579. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses purchased by local authorities in 2015 to date. [42793/15]
578. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses completed in 2015 to date. [42792/15]
577. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units completed by approved housing bodies in 2015 to date. [42791/15]
267. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of ash tree disease given that nurseries are awaiting replies from his Department. [42556/15]
185. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home help provided by private agencies. [41009/15]
530. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the inquiry into issues related to planning matters in County Wicklow has been completed; if he will make the report available to the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39182/15]
171. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home helps provided by private agencies. [38710/15]
50. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be put in place. [37478/15]
48. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the disposal and management of worn tyres. [37474/15]
35. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of municipal waste now recycled; and his plans to reduce the volume produced. [37475/15]
33. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put an energy upgrade in place for older local authority homes with solid walls. [37476/15]
5. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Government is putting in place to deal with the problem of escalating rents in the private rental sector. [38589/15]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new wind farm regulations will be put in place; and whether they will include mandatory set-back distances based pro rata on the height of turbines. [37477/15]
246. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a local authority has any flexibility to give oral hearings to third parties to a planning application; and, if not, if he will consider such an approach. [38522/15]
393. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations preventing knackery owners who have a dog food licence from delivering dog food to customers, while at the same time customers may collect the dog food at the knackery. [37244/15]
64. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the cost per hour of employing home helps directly by the Health Service Executive; and the cost per hour of home helps provided by private companies [35555/15]
23. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the Government's plans to upgrade Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals in County Laois to meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards. [35556/15]
151. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to deal with the increasing levels of rural crime in counties Laois and Offaly. [35772/15]
124. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to reverse recent reductions in Garda Síochána numbers in counties Laois and Offaly; and to increase the numbers involved in front-line policing. [35773/15]
717. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the new funding in place for community alert schemes to erect cameras and other such equipment; how the schemes can apply for funding; if he will provide a list of those schemes that have received funding. [34459/15]
606. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the local broadband service around Stradbally in County Laois will be upgraded. [33192/15]
1579. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the closure of Portlaoise Driving Test Centre is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30575/15]
1367. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive their redundancy payment from Pobal. [30598/15]
957. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical assessment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31216/15]
149. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will approve family income supplement payments for Garda recruits (details supplied) in Templemore, County Tipperary as they are employees of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30571/15]
449. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when a diabetes podiatry post, which was sanctioned for Tullamore Hospital, County Offaly in the 2015 Health Service Executive service plan, will be filled and the reason for the delay. [29571/15]
38. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings he has had with the Association of Local Government in Ireland and the Local Authority Members Association; his views on those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29003/15]
31. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new guidelines on wind farms will be published; and if they are likely to contain minimum set-back distances from dwelling houses. [29002/15]
25. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on further proposed changes to the constituency boundaries between counties Carlow and Laois; if he will provide a full list of the members of the Carlow Boundary Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/15]
14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses to be completed in 2015. [28989/15]
5. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current position; when he expects a EUROSTAT report on Irish Water's finances to be completed; and if he is satisfied that Irish Water will pass the criteria given that projected income from domestic water charges will fall well short of the running costs of Irish Water until at least 2018. [29236/15]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions position regarding water charges and a referendum to ensure that water services are not privatised. [29232/15]
145. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next payment of the beef genomics programme will issue to farmers. [29465/15]
55. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if it is his Department's intention and the Health Service Executive's intention to employ the required number of consultants to continue to provide 24-hour emergency department services at Portlaoise hospital in County Laois. [27661/15]
53. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when he will have a reply regarding the future of Abbeyleix District Hopsital and St. Brigids Hospital, Shaen, County Laois; and the stage of the process [27666/15]
229. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the minimum disruption to traffic, pedestrians and businesses is being caused by the ongoing Luas works in Dublin city centre. [26683/15]
228. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cellars running under roads have to be purchased prior to Luas works being commenced. [26682/15]
29. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements in place regarding the tenure that the State has on the building known as Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. [26120/15]
236. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons who have a masters degree in chaplaincy and pastoral care plus a bachelor of arts degree are prevented from applying for, or being considered for, the position of school chaplain on the basis that they are not registered teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26448/15]
708. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the delay in delisting bogs that were designated national heritage areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26169/15]
244. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline to Irish Water, the concerns of the residents of Balbriggan in County Dublin, in regard to the quality of the potable water in the town; the plans Irish Water has to reduce the level of limescale in the water. [25490/15]
278. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is using drones to monitor activity on bogs. [25236/15]
244. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway City Council has submitted proposals regarding Traveller-specific accommodation to the Traveller accommodation unit; the date of receipt of this; and the expected length of time it will take the unit to reply to this submission and conclude on proposals contained therein. [25238/15]
139. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any mechanisms available to the State to alter the terms of occupancy of the building known as Agriculture House on Kildare Street, Dublin 2. [25213/15]
54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of concerns raised by the Electricity Supply Board Retired Staff Association and its demands for a change in the social welfare and pensions legislation to provide for the rights of pensioner organisations or associations to represent their members, so that pensioners have access to the State's industrial relations mechanisms, and to ensure employer responsibility for company pension schemes and that employers fund future pension protection schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25210/15]
28. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a letter of 12 May 2015 from his Department to a person (details supplied) regarding the shortfall in Irish Water revenue and the implications that will have for continued Government subvention. [22070/15]
22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme which was legislated for in 2014 will come into effect. [22071/15]