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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Ireland Establishment (1 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposed date for the creation of Bioenergy Ireland, the joint venture between Coillte and Bord na Mona; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26306/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (1 Jun 2017)

Brian Stanley: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the mix of fossil fuels and renewables he envisages being used for electricity generation going forward to 2020, 2030 and 2050; when he envisages the phasing out of fossil fuels completely for electricity production here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26336/17]

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the passage of the Bill through Report Stage. The Bill is a statement for sustainable development and common sense. I commend the campaign groups, Deputy McLoughlin and our councillors. For the past six years the Sinn Féin councillors in Sligo and Leitrim made sure that this was kept on top of the agenda. The former Deputy, Michael Colreavy, and Deputy Martin Kenny also...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: We submitted our amendment No. 4 over our concern about offshore fracking and its potential dangers, which has been echoed by other Deputies here. Fracking offshore could be more dangerous than fracking onshore. I want to be clear that our party wants to stop fracking throughout the Thirty-two Counties and offshore. However, we want to approach this carefully. Obviously, the immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bioenergy Willow Scheme (31 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that have been made to the bioenergy willow scheme 2005; the number of persons that received funding; and the number of bodies his department has listed that are using the crop for bioenergy, in tabular form. [26089/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (31 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost to the State to extend the warmer home scheme to include the upgrade of windows and doors over five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (30 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the interaction he has had with household waste disposal companies on reported changes in their charging structures which are linked to the weight of waste being lifted; his plans to address the issue directly with the companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25592/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Funding (30 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost of extending the warmer home scheme to all social welfare recipients, persons earning less than €25,000 a year and persons earning less than €30,000 a year in tabular form. [25736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (30 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost of ensuring that every household in the State is provided with 100 Mbps speed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (30 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated cost by county of ensuring that every household in the State is provided with 100 Mbps, in tabular form. [25738/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (30 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of electricity generation created through renewable sources; and the percentage applicable to each different form of renewable energy. [25739/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (23 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time and maximum waiting time in each quarter of 2016 and to date in 2017 for an emergency ambulance in counties Laois and Kildare, by county, in tabular form. [24199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (23 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 509. To ask the Minister for Health his views on if it is acceptable for nurses and prescribing nurses working in general practitioner practices to charge medical card holders for visits. [24488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (23 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 542. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to reduce the waiting times for children to see a consultant and to have a tonsillectomy in the ENT department in Tullamore hospital in view of the fact that waiting times are over two years. [24746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Thatching Grants Expenditure (18 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: 188. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding to grant aid or other supports for reroofing unique thatch cottages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23828/17]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: I support the amendment but I use this opportunity to highlight the following. When we change Governments, Departments are changed all over the place. The current arrangement is very fractured. There are Ministers with several different pieces in their titles after the most recent change. Departments have been chopped and changed to such an extent that it is creating administrative...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: We have some good and some bad examples of environmental protection and rehabilitation. In this legislation we must ensure that we tighten things up. Mines have to function and exploration must take place but the responsibility in that regard is greater now from environmental, agricultural and tourism points of view. We must provide a greater focus on the issue. As the Bill proceeds I...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: Yes, I may do so.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: In regard to section 34 and compensation in respect of the worth of minerals, it is important that the rights of the State and the public, who are the ultimate potential beneficiaries, are protected. I hope this legislation and further improvements that may be made to it will assist in that. I support the amendment.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: There must be protection of the public interest the economic benefit of the region in terms of the benefits that would accrue under the section. That has not always happened in the past. I hope that when this Bill is enacted, the issue of protection of the public interest can be copperfastened to ensure that there are real benefits to other local sources of employment and people in the area...