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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Preparations (26 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to put a proposal to the EU Commission regarding a package of market supports for beef farmers that are experiencing particular difficulties at present due to the fluctuation in sterling and the uncertainty caused by Brexit. [9010/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend the supports in relation to the suckler cow scheme to help alleviate the weakness in the sector. [9011/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (26 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he held or plans to hold discussions with the beef processing industry to raise with it the problems farmers are experiencing within the sector. [9012/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to page 63 of the programme for Government, which pledges to "Implement the new procedures to ensure more efficient and timely recruitment of" staff in health services. I raise the matter in the light of the ongoing uncertainty about the future of emergency services at Portlaoise hospital. When the Minister for Health met me, Deputy Fleming and the Minister for Justice...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (21 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the acquisition of land for a school (details supplied) be completed. [8878/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (21 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the overrun in cost for the national children’s hospital will impact on the new building for a school (details supplied). [8879/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the tendering and construction of the new building for a school (details supplied). [8880/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the terms of the payment and availability scheme for approved housing bodies; and the amount paid out to housing bodies under the scheme. [8289/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: The payment and availability scheme for approved housing bodies is one of the schemes introduced by the Government to try to increase housing supply. Little is known about it, but it has been in operation for some time. It would be useful for the House to examine the scheme, how it is working and its terms.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State provided some detail on how the subvention to approved housing bodies from local authorities is working. Is it a contra item? In other words, is the local authority reimbursed by the Department for that figure? It accounts for a substantial chunk of local authority budgets. The Minister of State clarified that between 80% and 95% of market rent is paid to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: The problem is that local authorities have very little say in any of this, apart from passing the budget every year for the payment and availability scheme. That is the reality which the Minister of State must recognise. On value for money, I understand that the Government will bring in several schemes to try to deliver the maximum number of houses but the problem relates to the cost to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: Elected members have no say in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (20 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to alleviate the escalating rents in the private rental sector in counties Laois and Offaly. [8290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (19 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average number of adult salmon returning annually; the amount that have come from hatchery ranched fish; and the origin of the fish returning annually. [7691/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (19 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: 499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average number of adult wild salmon returning annually. [7710/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his comments. The main concerns are an interruption to supply and cost. If I heard him correctly, he indicated there would be no impact from Brexit on the gas supply. I have a couple of questions on that. We agree that the single electricity market operating on the island as a whole has brought much benefit. It is beneficial for the North, as it is questionable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: I have a question on the integrated single electricity market, ISEM. As I recall, there was a commitment last October to deliver overall savings of €200 million to customers. That does not appear to have happened. What we have had since have been further cost increases. In the context of Brexit, the real fear is that with interruption in gas supply in particular, the cost to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: It has been outlined that a commitment was given that the tender process and the contract were targeted for June 2017. Page 46 of A Programme for a Partnership Government states: "...the new Government will work with the winners to accelerate the roll out of the infrastructure next year". That was 2018. This was first announced in 2012 and it is having a great effect on farmers, students...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: -----he said it was only ten days from being signed up. He said there was ten days of work left on this contract to complete it. Here we are in the month of February so what has happened to it?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2019)

Brian Stanley: We heard that a year ago.