Parliamentary questions

Hospital Appointments Status

Brian Stanley

592. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) can expect to wait to have an MRI scan carried out. [11738/17]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Brian Stanley

755. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action local authorities can take when companies (details supplied) leave redundant telecoms boxes in villages and towns such as Athy and in which the local authority cannot get in touch with them due to change of ownership of the company. [11772/17]

Court Accommodation Provision

Brian Stanley

6. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made by the OPW on securing a site for a new courthouse in Portlaoise. [10490/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brian Stanley

31. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of the new boys' and girls' primary school in Monasterevin. [10327/17]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brian Stanley

70. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the construction of a new school to allow a school (details supplied) to relocate to the site on the Borris road. [10326/17]

JobPath Data

Brian Stanley

428. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of participants in the JobPath scheme in 2016 that have been placed in permanent employment by each of the operators of the scheme, namely Turas Nua and Seetec, since the scheme was initiated. [10050/17]

JobPath Data

Brian Stanley

429. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid in job sustainment fees to the operators of the JobPath scheme in 2016 since it was rolled out, namely Turas Nua and Seetec respectively. [10051/17]

JobPath Data

Brian Stanley

430. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid in registration fees in 2016 to the operators of the JobPath scheme, namely Turas Nua and Seetec respectively, since the scheme was rolled out. [10052/17]

JobPath Data

Brian Stanley

431. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons that have been referred to the JobPath scheme in 2016 since it was introduced. [10053/17]

Rent Controls

Brian Stanley

32. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will have County Laois included in the areas to be covered by rent caps in view of the rapid increase in rents in the county. [8829/17]

Local Authority Housing Rents

Brian Stanley

71. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if carer's allowance is assessed as income when local authorities are determining rents to be charged under the differential rent scheme. [8828/17]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Brian Stanley

114. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include Part V units in the tenant purchase scheme in view of the fact their exclusion appears to be discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/17]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Brian Stanley

108. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide a support scheme for community alert groups that wish to erect CCTV cameras in their locality to follow on from the successful pilot scheme. [8644/17]

Court Accommodation Provision

Brian Stanley

109. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made by her Department in working with the Office of Public Works to secure a site and begin planning for a new courthouse in Portlaoise. [8645/17]

Energy Regulation

Brian Stanley

584. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the provision of bulk liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, remains the sole energy utility not under scrutiny of the Commission for Energy Regulation; and if he has satisfied himself that with only two providers servicing the bulk LPG market, adequate competition exists in the supply of this utility. [8167/17]

Information and Communications Technology

Brian Stanley

590. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to encourage an increase in usage of the Eircode system; and if any consideration has been given to amending the current system for this purpose. [8647/17]

Autism Support Services

Brian Stanley

127. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the location a person (details supplied) can obtain the necessary supports they urgently require. [7878/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brian Stanley

234. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) has been placed on a waiting list for an MRI scan at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if so, the expected time the person will be waiting. [7883/17]

Social and Affordable Housing

Brian Stanley

242. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a person on a social housing waiting list for five or six years, who moves a few miles to a different county to rent and apply for the HAP scheme, must reapply to go on the waiting list in the other county and go back to the bottom of the list; and if he will consider changing this policy (details supplied). [6965/17]

Rent Controls

Brian Stanley

257. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the towns in County Kildare that are covered by the new rent controls; and if there are plans to extend these controls to other towns in the county in which rents are increasing rapidly. [7152/17]