1468. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the findings of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee; if his Department's officials attending the meeting will be speaking in support of these findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38398/17]
854. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when the eye doctor will be replaced in Portlaoise hospital in view of the fact the services have not been available since November 2016. [37102/17]
604. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the order of the District Court ordinary decree of 26 October 2016 (details supplied) has not been executed or acted upon; and in view of this delay if he will ensure that this matter is brought to finality. [37615/17]
1636. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the commitment in the programme for Government to initiate an affordable housing scheme. [35362/17]
1627. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if voluntary committees such as those that run local community halls are exempt from water charges; and his plans to introduce measures to ease the burden on such groups. [35167/17]
1351. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will make provision in the capital roads budget to complete the section of the Portlaoise orbital route from Timahoe road, Portlaoise to Abbeyleix road, Portlaoise. [35315/17]
1301. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered a support scheme to encourage the growth in renewable gas biogas plants with potential to feed into the gas grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35831/17]
1297. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the warmer homes scheme to include door and window insulation, external wall insulation and dry lining insulation in tabular form. [35736/17]
1184. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the outcome of the nitrates directive review allows for greater flexibilities, a more workable regulation and reduced penalties, in particular, the introduction of a yellow card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35317/17]
998. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists in County Laois; and the number of days they work each week. [36090/17]
837. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the payment to purchase post-surgery bras and prosthesis every two years which breast cancer patients receive following a mastectomy procedure has ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/17]
768. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if all ambulances have satnav systems fitted; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35319/17]
767. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he has resolved the issue of general practitioners charging medical card patients for blood tests despite successive Ministers stating this practice should not be occurring. [35316/17]
714. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the cancer treatment drug, Palbociclib, is not being provided to newly diagnosed persons after 1 August 2017 due to costs; and if so, if he will review the decision and outline the cost of the drug. [35174/17]
711. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the status of the approval and provision of the drug Translarna for the treatment of persons with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [35162/17]
304. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a person (details supplied) who is unable to find a place in any of the Portlaoise primary schools for their seven year old child. [35677/17]
111. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the specific steps he has taken to reduce and curtail the spiralling costs of car insurance and HGV insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35318/17]
53. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made to advance the cost to rent rental housing scheme as committed to in the programme for Government. [33114/17]
23. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will approve further new schemes in the event of Laois county council providing extra land found suitable for housing. [33115/17]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Waste Management Act 1996, the Litter Pollution Act 1997 and the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; and to provide for related matters
655. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to his Department to apply a waiver scheme for household waste collection to those households in categories (details supplied), in tabular form. [32992/17]
654. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to increase the grant for electric vehicles in each of the band amounts by €1,000, €2,000 and €3,000, in tabular form. [32991/17]
498. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of residential properties owned by the HSE in County Laois; and the number of those that are vacant. [32781/17]
497. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his plans for capital investment to renovate and extend Abbeyleix hospital; and the likely timeframe to this action. [32780/17]
496. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the funding which has been allocated to upgrade and extend the day care centre at Drogheda Street, Monasterevin; and the timescale for the work to be carried out. [32779/17]
117. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures her Department is putting in place to stop the practice of agencies operating in the construction sector using bogus self employment. [32778/17]
207. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if screening for conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol is covered under the general medical service contract. [31741/17]
614. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has taken account of recent cases with regard to future policy on wind turbine construction in view of the settlements made in recent court cases in regard to wind turbine construction and the effects of noise and shadow flicker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/17]
497. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost for 2018, based on 2016 figures, of increasing the electric vehicle grant scheme by €2,000 and €5,000 respectively, in tabular form. [30832/17]
496. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of introducing a domestic grant to cover a minimum one third of the cost of purchase of micro-scale wind generation, CHP, biomass boiler and air source heat pump in tabular form. [30831/17]
495. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost based on 2016 figures of increasing each grant value under the better energy homeowner grants to twice their value; and the estimated cost of increasing the solar heating grant to five times its value. [30830/17]
354. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to clear the backlog of those that are waiting a number of years for orthodontic treatment. [30934/17]
31. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions the Government will take to ensure that there is not a repeat of the severely low job creation figures in IDA Ireland backed enterprises in County Laois in 2015 and 2016. [30218/17]
11. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the strategy her Department will pursue to ensure that the IDA Ireland performance regarding inward investment in County Laois is improved; and her contact in IDA Ireland in this regard. [30217/17]
130. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the working conditions of English language teachers do not fall under his Department's remit; if so, the reason therefor; the Department under which responsibility for these issues would lie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30403/17]
129. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with representatives of a group (details supplied) who have requested to meet with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30402/17]
114. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the implementation of the provisions outlined in the Dáil Éireann motion on the north-south interconnector project. [29480/17]
111. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe in place for the introduction of the pay-by-weight system for household waste collection; and the pricing structure that is envisaged. [29479/17]
96. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe in place to improve mobile telephone coverage here and in particular areas identified as blackspots for mobile telephone coverage. [29478/17]
91. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a universal service obligation will be retained in the national broadband plan. [29477/17]
54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding changes with An Post retail and mail businesses in the context of the retention of the universal social obligation. [30081/17]
137. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the HSE in 2016 on hiring private ambulances in counties Laois, Kildare and Offaly. [27645/17]
66. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances that are owned by the HSE ambulance service that are stationed in counties Laois, Kildare and Offaly; and the specific areas they are based in. [27644/17]
1108. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the general practitioners contractual review process has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26891/17]
831. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason prison clerical officers do not receive a rent allowance payment as other Prison Service employees receive; if he envisages a policy change in regard to providing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28230/17]
830. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison clerical officers employed by the Prison Service currently; the number employed in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28229/17]
102. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the status of the assessment of Coolrain bog special area of conservation, County Laois being conducted by consultants working on behalf of her Department; and the date on which she expects this to be completed. [27545/17]
85. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will remove Coolrain bog, County Laois from the list of bogs that are designated as special areas of conservation when the overall plan is being submitted to the EU Commission. [27546/17]