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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: On the SEAI funding, there has been a lot of retrofitting of houses built in the past 40 years. A problem has arisen in regard to some of the houses built between the 1950s and 2007. Many of these houses were never insulated and are difficult to insulate now, and many of the people living in them are experiencing fuel poverty. Are there plans to target these houses which are in dire need...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: Solid walls.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: There is an area in Laois where the pilot scheme could be run.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: I note an increase of €2 million in the allocation for Inland Fisheries Ireland. A backlog of cases will occur following the change proposed in legislation due to be adopted. The new legislation will result in a large number of legal actions. Is the €2 million increase sufficient to deal with this backlog or does it even cover these cases? The Minister of State is correct...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister referred to rent on the GPO. I understood that, since the GPO was taken over on Easter Monday 1916, it had not been handed back to anyone else. Will he clarify the matter? Receipts from the plastic bag levy are allocated to the Department. It is then distributed to local authorities to provide recycling banks. What was the revenue from that in 2016? How does it compare...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister can answer my question about the GPO.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: Are we still paying ground rent on it?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the contracts for new community employment supervisors will be of the same duration as existing contracts; and if he will address the situation regarding job security for these supervisors. [17453/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans regarding gratuity payments for community employment supervisors that have no pension entitlements; and if his officials will engage with the trade unions on this matter. [17454/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the free travel pass for pensioners who have permanent residence here and are citizens but out of the State for a number of months each year on missionary duties. [17478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (11 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 580. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a nursing home charging a person (details supplied) for a mattress. [17998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (6 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the decision not to impose rent caps in County Laois and the remainder of County Kildare. [16818/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (6 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will release funding to employ more staff in the housing section of Laois and Kildare County Councils and release extra funding to expand their housing construction programmes. [16819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Laois will be provided with adequate classroom accommodation for the school year starting September 2017. [16548/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16549/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (5 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if approval will be given to visually impaired voters to vote independently by secret ballot in view of the recent decision by the High Court on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Renewable Energy Projects (4 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of renewable energy projects and green technology currently in the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund. [16452/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Renewable Energy Projects (4 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of funding being strategically invested by his Department in renewable energy projects and green technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (30 Mar 2017)

Brian Stanley: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a new courthouse for Portlaoise has been included as a priority for capital funding. [10491/17]

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2017)

Brian Stanley: Open wards.