833. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if a back-to-work enterprise scheme is reckoned as income in the calculations when a pandemic unemployment payment claim is processed for the different rates. [32314/20]
515. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will review the requirement in level 5 Covid-19 restrictions for golf courses to be closed and to allow reopening of courses but not clubhouses in order to continue to protect public health. [33616/20]
145. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if a plan has been developed for the future of services at Portlaoise Hospital which will include the continued provision of emergency department services [33283/20]
109. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the progress which has been made since June 2020 to put in place the refurbishment and new build project for the Abbeyleix Hospital [33284/20]
543. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when services such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy will be restored in full at a centre (details supplied) to clear the waiting list for persons that have been referred and need to avail of the services. [30970/20]
542. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when the child psychologist post that has been vacant at a centre (details supplied) since January 2020 will be filled, as assessments of need are not being carried out in the required timeframe of three months. [30969/20]
308. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if her Department will honour the agreement reached between her predecessor and a trade union (details supplied) on 19 October 2019 to use the Labour Court to resolve the outstanding issues for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30928/20]
65. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to amend the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 to make workplace outbreaks of Covid-19 notifiable by workers to the Health and Safety Authority. [29987/20]
26. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider the establishment of a similar-styled body to the Industrial Development Authority to focus specifically on microbusinesses, workers' co-operatives and small and medium-sized enterprises. [29988/20]
242. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice if a scheme of grants will be reintroduced for community alert schemes to erect cameras. [30472/20]
159. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the reason special needs assistant support is not being made available to a school (details supplied) to facilitate pupils to whom SNA access has been granted; if the decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30392/20]
128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of revenue collected in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, from the television licence fee. [30391/20]
97. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the progress being made to grant the same terms and conditions for school secretaries that are not employed by her Department or an education and training board, ETB. [29971/20]
16. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure that school secretaries employed by schools are properly remunerated for their work. [29972/20]
631. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the inequality in income vis-à-vis a trainee, a child and educational psychologist and a clinical psychologist undertaking a doctorate who receive a starting salary of approximately €33,000 will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/20]
513. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment participants that are over 55 years of age; the maximum number of years they can be on the scheme; and the variation that may apply to those that entered community employment under the part-time jobs opportunity. [28268/20]
342. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to roll out affordable housing in the midland's region. [25963/20]
91. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the position of persons whose income is above the threshold for social housing but not sufficient to secure a mortgage from a bank or lending facility. [28357/20]
69. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for cost-rental housing provision in regional towns to accommodate those unable to secure a mortgage from a bank or lending facility. [28356/20]
224. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county that engaged with JobPath in each year since it began; and the number whose employment was sustained for more than 12 months in each county. [28070/20]
578. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount to date paid to Seetec and Turas Nua regarding the JobPath programme. [27080/20]
571. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment workers cutting grass in housing estates in which the majority of the residents are elderly and the service is of benefit to the community. [26961/20]
332. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to establishing a single authority with responsibility for flood relief on the Shannon Callows, County Offaly. [25968/20]
331. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to flood relief on the Shannon Callows, County Offaly. [25967/20]
137. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of funding spent on procurement across all Departments in 2018 and 2019 that was non-compliant with EU directives on public procurement and with circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement by each Department. [26665/20]
113. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of funding spent on procurement across all Departments in 2018 and 2019 that was non-compliant with EU directives on public procurement and with Circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement broken down by each Department. [26666/20]
76. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken to investigate whether interest rates can be suspended on mortgages for those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [26629/20]
54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the status of extending the mortgage repayment break for those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [26628/20]
97. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he will put the case to the banks and lending institutions to extend the mortgage payment break for those workers who are still laid off due to Covid-19; and if he will focus in particular on the banks that were bailed out and that the State retains part ownership of. [26055/20]
15. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if funding for the inner relief road Mountmellick, County Laois is provided for in the stimulus package or in capital investment plans. [25664/20]
842. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if a deal has been done between an organisation (details supplied) and general practitioners regarding charges for letters to be written [25561/20]
809. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of the accident and emergency department of Tullamore Regional Hospital. [25364/20]
162. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the estimated cost of the National Broadband Plan in 2020. [16801/20]
100. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the number of homes and businesses in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively, that will be connected to high speed broadband by the national broadband plan in 2020. [24999/20]
93. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the number of new connections to homes and businesses that will be completed in 2020 in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively by the national broadband plan. [25000/20]
665. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists in Portlaoise, County Laois, are refusing to take medical card patients even though they are already patients and as a result there are no dental services for public patients in Portlaoise; the efforts being made to address same; and the location public patients should go to. [23382/20]
213. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some NCT centres will not accept cash and have a policy of taking cards only, which is causing issues for many motorists. [23373/20]
1253. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when residential respite will recommence for persons with disabilities in County Laois. [21795/20]
1247. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private hospitals are charging €275 for Covid-19 testing of private patients; and if so, if the charge will be continued in view of the fact that it is putting a further burden on patients attending hospital. [21754/20]
1098. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if an exemption pass will be issued to those that are unable to wear a face covering on public transport and in shops due to a medical condition such as emphysema. [21366/20]
520. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the provisions that will be made for private bus operators that convey secondary school pupils and now will be operating at 50% capacity but incurring the same costs. [21676/20]
494. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 of 18 September 2013, 405 of 26 April 2016 and 262 of 9 June 2020, if he will provide the information sought using a definition of profit, that is, the precise figures that the Bus Éireann directors and auditors determined as profit in each year for school transport that was actually credited to the statutory financial statement in the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21249/20]
416. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans regarding the right to cut turf on bogs in cases in which there are there are turbary rights and in cases in which turf plots are privately owned. [21659/20]
291. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he has raised the practice with the motor insurance industry of increasing premiums when persons move home even when this is within the same town. [21928/20]
248. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe persons who have applied for a driver test can expect to wait for an appointment. [22494/20]
222. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the position in the context of Brexit for those that have English driver licences with various categories and now need to exchange them for a Irish licence. [21926/20]
207. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport when driver testing for heavy goods vehicles can be restarted given that it is causing difficulties in the haulage industry. [21647/20]
191. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the sources of funding for the Road Safety Authority; and if the annual fee paid by HDV drivers for the CPC course will be reviewed. [21204/20]