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Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I mentioned the issue of quality and I am glad to hear the Minister is monitoring it. It needs to be monitored and rolled out very quickly. The issue of broadband quality is essential. We need high-speed broadband that will require fibre-to-the-home because of modern demands in terms of business and students' needs. That is what the industry has told us. A further concern is that one...

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: Doughnut areas are being created around the towns.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: There was also the issue of doughnut areas being created around towns.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the procurement process and delivery of the national broadband plan; and if he foresees any problems that may inhibit or create difficulty in the successful roll out of the broadband network to the intervention areas. [6091/17]

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the Minister on his first day back. It is good to see him back on his feet again. Hopefully he will make a full recovery. He has been through a difficult time. This question is about the national broadband plan. There is major concern about it. The roll-out of the plan is badly needed in all areas. I was in County Roscommon yesterday, which is one of the counties in which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Proposed Acquisition of Celtic Media by Independent News & Media plc: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for attending, sharing their views and making their presentations. This is an important issue. The importance of local media reporting on local issues has been highlighted very well by Mr. Gerry Lennon and others. The business case and the business element and competition end of it has been ruled on and that has been parked. That is done. It is the question that has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 80. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of the planned new facility at a nursing home (details supplied) using the public private partnership model; and if his Department has sought costings to have it constructed by way of a direct tender for design and build. [4268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (1 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if Abbeyleix Hospital will be included in the capital programme; and the plans there are to refurbish, upgrade and extend the facility. [4267/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I also thank them, as well as those in the Gallery, for their patience while waiting. If one is going to do something that is a risk, the first thing one has to do is ask whether it is necessary. If there is a pedestrian crossing where one can walk safely across the road, why would one go 20 yd. up the road to cross the road without a red light...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Policy Issues arising from the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 and the EPA report on Hydraulic Fracturing: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: Yes. I asked about the study carried out here and the studies in the United States, particularly the one in New York State. The Americans have experienced and live with the consequences of shale gas extraction. Can Mr. Hooper comment on this?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there is any limit to the number of times a developer can apply for planning permission for wind turbine development at a specific site. [4333/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (31 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason ten houses (details supplied) in Cluainín, Mountrath, County Laois, have been left idle for three years. [3942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (31 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 681. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level by which CO2 emissions have been reduced in Ireland as a result of the wind energy sector. [4332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Licences (31 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 682. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland has received a fishing licence application from a club (details supplied) to permit fishing on Pallas Lake, County Offaly; and if so the status of this application. [4334/17]

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this important motion. The wrongful removal of tracker mortgage rates from mortgage holders is yet another scandal in a long list of scandals from within Ireland's financial sector. Families and individuals who were entitled to lower mortgage repayment rates were deliberately misled and exploited by these institutions, which were losing money due to...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Government amendment sidesteps the issue and takes us off on a diversion. It mentions the fact that €85 million from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is put into forestry and that is positive but it is a separate issue. This is about fossil fuels and the wording of the amendment is a diversion designed to take us off in another direction in order that we do nothing for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide ASD units in a school (details supplied) to cater for those girls that finish in the preschool units and are not able or ready to attend main stream classes. [2273/17]

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: Hear, hear.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (18 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: The post office and postal services are highly valued by the public and people trust the service. The universal service obligation, which delivers 94% of all domestic mail the next day, is unrivalled in Europe. It is a fantastic service. However, the fall in business in the postal services and in post offices generally has put the future of this service at great risk. To maintain the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Brian Stanley: It is very clear that the network and the corporate entity of An Post have been drifting into a fairly serious crisis over a long period. Some of those here may not have been in positions of responsibility during much of that time. Since this committee was formed at the start of last summer and the appearance here of the new chairman it has been clear that the company had major problems. I...