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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (4 Jul 2017)

Brian Stanley: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has taken account of recent cases with regard to future policy on wind turbine construction in view of the settlements made in recent court cases in regard to wind turbine construction and the effects of noise and shadow flicker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (29 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply. I welcome the midlands regional enterprise strategy. I want the Minister to focus on the Laois part of it. We do not want to take a hands-off approach on the IDA. It is funded by the taxpayer and public funds. The Minister is new in the job. I congratulate her and wish her the best of luck in her new role. I want to give the county particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (29 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the strategy her Department will pursue to ensure that the IDA Ireland performance regarding inward investment in County Laois is improved; and her contact in IDA Ireland in this regard. [30217/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (29 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions the Government will take to ensure that there is not a repeat of the severely low job creation figures in IDA Ireland backed enterprises in County Laois in 2015 and 2016. [30218/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (29 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: These questions relate to IDA Ireland's performance in County Laois, which has been very poor, to put it mildly. We want to try to ascertain Government strategy in terms of getting jobs into the regions, particularly the midlands, because we are falling seriously behind according to replies that we have received to parliamentary questions from the Department.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (29 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply. A lot of good work is being done at local level by the local enterprise office and the local authority. We, as public representatives, the Sinn Féin representatives no less than anyone else, are working to improve infrastructure and facilities in the county and make it attractive for inward investment. However, the record in County Laois is...

Anti-Malarial Medication: Motion (28 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important issue and commend Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh and other Members who have raised the issue. There are many members of the Defence Forces living in my constituency of Laois-Offaly, particularly in Monasterevin. Many issues are faced by Defence Forces personnel in seeking access to negotiate terms and to address issues when they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (28 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with representatives of a group (details supplied) who have requested to meet with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (28 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the working conditions of English language teachers do not fall under his Department's remit; if so, the reason therefor; the Department under which responsibility for these issues would lie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30403/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister's reply would indicate that EirGrid is telling him that the works being carried out are minor and that there is one temporary pylon. I have photographs that show something completely different. It shows two pylons, a road being constructed and other works being carried out on site. This is a flagrant breach of the planning legislation and shows total disregard for the people...

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: Will the Minister invite me and Deputy Fleming to the site visit as well?

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: This is the most important issue in the mid-Laois area at the moment. It is a flagrant breach of the planning code by a State company. It has a controversial history. EirGrid started work without having a construction management plan or a commencement notice from the planning authority, which is the local authority, Laois County Council. It started work on it around 17 April. It met the...

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: This project has a very poor history. The cost to date is in excess of €30 million and there has not even been a JCB put on site. Compensation deals with one issue. The main issues that have been raised by those affected with Members and councillors from their constituency and nearby constituencies are health and safety, life quality issues and the effects on agriculture, the...

Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the implementation of the provisions outlined in the Dáil Éireann motion on the north-south interconnector project. [29480/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: While I thank the Minister for his reply, it did not provide much enlightenment. We now know that responsibility for An Post has reverted to the Minister, which is welcome because it caused problems for all of us when three Ministers had responsibility for the company. While, strictly speaking, the Minister is correct that operational issues are a matter for An Post, he is a shareholder on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: Did the Minister visit the centre in Portlaoise?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome that the Minister referred to the Portlaoise mail centre. The Athlone centre is critical for the west and north east and the Minister's visit to the facility was welcome. My concern is that we have only four major mail centres whose future is critical in terms of distribution. As An Post has emphasised, the company is now moving into the personal network, which is a very good...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: Time is of the essence.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding changes with An Post retail and mail businesses in the context of the retention of the universal social obligation. [30081/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to the uncertainty around the survival of our post office network and the mail distribution network, comprising four mail centres. What are the options for the survival of the post office network and the mail centres? We have had the Kerr and the McKinsey reports. What has happened to the former report? Two years or more were spent on that but we are in the dark in...