385. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the directive he cites, 2004/18/EU, to justify the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme was repealed before the notice of the tender was issued; if the tendering of the programme still has a safe legal basis; if he will outline the nature of that legal basis; in view of the legal uncertainty, if he will abandon the tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26905/14]
384. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the chaos surrounding the rolling out of the social inclusion and community activation programme; if he has received reports of the insufficient information supplied to voluntary and community organisations currently delivering local community development programmes; if he is aware that this process and the uncertainty generated thereby are causing grave damage to local and community development across the country; the steps he will take to rectify the situation; if he will reconsider his decision to tender the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26903/14]
383. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the plans he requested from relevant Departments and agencies on climate change; and if these will be published prior to the publication of the promised climate change Bill. [26864/14]
184. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a second redress scheme will be introduced for those survivors of institutional abuse who, for various reasons, did not avail of the Residential Institutions Redress Board. [26815/14]
107. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that all of the receipts from the local property tax in 2015 will be made available to local authorities for the purpose for which it was intended. [25445/14]
96. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the portion of the units offered by the National Asset Management Agency for social housing but not used by local authorities that were on the basis of concerns over social mix in an area; if he will provide a breakdown of each council areas, detailing the number of units and the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25447/14]
90. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that Westmeath County Council was told it could not impose restrictions on wind farms, despite the new regulations, following public consultation, not yet being put into place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/14]
79. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of legislation to provide for a deposit retention scheme to protect tenants from the illegal withholding of security deposits by landlords. [25448/14]
63. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans that have been put in place to address the shortage of social housing in County Laois; and if he will to set out a timeframe to address the issue. [25601/14]
300. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the universal social charge is not taken into account or disregarded when calculating means for social welfare payments. [24088/14]
527. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of dog licences that were issued in 2013. [22367/14]
180. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that can be utilised in Mountmellick nursing home; the number of patients that can be provided for; and apart from St. Joseph's ward the number of beds not in use. [21675/14]
128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the sewage treatment works at Duncannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21686/14]
127. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that all of the local property tax collected in 2014 will be allocated to local authorities. [21685/14]
126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons connected to a group water scheme that has a private source and is not connected to the mains previously owned by a local authority will be billed for water by Irish Water. [21677/14]
125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has recently met representatives of Atlantic Harvest; and the subject of his discussions. [21668/14]
124. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has held consultations on the proposed new Foreshore Act in the context of seaweed licences; and with whom he has consulted. [21667/14]
65. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the commitment that has been given by Oaktree and Lone Star Fund VIII who have bought the loan book of 13,000 Irish Nationwide Building Society mortgages from KPMG; and the protection that exists for these mortgage holders. [21676/14]
61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the amount each individual local authority received from the local property tax in 2013. [21689/14]
148. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the derogation from the EU water framework directive will be renewed. [20734/14]
170. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive speech and language therapy. [19729/14]
111. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on water mains rehabilitation, to repair leaks and to replace pipes for each of the past six years including to date in 2014. [19638/14]
27. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the provision of ramps and stairlifts by local authorities now has to be processed by his Department. [19464/14]
26. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will sign off on the transfer of water services for new housing schemes prior to the schemes being taken over by the local authority. [19462/14]
21. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when details of the new tenant purchase scheme will be published; and the way in which it will differ from the old scheme. [19465/14]
17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which local authorities can be expected to vary the rate of local property tax before they know the level of funding they will receive from his Department for 2015. [19463/14]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if in view of the Government decision not to oppose the Sinn Féin Bill on the planning of wind farms, he will support the proposals it contains in relation to minimum setback distances and that wind farms only be located in areas designated by county development plans. [19637/14]
114. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the overall figure for investment in Irish Water for both 2013 and 2014; the source of that funding, and the purposes for which it is used. [16837/14]
595. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive speech and language therapy. [16246/14]
345. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to export wind-generated electricity to Britain. [16510/14]
112. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance his strategy for recouping money paid into our pillar banks through the direct recapitalisation instrument of the ESM; the extent to which the instrument could retroactively recapitalise the pillar banks based on the June 2013 main features of the operational framework and way forward. [16286/14]
111. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioner's staff devoted to chasing the property tax as a proportion of total staff; and what the intake would be from redirecting those staff to pursuing black market activity and-or tax evasion. [16285/14]
138. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a report on health and safety related to waste collection facilities in the south Dublin area since the recent fire at the Oxigen plant. [14264/14]
720. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that will be paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund in 2014, with a breakdown of allocation to each of the local authorities. [13958/14]
652. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if radiation from the Fukushima site has been detected here. [12974/14]
249. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount of cerebral palsy compensation payouts made for children born in Portlaoise hospital from 2010 to 2013. [12523/14]
248. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the consultations on Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals; the state of the decision making process; and when he will report to Dáil Éireann on this matter. [12521/14]
247. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of the extra 38 posts for the Portlaoise maternity unit approved in July 2013 that have been filled; and when he expects the remainder to be filled [12519/14]
47. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider placing a clause in the code of conduct for mortgage lenders to prevent them from charging interest on the warehoused section of the loan. [12522/14]
46. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the measures that will be put in place to protect the 13,000 approved mortgage holders with Irish Nationwide Building Society whose loans are being sold to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if borrowers should be allowed to buy out the remainder of their loans. [12520/14]
Bill entitled an Act to regulate wind turbines through providing limits on the exportation of product generated from wind turbines; protecting nearby dwellings from noise and shadow flicker by providing minimum set back distances; allowing access to public consultative processes and related matters
120. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers employed by each local authority since 2008. [12312/14]
119. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any legal impediment to local authorities providing Deputies, councillors or registered political parties with a copy of the party political extract version of the current electoral register. [12300/14]
48. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for local community development programmes; and the way they will impact on existing schemes. [11777/14]
45. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing PPS numbers as a means of allowing persons to come automatically on to the electoral register when they are 18. [11776/14]
43. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether there ought to be an exclusion zone for wind turbines around horse breeding farms. [11775/14]
35. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will overturn the decision to have all decisions regarding local authority provision of works for the disabled and the elderly referred to his Department. [11774/14]