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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Regional Development (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome what the Minister has said about the focus of the Department and that he recognises this is a special case. He also mentioned the Slieve Bloom bike trial, which is an important project for Laois-Offaly. That needs to be completed and the Minister's officials might send me a note outlining where the Department is at on that project because it is important to see it through to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: 24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on whether county councils should play a greater role in the town and village renewal scheme; and his views on whether the scheme should be deployed in such a way that it would enhance local area plans. [50295/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of jobs created under the Action Plan for Rural Development in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50293/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: 189. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs for autism spectrum will be carried out for a person (details supplied). [50816/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy; and the number waiting over one, two and three years, respectively. [50854/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting physiotherapy; and the number waiting over one, two and three years, respectively. [50855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly awaiting speech and language therapy; and the number waiting over one, two and three years, respectively. [50877/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the panel, in particular Mr. Michael McCarthy, who is returning to this room. He was the Chairman of the Thirty-first Dáil's environment committee, of which I was a member. Mr. Dennehy mentioned the agriculture sector in terms of biogas. Is there a role for the semi-State sector? Bord na Móna has tentatively started to move into biogas and has submitted a planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: Do the witnesses envisage a network of small plants or a small network of large plants? I believe Germany has 6,000 plants. What steps can be taken to reduce opposition to plants' siting? There is already opposition. Some of it will not be justifiable, but some will be. People have concerns, so we must ensure that this does not go the same way as onshore wind in the midlands where we saw...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: What about the scale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: Let us say that the average livestock farm in this country is 150 acres and has 150 animals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: There is a great deal of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: There is too much of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: By 14 January, it will be everywhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: I see this as resolving the problem. Mr. Michael McCarthy has heard me say at a previous meeting of the committee in this room that we can use it to solve a problem, to create jobs and to generate power. That is the good news. On solar, I have introduced a Bill that deals with planning permission for rooftop solar. The current planning permission at 12 sq. m is very restrictive in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: What size of solar panel would it support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: In regard to self-consumption or export to the grid, we are speaking of small-scale generation. I live in a semi-detached house. If I install solar panels on my house, should I forget about trying to export to the grid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Brian Stanley: On wind energy, in terms of potential, Mr. Michael McCarthy mentioned the east coast. The first wind farm in Ireland is the one in Arklow, which is on the east coast. My understanding is that that site was picked on the basis of it having a ridge. Is sea depth on the western sea board a massive problem? Obviously, the west also has potential because, as referenced in the Wild Atlantic...