Results 20,001-20,020 of 20,298 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in order to alleviate the shortage of primary school places in Portlaoise, that the transport section of her Department would provide transport by minibus to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16470/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has had any communication with Laois County Council around providing a mechanism for people to access EV charging points in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the €265,000,000 approved for housing acquisitions in 2025; the amount approved for 2023 and 2024 in Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 3,000 social and affordable homes approved by Cabinet that will be delivered in Laois; if they will be delivered in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17039/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the threshold to allow qualification for social housing in various local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17040/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 674. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to abolish the means test for carer’s allowance; if so, if it will be done in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 713. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when funding will be provided for the new Court House in Portlaoise; and can he give an update on this. [17034/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of refuges for victims of domestic abuse in the nine counties that are without one including Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 960. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of free hormone replacement therapy, given the commitment given in Budget 2025 for same; the reason for the delay with the pharmacists; and when women will be able to avail of this free therapy; and the date to resolve the issue (details supplied). [17035/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Grant Payments (8 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 961. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to provide grants to first responders (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/25]

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this progressive motion. It is a case of here we go again. We have a shortage of school places for children with special needs, and there are huge gaps. In addition to the obstacles with the lack of nearby school classes in their catchment area, children are experiencing exclusion and extended absences from school. In some cases, they are...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. The revision of the national development plan is supposedly to accelerate the delivery of housing in particular. There are a couple of things needed to accelerate that. The first is the need to replicate existing plans so the same plan for social and affordable housing and other houses can be used in Waterford, Laois or Donegal. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 587. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case for a simplified statement of liability process from Revenue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 681. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Mountmellick flood relief scheme design will be complete; when it will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála for planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 682. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the finalised “additional report” regarding the Derrycloney part of the Mountmellick flood relief scheme will be made available to the local residents’ group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 886. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will remove the barrier to those who are 70 and over from driving vehicles under the school transport scheme; if she will also allow drivers to continue in the scheme until they reach 75 years, provided they pass an annual medical and eye examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19403/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a pension scheme for those school secretaries that are employed by boards of management and to give them parity with other school staff such as SNAs and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21279/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 1141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when overdue updated guidelines on wind farm regulations will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21278/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when appropriate guidelines will be put in place for onshore wind farms, given the last guidelines were published in 2006 and then a draft in 2019, which went no further than draft stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19672/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Brian Stanley: 1379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications registered per operational scheme for the period of 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18613/25]