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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a Garda insurance fraud unit to tackle insurance fraud. [46266/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the many witnesses for attending the meeting. They have brought the cavalry with them, and rightly so. I can recognise the urgency of this matter. A few weeks ago, Mr. Noone and nine of his colleagues from the group of unions came to Leinster House to meet Deputies. They tried to communicate the message from the unions and the workers to the people who will be affected. As a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: The ESB should definitely be there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Coillte should possibly be there as well. There is going to be a role for Coillte in the midlands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: There has been no just transition for the workers in County Laois. It is obvious that County Offaly will be heavily affected. It is right that there is no dispute about its status as the most impacted county. We need to continue to push the case for the protection of communities and workers in County Offaly because of the high concentration of Bord na Móna workers in the county....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Some of those workers have 35 years of continuous, permanent employment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: They were then transitioned to Kilberry on temporary seasonal contracts. That is the position those workers have ended up in at the end of their working lives. It is horrendous what has happened to them and that they have been left in that position. On a related matter, is ICTU actively trying to unionise the new industries starting up in the area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: I have a number of questions. I will put them to specific delegations rather than asking everyone because time will not allow for answers from everyone. My first question is for Bord na Móna. Rewetting of bogs in under way. For example, the bog at Abbeyleix is being rehabilitated. Do the witnesses see Bord na Móna being directly involved in the enhanced rehabilitation of bogs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Donnellan comment on the Derrinlough question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: That is the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: There was a question about Coolnamona.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I have one last question for Bord na Móna. On the Edenderry plant and the PSO levy, at the moment, I understand that there is a PSO subsidy for 30% biomass. Does that need to be changed? What type of stocks in terms of peat on the bogs are on hand? Does the 30% need to increase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: On the retrofit programme, has the ESB looked at the option of a green bond or a pay-and-save scheme? The ESB representatives have answered some questions on the future of the power stations, but in terms of the use of the sites, the grid connection location and water extraction licences that the company has, there are a lot of things and a lot of departure, so to speak there for something...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: I have one question for the Department. On retrofitting, a lot of what is left is external because the easy ones, the internal work, and I can see them around the midlands, have been done. Many of the ones left are the harder, older ones that require external wrap-around. There have been problems in England, Scotland and Wales with ones done under the British energy saving scheme....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Has that been looked at to see if there are lessons that can be learned from that? We want to try to get this scheme right. A number of pilot schemes are on the way, and I pass one on Kildare Road coming to the Houses every day, and I can see it being done. Has the Department looked at that, because Ireland is wetter than England, so there is significant potential for that to cause...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (19 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in each of the past three years in tabular form. [47394/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (19 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times to date in 2019 she has formally met with the Director of Corporate Enforcement. [47398/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fill the vacant audiologist positions in counties Laois and Offaly; the progress being made on the matter; and the expected date for the posts to be filled. [47109/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (19 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum waiting time for home help services in each county in tabular form; and the number on the waiting list by county. [47692/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Laois County Council will receive its full allocation for mobility aids and housing adaptation grants for its housing stock for 2019. [47263/19]