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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (24 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44845/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (24 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 306. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report will be published on the costing to the under grounding of the proposed EirGrid North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44666/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: In the programme for Government, page 121, on the issue of climate action, I quote: "We believe that Ireland should be repositioned to give global leadership in this area. It will fall to the new Government and the Oireachtas to agree the first statutory nation low-carbon transition-mitigation plan". The mitigation plan falls way short. We have international targets that we have to meet...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The approach taken by the previous Government and the current one to the establishment of Irish Water and how we run water services in this country is a lesson in how not to do it. It has been a difficult campaign for many people, in both conducting the campaigns and trying to face down the efforts to impose what was, in effect, double taxation. An issue which concerned me greatly, and I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: My concern is the Border issue. I have not reconciled how this circle is to be squared. Two systems on this island will not work. The men and women in the white vans on both sides of the Border will have field day with this. The Border counties have been mentioned. Tyres from the North are often found as far south as Kerry and Cork. That is the reality. Ireland is a small island, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: Legitimate tyre retailers may do that but if 20% of their tyres come from the North, they will not be registered. That is the leakage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: That is the point I am making. They will wind up in an illegal dump.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: They will not have paid with tyres coming from the North.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: They want to pay a charge at the point of collection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: How many have not signed up according to Repak? There are 1,489 retailers. The tyre industry wants a back-loaded scheme. How will that capture everything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I propose that we do not break. If people are happy enough to do that. All I want is the answers to those two questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The figure of 1,695 has been given as the total number of those who have signed up to the scheme. Does Repak have an estimate as to how many retailers have not signed up? In response to Mr. McDonagh's comment, I have no doubt but that the majority of legitimate tyre wholesalers and retailers will ensure that their tyres are disposed of properly. My question, however, was very specific:...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the funding for youth work projects in County Laois. [43656/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 59. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding for Youth Work Ireland in County Laois is lower than the national average. [43655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the position of those social welfare recipients who attend a training course with the national learning network or similar bodies and on returning to a jobseeker's allowance payment are not entitled to receive the Christmas bonus. [43391/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: Our budget would see it change on 1 July. We included the cost, which would be €35 million according to the Government's officials. This would address those who have lost out since 2012.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: No. It would cost €70 million for these people whereas the Minister of State is referring to the whole lot. We are proposing to make a start on it by addressing those, especially women, who have lost out since 2012. According to replies to our parliamentary questions, €70 million per year would achieve that. We ask that this matter be revisited. Everything costs money and...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget for 2018. I will confine my remarks to the issues of communications, climate action and the environment, the brief for which I am the Sinn Féin Front Bench spokesperson. My party, in its alternative budget, was the only party to produce costed measures to tackle climate change, secure improvements in energy and create jobs in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 109. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is allocated for capital works on the day care centre in Monasterevin within the capital budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 110. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations of the report on the future of services at Portlaoise hospital will be made available to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [43243/17]