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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43277/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by speciality and wait time band (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 123. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trollies at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each month of 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43279/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on trollies at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each month of 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the operating budget for Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43281/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43283/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (12 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for the completion of the Portlaoise orbital route; and if this project will be included in capital funding going forward. [41978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will prioritise funding to relieve the major traffic bottleneck on the N80 in County Laois to improve connectivity from the west and the midlands to the south east. [42065/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: We are putting forward a costed budget.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to replace eight front-line hospital and community based nurses in counties Laois and Offaly who are due to go on maternity leave over the coming months. [42651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to fill a post (details supplied) in community health services in County Laois. [42652/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be approved. [42650/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: On the energy Estimate, the Minister referred to a meeting held in Boyle, County Roscommon, earlier in the year. That meeting was useful in terms of the Brexit discussion. Something similar could be done on energy because we must bring everyone with us, including all the political parties, business people, local authorities and members of the public, on this issue. We need to create a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016 brought by Sinn Féin stipulated that wind turbines and wind farms would have to come in lower than the World Health Organization noise guidelines. Bills can be amended. The Bill was Sinn Féin's opening shot. The Minister said the proposed Government guidelines are now open for public consultation and the noise guidelines will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I note that there is almost €40 million in the environmental fund for waste prevention and enforcement initiatives, litter prevention measures and so on, but it does not take into account what local authorities are spending in this area. They have to dig into their budgets every year to provide a lot of funding for environmental measures. The plastic bag and landfill site levies are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: Is the Minister prepared to look at the return of deposit scheme, which is part of the Bill that I introduced, and the changes in penalties, but also the requirements on landlords and tenants, as part of the committee deliberation? The Bill has only gone through First Stage and I understand how the system works.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister has been saying for a week that the tender process is competitive and everything is okay with it but he knows and I know that it was significantly skewed once SIRO pulled out. It is also skewed by the fact that Eir has gone in and cherry-picked the 300,000 households. I welcome every connection that is made. We want to see connections. However, if a county council wants to...

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: We do know what we want.