2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of unfinished estates; if he will provide a breakdown of the stage of completion that these are at; the estates that are categorised as unfinished; the timeframe for completion of outstanding work in those estates classified as unfinished estates; and if he will make extra funding available to local authorities to assist in their management of those estates. [20640/13]
583. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to assist the 32 thalidomide victims with compensation; if he will meet a delegation representing them to discuss their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20366/13]
574. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when his Department will publish the report into the public nursing homes in Shaen and Abbeyleix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20259/13]
347. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made with putting in place the plan for the 53 special areas of conservation; and the bogs for which it is proving difficult to find a solution. [20364/13]
346. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the option of co-location of turf cutters and the special areas of conservation has been considered on Coolrain bog, County Laois. [20363/13]
345. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in finding a relocation option for turf cutters on Coolrain bog, County Laois. [20362/13]
256. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the future use of Ballinakill and Ballacolla Garda stations in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20365/13]
123. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of discussions that have taken place with wind energy companies in relation to the erection of wind turbines in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20190/13]
119. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to any possible conflict between members of energy advisory committees and commercial energy companies in relation to current or proposed projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20188/13]
22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commission a programme of research to identify practical policy goals in relation to the arts as suggested by the national campaign for the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19367/13]
27. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that a host organisation benefiting from free labour through the JobBridge scheme makes a financial contribution to the weekly payments made to participants; the date on which these payments will begin and the value of these payments. [18828/13]
15. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for finalisation of cases in the SWAO; the number of applicants during each of the years between 2008 and 2012 who waited for the finalisation of their case more than three months, between six and eight months, between eight months and twelve months and twelve months or more. [18829/13]
497. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline, in tabular form, the budget for Garda youth diversionary funding for 2012 and 2013; and the way that funding will be dispersed to different projects. [18738/13]
293. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm when a planned new school (details supplied) in County Offaly will proceed in view of the fact that parents were promised that the school would be complete by September 2013 but work has yet to start;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19109/13]
139. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider working with his counterpart in the Northern Executive to develop all Ireland business and economic statistics. [18630/13]
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken with his counterparts in the Northern Executive to promote trade and support enterprises along the border corridor. [18631/13]
871. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personnel designated to Garda vetting; if he will consider Garda clearance moving with the person when they change jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16096/13]
772. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in order to build greater trust and collaboration between the local government and local development sectors, if he will consider establishing a position for a staff representative of the local development companies on the Alignment Implementation Working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/13]
148. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress report on preparations for the roll-out of the new school age child care scheme, announced in budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17278/13]
167. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the current guidelines for the installation of wind turbines are sufficiently robust; and his further his views on whether the existing planning process promotes sustainable energy and protects the rights of residents and their communities. [15864/13]
64. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a Zimbabwean human rights lawyer (details supplied), who was recently arrested for obstruction and denied bail; if the Irish Consulate in Zimbabwe is closely following the case; and if it will be possible for the Irish Honorary Consul to attend her next court appearance on 3 April. [15535/13]
62. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the reported use of chemical weapons near the Syrian northern city of Aleppo on 19 March; if he has any further information on the reported use of these chemical weapons; if this was discussed at the informal meeting of the EU’s Foreign Ministers in Dublin on 22 and 23 of March. [15517/13]
61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Germany is the third largest source of overseas visitors to Ireland, his plans to develop this lucrative market; if he will inform Dáil Éireann of the lessons that have been learned from this success which could potentially be applied to other European markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/13]
42. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on meetings he has held with interest groups relating to Knock Airport and its future and any commitments made to secure its continued operation. [15055/13]
160. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of jobs under threat as a result of the recent horse meat/food safety scandal; and the steps being taken to safeguard jobs in the meat processing sector. [9061/13]
159. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the employment levels in the meat processing sector and the value of processed meat exports. [9062/13]
25. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the consideration that was given to the effects on the Border region in the design of Budget 2013. [14072/13]
230. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether local authority emergency or transitionary housing, unoccupied local authority units awaiting demolition or regeneration are liable for local property tax. [12818/13]
229. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance noting that on properties sold to tenants under various State sales schemes a significant discount is applied to an agreed market value, thereby reducing the price paid by the tenant to the local authority and in view of the fact that the local authority does not receive market value on the sale of a housing property, his views on whether it is appropriate that market value be used when calculating the basic rate of local property tax. [12817/13]
124. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in the Dublin mid-Leinster Health Service Executive region covered in the small hospitals framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13789/13]
23. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the additional measures he will undertake to address the high price of medicines, both generic and branded, in this State, as compared to other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13788/13]
22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of expressions of interest made to his Department on each of the closed barracks by agencies or local authorities. [13157/13]
46. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way section 481 of the Irish film and television tax incentive published in the Finance Bill will assist the production of indigenous programmes and films; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13134/13]
16. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Brian Stanley den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh maoiniú a thabhairt le hionad oidhreachta a thógáil ag Teach an Phiarsaigh in am do chomóradh 100 bliain Éirí Amach na Cásca. [13099/13]
432. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference used by the water metering system in choosing companies to be included on the panel for the installation of water meters; his views on whether the required €400,000 turnover for the listed years discriminates against small, experienced businesses in favour of bigger businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13037/13]
220. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in awarding the student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and when they may expect to receive same. [12651/13]
120. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form for each local authority indicating the allocation of funding in 2012 and 2013 for housing grants for elderly and disabled persons. [12819/13]
98. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the current guidelines for the installation of wind turbines are sufficiently robust; and his further views that the existing planning process promotes sustainable energy and protects the rights of residents and their communities. [12810/13]
75. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the overall cut of 11% to his Department's 2013 budget, the reason his Department imposed a cut of 76% in funding for housing grants for elderly and disabled to Laois County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12867/13]
51. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff he will allocate to the merged human rights and equality body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11551/13]
46. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill; and if it will contain a single determination procedure, long-term residence status as well as procedures for the registration of non-Irish national minors under 16. [11552/13]
92. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if the social impact assessment of the main taxation and welfare changes announced in budget 2013 is complete; and when she will publish same. [11375/13]
236. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Irish Aviation Authority carries out effective and adequate auditing of airfield sites in view of correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues contained therein relating to Kilkenny airfield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10743/13]
51. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the number of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation staff in the North of Ireland and other jurisdictions who have been made redundant, by region, and the numbers re-hired, by region. [10580/13]
14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made at EU level in allowing the ESM to be used to recapitalise banks retrospectively. [10581/13]
88. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the number of jobs that would be created by an annual €1 billion enterprise stimulus; the multiplier effect this investment would have on the economy and the savings to the State. [9063/13]
32. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends consulting with the Information Commissioner in relation to those State agencies and or bodies which may be excluded from the freedom of information legislation to be introduced later this year; his views on the possible limitations that will come with the inclusion of An Garda Síochána, refugee and asylum agencies as set out in the draft heads of the Bill. [10444/13]
138. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered a charge on broadband access on households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/13]
105. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce a new charge to replace the current television licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9973/13]