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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (25 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount that was allocated in 2019 to 2023 to companies engaged by her Department in providing labour activation programmes; the number of clients they assisted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (25 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to improve supports for tillage farmers who are encountering great difficulties tilling and sowing due to excessive rain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward legislation to extend the retirement age for prison officers to 62 years given some of the current staff will pass the age of 60 years in the coming weeks and months. [17876/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 618. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a hospice for the midlands region; to outline the level of funding available; and the approximate timeline for provision of the facility. [17633/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the mitigation measures being considered to cover losses in ancillary tourist services, due to tourist accommodation being utilised for other uses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16833/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department plans to provide tourist amenities at the Cúil Na Móna plant at Togher, Portlaoise, along with the three bogs in Laois, that is, Cúil na Móna, Coolnacartan and Cashel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Poverty Data (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the scale of in-work-poverty, where, according to CSO data, the rate stands at 5.9%; and the role that a living wage plays in combatting this. [16835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the Labour Employer Economic Forum subgroup on collective bargaining has met in 2024; and if he can provisionally indicate when the action plan on collective bargaining coverage to be presented to the European Commission as part of its transposition of the EU directive on adequate minimum wages will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the tendering arrangements for secondary school books; and if consideration can be given to tendering in smaller lots, such as by school year or subject, to allow local bookshops to be able to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17135/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the inconsistency in VAT regulations and extend the VAT exemptions to psychotherapists and counsellors providing services and to ensure equal treatment with other professionals working in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17016/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of applications seeking to avail of the EU just transition community and enterprise grant scheme that were received up to the deadline of 28 February 2024; the number of these from counties Laois and Offaly; the successful applicants processed since 28 February; and the breakdown of the amount paid to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of unapproved applicants for the EU just transition community and enterprise grant scheme; if these applications will be processed ahead of the proposed April deadline; and if she plans to extend the current delivery dates for, as yet, unprocessed applications beyond the dates of June 2024 to March...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all lands reserved for future public transport sites, such as train stations in Laois and Offaly; if he will provide any details to progress plans to deliver on those sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15962/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract with the operator of the M7-M8 Portlaoise toll expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15965/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned building project for a school (details supplied) in Portlaoise, County Laois; and the projected timescale for construction of the new building to start. [15966/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the proposed new school (details supplied); if the project is in the capital school building programme; and the projected timeline for construction. [16594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a European citizen can seek remedies under section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to implement the legislation transposed into Irish law by the Houses of the Oireachtas under section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972, to give effect to the CJEU judgements against Ireland in Cases C-50/09 and C-215/06;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 612. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plans for the Erkina House, HSE mental health residence in Rathdowney, County Laois; his plans on the refurbishment and the upgrade of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 613. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plans for the primary care centre at St. Finian's Campus, Portlaoise; the progress that has been made; what funding has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15957/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for elderly home support services in counties Laois and Offaly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/24]