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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (13 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: 572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding waste facilities that continue to receive and process commercial waste after their licence has expired. [39436/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (13 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: 573. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on and the position taken with regard to commercial waste being accepted and processed in a facility that An Bord Pleanála has adjudicated does not have the benefit of planning permission and requires an environmental impact assessment. [39440/16]

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: We have ten minutes in total.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: If Deputy Tóibín does not show up, I know Deputy Eugene Murphy, even though he is a political opponent, is seeking to have some time. He says he has his own particular band.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I have read and considered it and we have had some discussion around it. There is no doubt that there are problems faced by those involved in the music industry in Ireland in accessing the airwaves. Ireland is recognised worldwide for its rich cultural heritage and our extremely talented musicians and composers are central to this....

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: 4 o’clock I welcome the opportunity to speak on the amendment. The people in Apollo House are to be commended. I saw only last night a man lying on cardboard boxes on the footpath across the road from here, a sleeping bag pulled over him. It is an appalling situation. Much of the discussion has centred on Dublin and other high pressure zones. I understand that the problem...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to allow tenants of approved housing bodies to buy their homes as per a scheme similar to the one that is available to local authority tenants. [41658/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the establishment of a planning aid service such as that in place in the UK since 2004. [1308/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 783. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will arrange the return on loan or on a permanent basis of the Mace of Athy, which was purchased and is now in a museum in San Antonio, Texas, USA. [1309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 997. To ask the Minister for Health if full medical card holders should have to pay their general practitioners for blood tests; and, if they have been charged and paid for these tests, can they receive a refund from the HSE or PCRS. [41476/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 1026. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of employing agency staff, locums and other non-HSE staff in Portlaoise hospital in each of the past three years. [41656/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 1027. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the total wage bill, including HSE and non-HSE staff, in Portlaoise hospital in each of the past three years. [41657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 1502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the origins of the foreign wood chips or pellets being burned in power stations here; and if these are from sustainable forests. [1307/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: It is very clear that the network and the corporate entity of An Post have been drifting into a fairly serious crisis over a long period. Some of those here may not have been in positions of responsibility during much of that time. Since this committee was formed at the start of last summer and the appearance here of the new chairman it has been clear that the company had major problems. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: I am nearly there. I waited for almost three hours. I have been very patient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: The increase proposed by ComReg would bring the price of a postage stamp to more than €1. Given that ComReg does not regulate or set the price of stamps, perhaps Mr. O'Brien might articulate a little more clearly what role it has in this regard. If it merely sets a cap, how is that cap reached? I would like An Post management to address what will happen if the price of a postage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: I asked a question on the regulator.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: The post office and postal services are highly valued by the public and people trust the service. The universal service obligation, which delivers 94% of all domestic mail the next day, is unrivalled in Europe. It is a fantastic service. However, the fall in business in the postal services and in post offices generally has put the future of this service at great risk. To maintain the...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: Hear, hear.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Government amendment sidesteps the issue and takes us off on a diversion. It mentions the fact that €85 million from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is put into forestry and that is positive but it is a separate issue. This is about fossil fuels and the wording of the amendment is a diversion designed to take us off in another direction in order that we do nothing for the...