13. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of extra costs being imposed on the owners of self-built homes as a consequence of the building regulations that came into effect in 2014. [22064/15]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference for the inquiry into planning matters in County Donegal which he has established and if such an inquiry will be in a position to question current and former members of Donegal County Council. [22067/15]
1075. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated in 2015 to local authorities for mobility aid grants, housing adaptation grants and housing aids for older persons; and the amount for each of the past four years. [22061/15]
1047. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total local government funding from central funds to North Tipperary County Council for each of the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will include in that table the corresponding figures for South Tipperary County Council over the same period. [21584/15]
1046. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in each grade employed by North Tipperary County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will include in that table the corresponding figures for South Tipperary County Council over the same period. [21583/15]
1045. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total local government funding from central funds to Tipperary County Council for 2015; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff employed in each grade by Tipperary County Council in 2015. [21570/15]
1038. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants will be introduced. [21489/15]
753. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce a replacement scheme for the motorised transportation grant scheme, as promised some time ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21770/15]
154. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the relocation of a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [21100/15]
47. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the Health Service Executive and his Department to ensure that children in counties Laois and Offaly who may be autistic will receive an early diagnosis and assessment; if he will provide a timeframe in which this will take place; and the likely waiting times for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy for children who are assessed as being autistic. [20585/15]
12. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve assessment and services for children with autism in counties Laois and Offaly. [20540/15]
165. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to address the extremely poor orthodontic services in County Laois. [21026/15]
164. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the waiting times for orthodontic assessments in each county in Leinster; and following assessment, the waiting times for treatment in each county. [21025/15]
961. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to appoint a barrister to investigate claims of planning irregularities in County Donegal; the terms of the inquiry; and if the person appointed and-or that person's team will meet with a person (details supplied) who has made a series of claims regarding planning issues in County Donegal over the years. [20395/15]
703. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the waiting times in counties Laois and Offaly for a hearing aid; his plans to recruit another audiologist for these counties in view of the fact they are sharing one chief audiologist at present. [20467/15]
316. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date from which the Office of Government Procurement will take over from local authorities in issuing tenders for the supply of products and services, in particular the tenders that fall below the limits required under European Union rules for advertisement. [19858/15]
184. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the rural water programme will be announced. [18708/15]
233. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulties suffered by agency workers on casual dockets, who must wait weeks for the employer to sign the dockets, and the resulting long delays in getting a social welfare payment; and if she will address this matter. [18280/15]
207. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to locate staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in either of two locations in Portlaoise, County Laois; and his Department's plans regarding the site purchased for a new Department building at Mountrath Road, County Laois. [18126/15]
198. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide permanent office accommodation for staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Social Protection, who are now located in Portlaoise, County Laois, as part of decentralisation. [18128/15]
220. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the day-to-day running of the National Roads Authority. [17950/15]
219. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who are employed by the National Roads Authority. [17948/15]
188. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide permanent office accommodation for staff who located in Portlaoise in County Laois as part of decentralisation, in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and in the Department of Social Protection. [17880/15]
10. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed on Gateway schemes by local authorities; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number, for each county and city council. [15621/15]
189. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when it is proposed to proceed with the climate change Bill 2014, which is due to be brought to Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann. [17025/15]
436. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning guidelines in place regarding persons seeking to build over land under which utility companies have laid infrastructure such as cables, piping, access tunnels and so on. [16704/15]
170. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of local government funding that has been provided to each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16017/15]
137. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce the scheme whereby those who were on a gluten-free diet, due to suffering from coeliac disease, could obtain gluten-free products under the medical card scheme at their local pharmacy. [16069/15]
41. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce changes to the building regulations as they affect self-build one-off houses, and extensions to existing dwellings, in order to reduce the burden on persons and families. [15618/15]
26. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the reform of the fire service; and if he will provide a guarantee that the service will be retained under local authority control. [15619/15]
18. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the energy upgrade scheme to encourage energy conservation for local authority housing will be extended to insulate those homes that have solid block or mass concrete walls, such as at O’Moore Place and at St. John's Square, Portlaoise, County Laois. [15620/15]
17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme to assist persons who are in difficulties with local authority shared ownership mortgages; and the number of such mortgages that are currently in distress, and the time frame for same. [15617/15]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he expects Irish Water to collect in the current year from domestic water charges, and separately from commercial water charges; and if Irish Water will require further subvention from the Exchequer. [15838/15]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to provide for the tightening of regulations in relation to derelict sites and related matters
22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider, as a matter of priority, the inclusion of the proposed new co-educational primary school for Monasterevin in County Kildare in the five-year construction programme. [15322/15]
14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given to the technical reports on the two existing primary schools in Monasterevin in County Kildare, and the demographic changes in the town and surrounding area, in the context of primary school buildings. [15320/15]
622. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of Irish Water's loans from banks for 2015, and any new applications for loans. [15246/15]
620. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is appropriate that An Bord Pleanála has allowed a company (details supplied) to overlook the regular planning process, and bypass both Kildare and Meath County Councils, in an attempt to push through the Maighne industrial wind farm project. [15157/15]
863. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in the National Roads Authority; and the annual cost of its operation. [14118/15]
862. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue that has been collected in each of the past five years from the M50 toll bridge. [14114/15]
860. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport where the revenue collected by tolls on the M50 in the past five years has been used; and if he will provide an annual breakdown of same. [14112/15]
774. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to appoint a single agency to oversee and manage the collection and disposal of used tyres, which will create a near monopoly situation, and make the cost of disposal more expensive, as a consequence of the increase in the illegal dumping of tyres. [14121/15]
773. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has carried out a detailed study of houses in County Donegal that have been identified by the MICA Action Group as having defective brick work. [14120/15]
772. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in the Housing Finance Agency; and the annual cost of its operation. [14119/15]
492. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a specialist hospice day care service one day a week in each of the midland hospitals. [14116/15]
491. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the differential in funding for hospice care per capita between the midlands region and other regions in the mid-west and the north west. [14115/15]
143. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the provision of grant aid to voluntary groups who install defibrillators for community use; and that the grant would be equivalent to the 23% value added tax that is charged on the purchase price of defibrillators. [14117/15]
51. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to have severe epilepsy designated as a disability for the purposes of the social protection system. [12391/15]