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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: That concludes consideration of correspondence this week. Moving on to the work programme, at our meeting on 27 April we will engage with An Bord Pleanála on its 2021 financial statements. I ask members to flag any items of interest for this meeting in order that they can be added to the agenda. Any items to be included should be sent in to the clerk, and the earlier the better. On...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: It may be an issue some of the other Deputies want to address. Issues have been arising around the harbour sector. On 11 May, we will engage with the HSE and the Department of Health on the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report on the emergency procurement of ventilators by the HSE and on the HSE’s financial statements for 2021. On 18 May, we will engage with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: We can put it on the agenda to address the funding that is allocated by the Department to the local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: We cannot hold individual local authorities accountable, however, because that comes under the Local Government Audit Service.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will bring in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on 1 June, and then there is a gap of a week. There are a further five weeks between that and the summer recess. We want to give the secretariat the opportunity to line up witnesses, give the witnesses plenty of time to prepare, and to allow committee members to consider what they want to have on the agenda. That...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all countries from which people are entitled to apply for international protection status to Ireland. [15169/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 840. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of homes constructed by Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in 2022, by county. [17847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 841. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of homes purchased by Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in 2022, by county. [17848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 1360. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department regarding pay for those healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid and who have been and are still certified as medically unfit for work. [16395/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 1803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to bring a proposal to Cabinet to reduce third-level fees as part of a sustainable funding model for higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16572/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (18 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 1804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans being developed to increase student accommodation units for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs that are directly employed by the HSE; and what steps that are being taken to increase this. [17838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 39. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on efforts to increase the number of GPs in training. [17837/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to use the learning from the 'priority areas for action' on nitrates to extend those measures that have helped to improve water quality. [17843/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to reassess the additional measures being put in place which have only commenced this year regarding nitrates and to work with the farm organisations to improve biodiversity on pasture lands. [17842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Laois for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Offaly for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: The question I have for the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health is regarding stroke victims in Laois, Carlow, north Tipperary and Kildare, who appear to be left with a very precarious service since the stroke unit closed in Naas hospital. People coming to Portlaoise hospital with strokes were being sent to Naas but in the past month or so that has stopped. Apparently there is a very...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister, there is a very serious issue.

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Brian Stanley: Mortgage holders across the country are seriously struggling at the moment. I have received many complaints, as I am sure others have, from mortgage holders in Laois-Offaly. Households are paying interest rates of 7% and 8%, with repayments rising by thousands of euro per year. This is happening at the same time as the banks are making huge, record profits, but offering 0% interest on...