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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: The regulator needs to take these issues up with Irish Water. The company cannot have a blank cheque in those three areas. This is something that will have an impact on businesses and householders.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (22 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: The option of relocating turf cutters from Coolrain bog to Ballaghmore bog was examined by the former Minister but it is now out of the equation. The draft raised bog management plan stated only 1 ha of degraded raised bog can be restored at Coolrain bog. Will she examine this and exercise the possibility under Article 6.4 of the habitats directive which Alan Seatter of the European...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (22 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the evidence of various surveys of Coolrain indicates that restoration of it as an special area of conservation could be possible. [40156/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (22 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update regarding her Department's efforts to find a viable relocation option for turf cutters at Coolrain bog. [40155/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients must wait two and a half years to be assessed for a hearing aid in County Laois; his plans to deal with this issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40669/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (22 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 203. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities that have decided to lower their local property tax in 2015. [40559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (22 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 208. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the tendering process that contractors must go through when tendering for the retrofitting of insulation in local authority housing; the different stages of the tendering process; and the criteria on which tenders are judged. [40670/14]

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: By €1.30.

An Bille um n gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: First Stage (23 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.The Bill is to amend the Constitution to allow those aged 16 and 17 the right to vote. We saw that happen recently in the Scottish referendum, when tens of thousands of young people came out to...

An Bille um n gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: First Stage (23 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014 - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014 (4 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.The Bill proposes to insert a clause in Article 40 of the Constitution following a referendum on the ownership of Irish Water, water services and water infrastructure. There have been large-scale...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014 - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014 (4 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow has to wait until July 2015 for hip replacement surgery; the steps he will take to expedite same. [41003/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: 665. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of counties that do not have a full-time orthodontist; the orthodontic services currently provided for children in County Laois along with waiting times; and when a full-time orthodontist will be recruited for County Laois. [41391/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (4 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: 1001. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any directions to local authorities regarding outstanding land acquisition loans, some of which are now due for repayment. [41213/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (6 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: 180. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will have hip replacement surgery as their mobility is very restricted and they are in severe pain. [42598/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (6 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: 224. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that Irish Water will collect next year net of all allowances. [42523/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (6 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: 228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he expects to raise from road tax on vintage vehicles in 2014; his views on reducing or abolishing the tax on vintage vehicles to be used only in community or charity fund raising events. [42596/14]

Report of Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Motion (7 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: The recent Seanad referendum showed that people could be confused very easily by the way in which ballot papers were presented. The survey showed that 13% of those who had voted "Yes" to abolish the Seanad had thought they were voting to retain it. A total of 6% of those who had voted "No" said they wanted to abolish it. One could argue flippantly that such errors were balanced out, but...

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: Múinteoir