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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans will be approved for additional housing in County Laois incorporating social housing, affordable housing and private housing in the event of the county council bringing proposals forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department approves new affordable housing schemes in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if stage 2B of a school (details supplied) has been completed; if the project has moved to the stage 3 tender process; and if the transfer and conveyance of the land is not impeding this project from proceeding. [19875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the international comparison studies his Department has conducted to determine the exclusion of persons over 21 years of age from the FreeStyle Libre device; if studies have been undertaken by his Department to extend the device to those over 21 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19893/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an insulin pump at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise for persons with type 1 diabetes; the average waiting time across the health service for same; the number of persons on the list for a pump at the hospital; and the number under 18 years of age waiting on the pump at the hospital in tabular form [19894/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak to Mr. Conway and Mr. O'Donoghue about the price monitoring group. We have been waiting for nearly a year to look at what is happening in the waste collection market. I have read the report in detail and it is clear there is very little transparency in household waste collection and there is almost no regulation of it. It looks to me like a bit of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There is a housing estate in Portlaoise which does not have it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There is a population of 23,000, according to the most recent census.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I have a query about the bill being detailed for the householder to some extent, presumably in terms of the volume. Can there be a detailed breakdown to let citizens and householders - I cannot use the word "consumer" - see exactly what their dry recyclables, the composting part and the non-recyclables are costing? It would be a good thing in terms of incentivising people to try to move...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There are many examples to be seen in northern Europe.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (10 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided toward homelessness in 2017; the amount allocated to County Laois and the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/18]

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion here tonight. It is an important motion. We have to fix our sick health system. Despite the best efforts of many staff right across the health services, parts of the system are totally dysfunctional and in need of radical reform. They suffer from political neglect and little direction over the years. We now need to build a national...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to promised legislation. The Dáil ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 7 March last. It is an important element of any international agreement that those who do not receive proper treatment by the State under the agreement have a system of recourse at international level. The Government has failed to ratify the optional protocol...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: What is the timeframe for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: The discussion is useful but perhaps questions from a few members could be taken at once as all the witnesses are replying to each question. We can carry on as we are otherwise. There could be a correlation between a reduction in income tax and increased carbon tax, and changes in habit and behaviour. The big concern about that relates to low income households. If somebody is earning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There is a lot of low pay. I was looking at a constituent's wage slip this morning who was drawing €32,000 for a man, a woman and two children and he is not in the tax bracket.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: They are not targeted at deep retrofitting. There is a deep retrofit pilot scheme under which a certain number are being done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: Has Mr. Sadlier seen any evidence of a clear plan at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I refer to the Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: It is the Bill that I introduced. There is also the Waste Reduction Bill 2017.