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Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: Farmers are burning in fields all over the country.

Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: Farmers are burning in fields all over the country. One can see the smoke blowing out over the road. It would be preferable to use cuttings for biomass to feed the energy plants. I impress on the Minister to need to get moving. We have had trials with miscanthus and willow. I know willow will not grow on very poor land but land is available that was used for arable purposes that is...

Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I hope the Minister has read my paper on biomass.

Other Questions: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to reduce the amount of plastic packaging being produced in view of the pollution levels in oceans and rivers from plastics. [18027/18]

Other Questions: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to the major problem with plastic packaging. The Minister knows that the Sick of Plastic campaign day last Saturday by Friends of the Earth and others was a big success. There is a significant public appetite for change and the public is switched on to this issue. Young people specifically are tuned into what we need to do. We need to step up to the plate in this...

Other Questions: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for the reply. Some 983,380 tonnes of packaging waste were created in 2015, with 32% of plastic waste escaping collection, and that is a huge figure. The Minister referred to marine plastic. The study published by NUI Galway showed that 70% of fish in a remote part of the North Atlantic had plastic in their stomachs, having ingested it, which shows that we have a real...

Other Questions: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: One might wonder what would happen if we did not have voluntary groups picking rubbish from the rivers and canals. The Minister may have seen the group on television the other evening of people in Dublin picking up plastic rubbish from rivers an canals around the city. That happens right across the country and we support greater enforcement. The "Sick of Plastic" campaign run last Saturday...

Other Questions: Recycling Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: The Minister should start discussing it with Dunnes Stores.

Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: We are coming to a crunch time on Brexit. The back stop does not have legal standing, and nor did it. It was a statement. I wish to raise the issue of energy, which is of major concern. We are dependent on Norway and Britain for much of our gas, with a pipeline coming through Britain. Some 40% of our electricity is generated from gas, and if this line is cut or tariffs are put on it,...

Topical Issue Debate: Brexit Issues (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: The State relies on oil it stores in Britain and the North. Joined-up thinking will be required in respect of this issue and I ask that it be given special attention. Given his brief, the Minister of State will understand that without energy, we will not have industry, jobs and many other things. It is crucial, therefore, that we are able to turn on the lights and have power, including gas...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy in terms of progress towards changes in services available through the post office network or broadening services to maintain a viable network of post offices and maintain an efficient postal delivery service. [18029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to aid householders in the reduction of emissions in view of the fact that reports in April 2018 highlighted that emissions and energy usage is on the rise in homes here. [18025/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (25 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has had a direct contact with Eir regarding recent redundancies and the possible implications for the roll-out of high speed broadband to rural Ireland. [18028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting speech and language services in counties Laois and Offaly; the number waiting more than one and two years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting occupational therapy; the number waiting more than one and two years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been granted home help hours in counties Offaly and Laois but are still awaiting the service; and the number who are waiting more than six months. [18365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting psychological assessments in counties Laois and Offaly; and the number waiting more than one and two years, respectively. [18366/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Offaly and Laois awaiting physiotherapy; and the number waiting more than one and two years, respectively. [18367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that there is no risk to the groundwater, groundwater dependent habitats and the vulnerable regionally important aquifer situated under counties Laois and Kilkenny by the reinforcement project substation in County Laois in view of the fact that operational risks did not form part of the environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (26 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address a serious risk to the highly vulnerable aquifer posed by a company's reinforcement substation project in counties Laois and Kilkenny particularly in view of the pollution incident which occurred in March 2018 in which kerosene entered the Fethard water supply; and if he will make a statement...