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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: There has been talk of Kalashnikovs and everything else.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: What is the Minister doing to remove these roadblocks if they are being erected by his Fine Gael colleagues?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: Will the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, play his role in trying to resolve the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: This is a serious problem.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: When will we see rent controls? The people on the street do not find this funny. It is serious.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is very serious. When will we have rent control?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put an energy upgrade in place for older local authority homes with solid walls. [37476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Data (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of municipal waste now recycled; and his plans to reduce the volume produced. [37475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 48. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the disposal and management of worn tyres. [37474/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 50. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be put in place. [37478/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives by way of tax that are currently available to those who provide home nursing. [38709/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Help Service Expenditure (5 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home helps provided by private agencies. [38710/15]

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. No one can deny we have a crisis in emergency departments throughout the State. The facts are there. While we have a crisis throughout the State, the Portlaoise emergency department is fighting for its very survival. A report was commissioned under the stewardship of Dr. Susan O'Reilly and we were supposed to have its conclusion and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the inquiry into issues related to planning matters in County Wicklow has been completed; if he will make the report available to the House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39182/15]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: This is a good amendment providing for a revised format of the ballot paper. There is some confusion surrounding the ballot paper where political party emblems currently appear on the left-hand side of it. Anything that improves the integrity of the electoral system is well worthwhile. Is it the intention that this revised format would apply in all elections, namely, in general elections...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: That suggestion makes sense, particularly if there is a guaranteed service and if alternatives are provided in the event of ferry sailings being disrupted. It is important that people can vote and my preference would be for elections to be held at weekends. If people cannot be facilitated on Saturdays, then at the very least they should be able to vote on Friday evenings. A hell of a lot...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Inspections (11 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to raise with the Minister the important issue of what has happened in respect of St. Vincent's Community Nursing Unit in Mountmellick. The cessation of admissions has had serious consequences because there is a major shortage of public nursing home beds in County Laois. Only a handful of long-stay beds are available now in Abbeyleix and Shaen. The units there are...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Inspections (11 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister referred to a revised timeframe. A revised timeframe is fine and it gives time for the hospital to comply. The problem is the build-up of long-stay patients requiring public nursing home care. They require high-dependency nursing home care in the meantime but we do not have places for them. The three nursing units in County Laois are operating at under-capacity. The issue...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: Is amendment No. 2, in my name, being taken now?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: Yes.