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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Post Office Network (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: What is the Minister's view on the relocation of post offices from town centres to retail facilities on the outer fringes of towns? This is accelerating the so-called doughnut effect which the Government and local authorities are supposed to be counteracting in towns.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Minister suggests that an alternative would have to be cheaper. How much of the €2.95 billion State subsidy will be paid to another private company, Eir, for the use of its poles and ducting? We have a network in place. As regards people being left out, the network to which I am referring, that of the ESB, covers every house while Eir's does not, even though it has poles all...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: How much is that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: That is €1 billion of taxpayers' money.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will seek a full cost-benefit analysis of all State owned alternative models to deliver the national broadband plan. [21700/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: My question also relates to the national broadband plan. Has the Minister considered commissioning a cost-benefit analysis on alternative models, given the difficulty with the current plan and the difficulties arising from it, particularly with regard to the option taken by the Government of the gap model with the sole bidder, Granahan McCourt?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. Unfortunately, a detailed cost-benefit analysis was not done on the alternatives. It is clear that the Government does not have a plan B, despite what has unfolded in recent weeks. The Minister is responsible for the national broadband plan which is a disaster for the Irish taxpayer. It is based on a failed tendering process, a flawed cost-benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has discussed with Bord na Móna plans to develop alternative energy sources into the future and to maintain job creation in respect of the decarbonisation of the environment and reaching emission reduction targets; and the progress made in relation to same. [21704/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the State subsidy towards the national broadband plan is structured over the course of the 25 year contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21702/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the authority he has to control the future ownership of the national broadband network; and the consequences for a company (details supplied) in the event of a sale. [21703/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Appointments to State Boards Data (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of members the State will appoint to the board of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21701/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate bus service on the Borris-in-Ossory and Mounthrath to Portlaoise route; and when the tender will be completed for same. [21960/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 594. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate bus service on the Borris-in-Ossory-Mountrath to Portlaoise route; and when the tender will be completed. [22056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (21 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the completion of the N7 motorway road widening works. [21961/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: I raise the matter of rents in the midlands. We do not have rent pressure zone and have no way of controlling rents. If one looks at rents for the last 12 months in County Laois, they have risen by 10.7% while in County Offaly, they have gone up by 8.5%. Inflation is running at less than 1% and wages are at a standstill. I am appealing to the Government to do something about this. There...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (16 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help cover for elderly persons when the regular home help is on annual leave; if home help cover is provided in these circumstances; and if there are variations between counties in respect of same in view of the fact that some persons are being left without cover in areas of County Laois. [21225/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: I also welcome our guests. Co-operation on a European level to protect the planet and reduce global warming through climate action is very important. The proposal our guests are putting forward seems to put sustainable development goals on the same level as industrial competitiveness. That needs to be examined. I agree with Mr. Petriccione that, while it may seem burdensome that we must...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (15 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: While I thank the Minister for his reply, I am disappointed with it. The State has made a major cash injection in An Post that is being used to cause damage to other Government policy, which was supposed to put the heart back into commercial town centres. There are a number of empty and occupied premises around Mountmellick, within 100 yd. of the existing post office, that would facilitate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (15 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to raise this important matter with the Minister. I want him to halt the relocation of the post office in Mountmellick from O'Connell Square to Connolly Street. The relocation will have a huge impact on the town centre. It is not just in Mountmellick that this happening; it is also being done in Thurles, where the post office is being moved from Liberty Square to...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Brian Stanley: The right to a home is the most basic demand a person can have. Without the right to a home, a person cannot have any stability in life. He or she cannot start a family or plan for the future. There are now 118 people homeless in the four midlands counties. In County Offaly there are 50 people homeless, while there are 19 homeless in County Laois, which is absolutely shameful. The...