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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of private residential properties that availed of funding through the national retrofit scheme in 2020 and 2021. [9605/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I refer to the commitment on page 47 of the programme for Government in respect of children's health. The school dental scheme in County Laois has collapsed. The dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, for adult medical card patients has collapsed. There are no dentists in the county providing this service or who will take on new clients, so the dental scheme in the county is non-existent....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: It has been privatised. We are providing the budget but we have no service. Can we not train and employ a few public dentists to provide this service?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We are providing the budget. There is no service.

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. The carbon tax as it is designed is an unfair tax. It is punishing ordinary workers and families who lack disposable income to pay the extortionate costs of retrofitting their homes or purchasing an electric car. The point is that you cannot tax people to stop them doing something if they do not have an alternative or cannot afford the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the current situation regarding the payment of private security personnel, the quashing of the Workplace Relations Commission award and the pressing need for a sectoral pay order. [9781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding provided for the aggregated housing upgrade scheme; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9661/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding provided for the Just Transition Fund; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding provided for the peatlands rehabilitation scheme; the amount spent to date; if his Department has created the targeted number of jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9663/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the total spend related to the special assignee relief programme in each of the years 2020 and 2021. [9309/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: On 10 March we have mental health and CAMHS. There is a slot on 24 March. We need to decide whether, in light of the information and the discussion, we will await the information and clarification from the Comptroller and Auditor General when those accounts and the report are ready, or we proceed in the meantime, on 24 March. Are we in a position to proceed? I am not sure that we are. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We can hold onto the slot on 24 March but we need to fill it next week because we need to give public and other bodies that appear before us at least four weeks' notice. We know they spend a significant amount of time preparing to come before us. In fairness to many of them, they supply us with a substantial amount of information before and during the meeting. We have to be fair. There is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is suggesting the committee have a session on that issue on its own, possibly on 24 March.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy McAuliffe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I agree.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I agree with the Deputy. I would love to have had such a meeting yesterday, to be honest. The only thing we need to be mindful of is that if the secretariat sends the correspondence tomorrow at the earliest, then, realistically, it may be a week or more before we get a reply. We will have to decide on this next week because today is 17 February. We need to give bodies a minimum of one...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will request the secretariat to issue that correspondence as a matter of priority to the Department of Health and the HSE in respect of the matters raised. We will see what comes back and we will make a final decision next week regarding 24 March. On 31 March, we will commence a series of justice-related meetings. The secretariat has established availability as follows: An Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Deputy for that. I call Deputy Carthy to speak now, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Five or six issues have been raised publicly across this when you look at it. Mental health is one aspect of it. I am concerned that where some of us have argued for more money for health, the Oireachtas decides on a Vote for this and the Minister allocates the money, if that money goes to the Department of Health and there is an issue that means the money cannot be put to into effect by...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. I think it was held up due to Covid.