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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister referred to rent on the GPO. I understood that, since the GPO was taken over on Easter Monday 1916, it had not been handed back to anyone else. Will he clarify the matter? Receipts from the plastic bag levy are allocated to the Department. It is then distributed to local authorities to provide recycling banks. What was the revenue from that in 2016? How does it compare...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister can answer my question about the GPO.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: Are we still paying ground rent on it?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 281. To ask the Minister for Health when dental screening will be reintroduced in primary schools (details supplied) in County Laois. [18476/17]

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: I am sharing time with Deputy Martin Ferris. I will not need 20 minutes. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I know that we have been around the reasons for it. The purpose is to correct the flaws in the 2010 Act. It is important that our inland waterways, lakes and canals are protected and that the fish stocks in them are protected too. This is important for fishermen...

Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for taking this very important Topical Issue on disadvantaged areas, which are now called areas of natural constraints. Some 52% of my own county of Laois is designated as disadvantaged. Huge tracts of Offaly are also designated as disadvantaged areas. Some €3.2 million is going to 1,700 farmers in County Laois under this scheme. It is a priority that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is taking an active interest in this issue, but it is very important that we get it right. There are media reports that he supports a two-year postponement of the completion of the assessment for the new areas under the natural constraint scheme. Will he clarify its status? Reports at the weekend stated he supported the proposal, with Austria. He also mentioned some other...

Topical Issue Debate: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (2 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: In budget 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (2 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 788. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement ophthalmologist will be recruited to replace a person (details supplied) in the children's eye clinic in Portlaoise hospital. [19182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 958. To ask the Minister for Health when his department will provide the required additional staff for the diabetic unit in Portlaoise hospital. [19833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (2 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 1283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if provision can be made in regard to one- or two-person households at which waste collection would be required less frequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 56. To ask the Minister for Health if, having met with various stakeholders and having had the opportunity to study the report and recommendations supplied by a person (details supplied) in December 2016, he has made a decision regarding the future of accident and emergency services in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. [20204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 67. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) to his Department expressing concerns about the lack of a plan for service provision at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. [20203/17]

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill.

Prohibition of Micro-Plastics Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: Essentially, what we are doing here is addressing the issue that everything is cyclical. Gone are the days when one could wash things down the sink and hope that they disappear without any consequences. Gone are the days when one could pump out pollution into the atmosphere and hope that it disappears in outer space without any consequences. Gone are the days where one could product tonnes...

Rural Equality Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: I am glad to speak on this important Bill this evening. There has been a growing divide between urban and rural regions which has been ignored by successive Governments or, at best, we have not had effective measures to deal with it. We have regulatory impact assessments and social impact assessments and other legislation already in place. This Bill proposes a similar process and would...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (4 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that as part of the review of the areas of natural constraint that designated areas assessments will be based on townlands and not DEDs. [20877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (4 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to hold public consultations in each county on the mapping process for the review of the areas of natural constraint. [20878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (4 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 164. To ask the Minister for Health when approval will be given for the recruitment of dental surgeons for the Laois catchment area. [21140/17]

Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the specific steps and actions being taken to meet obligations in various sectors in view of the publication by the Environmental Protection Agency on greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy targets. [21951/17]