Parliamentary questions

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Brian Stanley

684. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the vetting process or assessment criteria for appointees to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland; if conflicts of interest are taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36880/16]

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Brian Stanley

685. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times members of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland have had to remove themselves from assessing, answering or adjudicating on a complaint due to a conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36881/16]

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Brian Stanley

686. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publicly advertise for the position on the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, for which the Government has an appointee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36882/16]

Postal Codes

Brian Stanley

687. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he requested the public broadcasting of advertisements on both television and radio promoting the use of Eircode during emergency situations; and if so, the reason the public advertisements do not carry any endorsement by his Department. [36883/16]

Postal Codes

Brian Stanley

688. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it was more appropriate to use public funds to run public awareness campaigns advising persons to ensure their Eircode is correct. [36884/16]

Postal Codes

Brian Stanley

689. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Eircode has carried out an assessment of the accuracy of the Eircode postcodes assigned to households. [36885/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Brian Stanley

400. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called to have a procedure carried out at St. James's Hospital, Dublin. [35796/16]

Long Stay Residential Units

Brian Stanley

418. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if he will review the section of the long stay contribution scheme that allows a person to retain only €33 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility

Brian Stanley

45. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the income cap for eligibility for those applying for social housing. [35227/16]

Housing Provision

Brian Stanley

71. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of the 2016 capital allocation for new builds and house purchases that was expended in the first nine months of 2016; and if he will provide a breakdown per local authority of spending. [35226/16]

Minor Works Scheme

Brian Stanley

139. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grants will be paid to primary schools in 2016. [34147/16]

Crime Prevention

Brian Stanley

96. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to roll out a scheme of funding through her Department to assist community alert groups to install closed circuit television cameras. [33554/16]

Library Services Data

Brian Stanley

195. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the gender breakdown using the staffless libraries in the three libraries where the scheme has been operating in Tubbercurry, Tullamore and Banagher. [33438/16]

Library Services Funding

Brian Stanley

196. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is a condition of approval for funding for new and refurbished libraries that the relevant local authority must accept that the facility will be an out-of-hours staffless library. [33439/16]

Library Services Data

Brian Stanley

197. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the operating and maintenance costs per annum of the equipment and utilities that accrue in the libraries piloted for the staffless scheme. [33441/16]

Civil Legal Aid

Brian Stanley

75. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will increase the income ceiling for those applying for free legal aid from the current level of €18,000 per annum disposable income, as this prevents many low-income workers and those on low pensions and so on from qualifying. [32612/16]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure

Brian Stanley

172. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the pilot schemes of funding for CCTV cameras for community alert schemes. [32618/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Brian Stanley

76. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will bring forward the construction of a new building for a school (details supplied); and the timeline for this project. [32412/16]

Media Pluralism

Brian Stanley

10. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has read a recently published report (details supplied) on the concentration of media ownership here; his views on the monopolisation of the media market here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/16]

Mobile Telephony Services

Brian Stanley

23. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to improve the quality of mobile telephone coverage here. [32043/16]