432. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will make local authorities put in place speed ramps and other traffic calming measures when requested to do so by residents associations in unfinished estates to deal with road safety issues. [54585/12]
431. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will issue specific instructions to local authorities to intervene on public health grounds to maintain treatment plants in unfinished housing estates in circumstances in which developers refuse, or are no longer in a position to do. [54584/12]
430. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the pieces of legislation needed to action Putting People First; and the timeframe for this legislation.. [54583/12]
429. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the event of a household not paying the forthcoming water charge if he intends to deduct this charge for their source of income. [54582/12]
428. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in order to facilitate smaller parties, if he will consider increasing the number of councillors representing each local authority on regional authorities. [54581/12]
427. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he remains opposed to the Sellafield plant and other installations in the UK which pose a risk to our people [54579/12]
426. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the terms of reference for those who drafted the report Risks to Ireland from Incidents at the Sellafield Site. [54578/12]
425. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the cost in producing the report Risks to Ireland from Incidents at the Sellafield Site; and if the British Government covered any of this cost. [54577/12]
424. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government as part of local government reform, if he will introduce the D'Hondt method of appointing councillors to chairs and to local authority committees. [54576/12]
423. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost of installing domestic water meters and the total cost for installation of the boxes for water meters. [54575/12]
56. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored the possibility of lease agreements with the National Asset Management Agency housing, which would result in properties over time coming under the ownership of local authorities and remaining within the social housing system. [54241/12]
32. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown by county of the projected 4G coverage in each county in the State by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53341/12]
19. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a percentage figure of 4G coverage the geographic are west of the Shannon will receive following the 4G auction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53340/12]
41. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Brian Stanley den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla atá ar siúl, agus am-scála a chur ar fáil don athbhreithniú sin [52981/12]
26. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff whose annual salaries were in excess of €200,000 at that date; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53055/12]
475. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is more than €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52518/12]
474. 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 his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by the staff in relevant pay brackets. [52517/12]
40. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the changed economic environment, if he has sought to renegotiate the European regional grant aid regime that governs the grants that will be offered to foreign direct investment in each county in the State. [51898/12]
35. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets set and actions taken to increase investment by business as a percentage of GDP. [51897/12]
39. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the Government Departments that have agreed to his request to publish purchase orders over €20,000; and if he will confirm if this same request has been made of local authorities. [51549/12]
35. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the work completed to date by his Department with regards to his commitment to overhaul the existing statutory framework for ethics; if he will provide a single, comprehensive ethics framework in line with best international practice. [51548/12]
319. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide statistics on the number of site visits for potential investors arranged by the Industrial Development Agency to Dublin 10 from 2002 to 2012. [51236/12]
131. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable that less than 5% of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland have received their grant payments; and the percentage of applicants who received their grant payments from the previous system administered by the 66 VECs and local authority. [51343/12]
171. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is provision in legislation for exemptions to the plastic bag levy for those customers who buy alcohol [50697/12]
45. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail individually each of the recommendations arising out of the Keane report on the mortgage crisis that he or his Department have implemented since the report was published 12 months ago; if he will provide a detailed outline of the actions taken to date with respect to each of these recommendations; if he will detail individually each of the recommendations arising from the Keane report that he or his Department have not implemented; and if he will provide an explanation for the non-implementation of these specific recommendations. [50239/12]
18. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the meetings he or his officials has had; the correspondence he or his officials have had; the action he or his officials have taken in the past two months with respect to those banks that are either refusing to pass on European Central Bank interest rate reductions to their variable rate mortgage holders or increasing the rate on these mortgages holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50238/12]
191. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will request the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to reopen the warmer homes scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [50322/12]
10. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in view of the approach Norway, Sweden and Denmark took to the misappropriation of bi-lateral aid in Uganda, if he discussed Ireland’s decision to suspend aid to Uganda pending an investigation with these states. [50108/12]
133. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the National Advocacy Service that community welfare officers are not willing to pay rent supplement to persons with disabilities who are leaving residential care; her views on whether this is making independent living impossible for some; and her response to same. [49856/12]
126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the call by Barnardos for pre-budget audits that examine the impact of proposals holistically and across Departments to ensure that they do not continue to erode family incomes to be conducted in advance of the finalisation of budget decision; and if she will engage with others in the conduct of same. [49857/12]
139. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is possible for local authorities to include local employment clauses in public contracts before they are put out to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48983/12]
34. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Defence the supports the State will provide to the needs of ex- Defence Forces members in difficulties and to organisations such as the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48465/12]
681. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timescale for the proposal to merge Waterford city and count councils. [47710/12]
680. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of implementing the merger of Waterford city and county councils. [47709/12]
679. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €5 to €9 million savings that he maintained will arise in Putting People First with the merger of Waterford City and county councils under the headings payroll, tendering, procurement, services and other. [47708/12]
619. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland at least 20%, €100 million, savings in energy use could be made in the public sector through proven management and technology solutions; his views on whether such savings should be made urgently in major cost areas such as waste water treatment, public lighting, public buildings and transport efficiencies by requiring the public sector to participate in targeted energy efficiency programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/12]
21. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the stage of preparation of the report she has requested the National Director for Children and Family Services to prepare on after care provision, including best practice, assessment criteria and most effective aftercare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46764/12]
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe and costing for the installation of domestic water meters. [46071/12]
87. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role that local authorities will take in the regulation of the domestic waste collection industry. [46070/12]
48. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the proposed local government reforms, the way in which the €420m savings will be made; and the time frame for these savings and the cost of the introduction of district councils and proposed mergers of the three local authorities. [46513/12]
65. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to help taxi drivers source credit for upgrades to their vehicles in the interest of public safety. [45130/12]
15. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the National Recovery Plan 2010 explicitly recognises the tourist industry as labour intensive, his plans to maximise job opportunities and foreign revenue earnings in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45127/12]
54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any plans to facilitate county councils to engage in long term sustainable development projects within developing countries, like the Ethiopian Partnership Programme in South Dublin County Council. [44815/12]
51. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent peace talks between the FARC and the Colombian Government; and if in view of the Irish experience in conflict resolution processes, if any support, public or private will be given, to help develop or enhance these discussions. [44810/12]
415. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the proposed Poolbeg incinerator, Dublin; if he will provide update on any contacts or discussion he or his Department have had with Dublin City Council and with Covanta since 1 September 2012; and if the incinerator will be going ahead. [44508/12]
413. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [44447/12]
36. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if provisions will be made to broadcast county and city council proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43727/12]
247. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the curtailment in respite services for children with an intellectual disability in County Laois, that this service has been reduced by more than 50% for residential respite and that as an alternative parents are being asked to use a share a break respite service provided by unqualified adults; and if he is satisfied that this type of service is safe for vulnerable children and adults. [43620/12]
168. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when the Thornhill Teport will be published and made available to the public. [43667/12]
14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include senior civil pay scales in his review of the grading structure of the civil service and public service. [43493/12]