Abbelyleix Hospital. [59222/21]
518. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is keeping weekly or monthly breakdowns of the number of patients in ICU beds in hospitals who are vaccinated and unvaccinated; and if so, if the most recent statistics can be published. [58343/21]
515. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if patients in County Laois who require orthodontic treatment will have to travel to a clinic in Athlone from December 2021. [58320/21]
510. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a follow-up appointment with orthodontic services in Tullamore, County Laois. [58297/21]
86. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has plans to increase the number of apprenticeships in the Midlands in the area of retrofitting homes, renewable energy and energy efficient construction skills. [58604/21]
83. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress in the midlands regions on increasing the number of apprenticeships for skills in renewable energy, retrofitting homes and energy efficient construction. [58605/21]
102. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if the project for a new building for a school (details supplied) will be accelerated. [55765/21]
99. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if her officials will take on board the real problems with the building and prefects that a school (details supplied) is housed in. [55766/21]
295. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise; and the number waiting in excess of six and 12 months, respectively. [56591/21]
294. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for physiotherapy in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise; and the number waiting in excess of six and 12 months, respectively. [56590/21]
292. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise; and the number waiting in excess of six and 12 months, respectively. [56588/21]
291. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children screened or assessed for speech and language therapy at the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise in 2020 and to date in 2021. [56585/21]
271. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if psychological assessments of needs are being carried out in a centre (details supplied); the number carried out to date in 2022; the longest waiting time; and number on the waiting lists. [56544/21]
265. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in a centre (details supplied); the posts that are in place; and the number in each one. [56491/21]
539. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a senior dietician in Portlaoise Hospital for an adult insulin pump clinic. [55683/21]
79. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress in addressing the difficulties in retaining part-time firefighters and improving their terms and conditions. [54361/21]
60. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will approve funding for a new fire station in Rathdowney and Stradbally, County Laois. [54360/21]
575. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively, who provide services under the dental treatment services scheme. [54099/21]
368. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain general practitioners (details supplied) are charging old age pensioners, GMS card holders and cancer patients €50 to take bloods before they go for their treatment in the hospital. [53833/21]
123. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the progress made on the provision of bus shelters in County Laois in particular for Borris-in-Ossory, Castletown, Mountrath, Ballybrittas, Newtown, Crettyard and Ballylinan. [52540/21]