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Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Does Deputy Munster have a question?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Doyle.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy should be brief.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: We are up against time.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Unfortunately, Deputy Hourigan had to leave the meeting. Mr. Lemass was hoping to reply to her question. I ask that he send a reply to the Deputy and the clerk to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Doyle and his team from the Department for joining us today. I also thank Ms Costello from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for her patience. I thank the staff of the Departments for their work in preparing for today's meeting and the information they provided. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and the support they gave us to...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Insurance companies have ripped off the public for too long. The insurance sector made profits of €142 million last year, yet premium prices kept increasing. This Sinn Féin legislation would force insurance companies to pass on savings to their customers and reduce premium prices as a result of new personal injury...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of completed connections made under the national broadband plan in 2020 and to date in 2021. [29371/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I wish to ask the Minister the number of completed connections made under the national broadband plan in 2020. I know he will not have complete up-to-date figures for 2021, but even indications of how the programme is going would be of use. The Minister knows how important this is for jobs and balanced regional development and in the context of increased remote working.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. If I heard him correctly, he stated that 220,000 premises had been passed. Will he clarify that figure? Some 115,00 premises should be connected to high-speed broadband by the end of 2021. Some 544,000 premises are included in the national development plan, with between 70,000 and 100,000 premises to be passed each year thereafter. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying. However, my question was on the number of homes connected. Some 115,000 should be connected by the end of 2021. From the Minister of State's answer, I understand that a small number of houses are starting to be connected. That is welcome. In my constituency, some 12,000 people commute out of Laois every day, which is unsustainable, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: No, that was it.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the National Broadband Plan has missed any of the deadlines set out in the contract agreed with National Broadband Ireland. [29372/21]

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. A national recovery plan is important and I want to focus on the training and apprentice element. I want to raise the importance of training and proper apprenticeships, and I emphasis “proper apprenticeships” as we attempt to recover and emerge from the pandemic. We are in a housing crisis and it will only get more...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the recruitment campaign to increase the number of Workplace Relations Commission inspectors from 53 to the 90 inspectors it was authorised to recruit in 2006. [29943/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the Action Plan for Apprenticeships 2021-2025 which is a specific focus on apprenticeships that would help address skill shortages in the housing sector. [29525/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address exploitative employment practices of apprentice workers by employers. [29526/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Chairman for the invite and his co-operation in arranging this meeting. I welcome Mr. Fraser to the meeting. I want to preface my remarks by saying I do not want to cast any aspersions over or question the competence or ability of the Secretary General of the Department of Health. I have dealt with him on few occasions, including when he recently appeared before the Committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Can I interrupt Mr. Fraser? I do not want to go over the appointment of the various Ministers. The question I am asking is a direct one. At what point did Mr. Fraser become aware that the then Secretary General of the Department of Health was moving out of that Department?