58. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail his position with regard to the upcoming EU state aid negotiations; and if he will seek to redress employment inequalities by increasing and targeting state aid in the future. [9065/13]
26. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts he has made to reduce the cost of doing business in the past two years. [9066/13]
5. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether local government or existing enterprise agencies are best placed to promote local economic development. [9408/13]
2. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created and the number of jobs lost in Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Enterprise Ireland supported companies in counties Laois and Offaly for the year 2012. [9407/13]
45. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the assassination of a Tunisian secular opposition leader; his views that Tunisia’s democracy is now under threat; and if he has discussed the matter with the Tunisian Ambassador accredited to Ireland. [8845/13]
24. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the matters which were discussed when he met Bill Gates recently; and if there are any new partnerships between Irish Aid or Irish Aid agencies and the Bill and the Melinda Gates Foundation expected. [8846/13]
150. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the State paid in subsidies to toll operators due to low traffic numbers in 2012; the projected cost of these subsidies for 2013; and the work he has done to renegotiate these subsidies. [8579/13]
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the date on which he or his Department will receive the report on hospital groups; the date on which he will publish the report; his plans to progress the implementation of hospital groups; if he intends to publish the report and its recommendations before it goes to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/13]
24. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns specific to people with epilepsy regarding the implications for their medication of generic substitution, including scientific evidence of the need for absolute precision in dosage and format of drugs for use in case of seizures; if he will address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/13]
22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the intended make up of the board of the Child and Family Support Agency; if she will confirm that a representative from the family resource centres will have full board membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7304/13]
498. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in having Garda vetting clearance issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [6814/13]
26. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a progress report on Ireland’s participation in the Austro-German Battlegroup; the total cost of participation so far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6123/13]
205. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the per capita funding paid to foster agencies by the Health Service Executive has been reduced by 33%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6215/13]
204. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost to the State, per annum, for a child in foster placement with a family, including weekly-monthly payments to the family, plus ancillary costs. [6214/13]
152. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in County Laois at present; and the number based in the county in each of the past four years. [6149/13]
61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase training of staff and management in the way to deal with prison complaints professionally; and his plans to inform prisoners of the new complaints system and ensure it is accessible. [5991/13]
17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that the outcome of investigations conducted as a result of complaints made by prisoners will be published. [5992/13]
904. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the recommendation made by his Department to refuse grant funding under the Sports Capital Grant 2012 for Dublin City Council's application for funding to drain four pitches in Brickfield Park, Drimnagh, Dublin 12; and if he will outline the reasons the application was deemed invalid. [5848/13]
169. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in introducing, in line with the programme for Government, a public service obligation which would include a fee waiver scheme in respect of low income households for waste collection services. [5414/13]
132. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in producing heads of a climate change Bill as promised in 2012. [6051/13]
Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to establish the Department of the Taoiseach as the co-ordinating department under the Act; to confer powers on the Taoiseach to make regulations; to provide for carbon budgets; to establish an Office of Climate Change and Renewable Energy and a Climate Change Commission; to amend the Carbon Fund Act 2007; to put in place a framework and enabling provisions to meet European Union and international commitments on climate change; and to provide for related matters
12. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made in relation to the battlefield site on Moore Street, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4498/13]
187. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice of top up, undeclared, payments which landlords are demanding of rent supplement tenants, in order that they will officially reduce the demanded rent to satisfy the community welfare officer; and the steps she will take to prevent this practice. [4068/13]
132. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to making payment of rent supplement directly to landlords through their bank accounts. [4069/13]
55. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reduce the 62 day average payment delay culture in Ireland which is having a large negative effect on small business. [3243/13]
34. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish companies in receipt of exporting supports, both soft and financial. [3244/13]
61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider giving the Information Commissioner the power to fine and or publicly reprimand public authorities for ignoring Freedom of Information requests. [3079/13]
56. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to legislate to restore the Freedom of Information Act to what it was before it was amended by the previous Government, with particular reference to current charges for Freedom of Information requests. [3078/13]
491. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will guarantee that Sundrive Road Garda Station, Dublin 12, will remain open permanently; and if he will ensure that the station will revert to be open to the public on a 24-hour basis. [2516/13]
167. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the findings of a reassessment into the amount of time that is allocated to subjects in the Irish curriculum are to be published; his views on the disappointing results obtained by students in mathematics and science compared with other EU countries that has been attributed to the time that is spent studying those subjects [2682/13]
55. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if, further to the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, he will set out the means by which the CCNs were sold; when and how were they offered to the market, and the information that was provided to the market. [1798/13]
7. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if, following information from his Department that negotiations to sell €500 millon - €1 billion of Bank of Ireland contingent capital notes had concluded, he will set out in tabular form the companies and third party persons engaged by the State to act on its behalf in the matter including at pre-sale and marketing stage, an outline of the work undertaken, and the date of engagement and the fees payable. [1799/13]
655. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to introduce a fee waiver scheme for waste collection services for low income households in line with the programme for Government. [1136/13]
358. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on rent and leasing property in County Laois for Government Departments and agencies for 2011 and 2012 to facilitate the de-centralising of central Government. [1137/13]
12. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure that the EU’s development cooperation programme is a central focus of Ireland’s EU Presidency; and what he sees as the biggest successes to aim for in this area. [1664/13]
17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €7million allocated for the Gathering in the 2012 Budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57262/12]
43. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health his plans to progress the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57027/12]
12. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the completion of the final Walsh report into the practice of symphysiotomy and related procedures at a number of hospitals; when he expects the report to be presented; his plans for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57026/12]
83. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to undertake a comprehensive review of the coordination, implementation and continued relevance of the youth homelessness strategy. [56776/12]
12. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence the projected increase in fuel costs for the forthcoming year for the Defence Forces in view of the increases in travel that will result from the reduction in manpower; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54705/12]
93. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of child-friendly visiting areas in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54465/12]
67. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that international research demonstrates that strong family relationships are key to the successful reintegration of prisoners on release; and his plans to address this matter in the context of denial of visits due to prison discipline, which is against human rights standards. [54466/12]
49. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it takes to process an application for family income support and the length of time it will take to clear the current backlog. [54864/12]
48. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been a change of practise in processing applications for family income supplement (details supplied); if a person who applied pre October could cancel that application and apply again and will it be processed straight away but would then lose any back money that they would have received with the original claim. [54863/12]
126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form details of the amount of rent paid by the Health Service Executive on renting property for both administration purposes and service provision in counties Laois and Offaly for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. [54730/12]
115. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive spent annually for 2009, 2010 and 2011 on renting residential accommodation in the counties Laois and Offaly. [54683/12]
48. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent annually for 2010 and 2011 on rent allowance in the counties Laois and Offaly. [54684/12]
31. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the Office of Public Works spent on flood relief works in 2011 and the total budget allocated to the OPW for flood relief in 2011. [54685/12]
559. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the annual cost of water fluoridation and the quantities used since 2000. [54580/12]
433. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the legislative measures or regulations he will introduce to deal with ghost estates and unfinished estates in order to bring some certainty and closure to residents of all such estates. [54586/12]