32. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports by SIPTU that contractors involved in the installation of water meters for Irish Water are not abiding by agreements in relation to pay and conditions for workers in the sector. [11902/14]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will halt the implementation of the new building regulation to allow a distinction to be made between self-built homes and multi-unit developments; and if he will allow local authorities to have designated qualified personnel provide the final decision on buildings. [12004/14]
126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the conclusions of the report by the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill will be reflected in the Heads of Bill he intends to publish before Easter. [11035/14]
269. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the claim that the building control regulations to be introduced on 1 March will add €50,000 to the cost of building an average house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10488/14]
268. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the impact the building control regulations to be introduced on 1 March will have on persons who are planning to build their own homes. [10487/14]
474. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Irish Water no longer intends to use DBOs for new water treatment plants. [9329/14]
473. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will pay for leaks on pipes where a group water scheme is connected to the Irish Water system. [9328/14]
466. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's response to Westmeath County Council's establishment of minimum setback distances for wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/14]
214. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the stage the process is at regarding the examination of consultations on Abbeyleix hospital; and if the assessment of the documents and recommendations have been forwarded to his Department. [8462/14]
213. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the progress made in securing funding and developing plans for a new maternity unit in Portlaoise hospital, County Laois. [8461/14]
212. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in compensation for each year from 2010 to 2013 to the families of babies born with cerebral palsy. [8459/14]
211. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the level of staffing in the maternity unit at Portlaoise hospital, County Laois; and if efforts have been made to recruit new midwives. [8457/14]
208. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances based in County Laois; the number of personnel designated to operate the service; and the lowest number of vehicles and staff on duty during a weekly roster. [8453/14]
139. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Laois, which is not functioning properly will be allocated funding for an upgrade. [8451/14]
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that Student Universal Support Ireland are seeking to reclaim funding for wrongly assessed students through their colleges. [8401/14]
488. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at Killimy Road, Emo, County Laois, which is not functioning properly, will be allocated funding for an upgrade. [7518/14]
167. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the passing on of local property tax by local authorities to local authority tenants by adding a charge to their rent. [7247/14]
380. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems at the factory (details supplield) in Tallaght regarding the emission of fumes which have caused the plant to be evacuated on a number of occasions and have caused problems for premises on the same site; and if the Environmental Protection Agency is investigating this matter. [6400/14]
123. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the current staffing levels at Irish Water, broken down into different categories of engineers, call centre staff and so on. [5843/14]
122. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salary each member of the board of Irish Water receives; and the payments, if any, each member received in 2013. [5842/14]
110. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the overall amount of money allocated to Irish Water to date; if he will provide a breakdown of the sources of that funding including the amount of local property tax that will be used to fund Irish Water. [5730/14]
465. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has asked the National Consumer Agency, in line with its legal functions as the statutory body responsible in law for promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of consumers, to undertake independent analysis in relation to the future delivery of water services and the likely impact on consumers of funding these services through household water charges. [5236/14]
464. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Consumer Agency, as the statutory body responsible in law, at this time, for promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of consumers, has been given any statutory mandate by him to act as the independent consumer voice as part of the water reform process. [5235/14]
463. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Consumer Agency, as the statutory body responsible in law for promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of consumers, was formally and directly consulted by him in relation to the introduction of legislation to establish the water service utility, Irish Water, and the introduction of household water charges. [5234/14]
440. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the €490 million subvention from the local government fund to Irish Water will have to be repaid. [4949/14]
112. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the crisis in the rental accommodation scheme where many tenants in the scheme are being evicted or face eviction through no fault of their own and the local authority responsible is refusing to house them as agreed; the action he will take to stop these evictions happening and to house those who are evicted. [5033/14]
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the long overdue new scheme for tenant purchase of local authority housing will be put in place; and if he will commit to a deadline of at least before the summer recess. [5031/14]
100. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the work he is doing to ensure the good work currently done by the Private Residential Tenancies Board is continued in view of the fact that at present it receives no Exchequer funding and in recent years has had to cut back considerably, including outsourcing some services. [5032/14]
93. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the details of an oral arrangement between his Department and Dublin City Council to avoid cuts to housing in 2014; the rationale for this last minute deal; and the way it will be implemented. [5029/14]
89. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new social housing units that were built by local authorities in 2013; the current number of local authority homes here; and the amount by which he intends to increase that number by the end of 2014. [5030/14]
83. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the input of his Department on the environmental aspects of pylons and underground cables as part of the review being established by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. [5348/14]
132. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salaries each of the members of the board of Irish Water receives, and the names of the State bodies of which they are board members. [4564/14]
134. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of local property tax that has been collected in each local authority area; and the amount each will receive in 2014 from the Local Government Fund. [4515/14]
125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current corporate relationship between Irish Water and Bord Gáis. [4387/14]
124. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the methods that were used to select and appoint members of the board of Irish Water; and the number of persons that applied for the position. [4386/14]
120. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to identify the person who commissioned the reports by a company (details supplied) on local waste management plans; and the amount that he or she was paid. [4381/14]
556. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where in the Water Services Act it specifies that Irish Water will be retained in public ownership and not privatised. [4153/14]
492. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the awarding of the Birr water scheme contract to a company (details supplied) in view of the fact that the company in question has found it difficult to pay wages on time and owes former employees back money, which it claims it does not have. [3474/14]
151. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Sligo County Council applied for or received any funding under the €600 million scheme formerly available to allow local authorities to pay off loans on land bought for social and affordable housing but which were not proceeded with. [3322/14]
162. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide assurances that the capacity of Westmeath Community Development to administer Leader funding will not be diminished should it be subsumed in Westmeath County Council; the way his Department is supporting community initiatives and workers co-operatives and the broadening, grounding and deepening of agri-business in the midlands. [54656/13]
419. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on the proposed allocation for 2014 of moneys raised in 2013 through the local property tax, including any money allocated for debt servicing, to Uisce Éireann and the Local Government Fund. [54411/13]
418. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on the proposed allocation for 2014 of moneys raised in 2013 through motor taxation, including any money allocated for debt servicing, to Uisce Éireann and the Local Government Fund. [54410/13]
386. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to an area in County Kildare, if he will provide a full detailed breakdown of the cost of knocking two houses and each of the three houses (details supplied) to include builder's costs, demolition costs, security costs and landscaping and painting cost; and if he will provide each expenditure since 2011. [53762/13]
106. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed allocation of moneys raised through the local property tax, including any money allocated for debt servicing, to Uisce Éireann and the local government fund. [53166/13]
105. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed allocation of moneys raised through motor taxation, including any money allocated for debt servicing, to Uisce Éireann and the local government fund. [53165/13]
142. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Government will, in the interest of environmental best practice and planning, consider doing an analysis of the long term costs and benefits of high voltage cables going underground for the North-South interconnector and the Leinster south-east interconnector. [52068/13]
25. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units now leased under the rental assistance scheme and social leasing schemes under local authorities; the cost of these two schemes to the Exchequer in 2013; and the projected cost for 2014. [51821/13]