Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Brian Stanley

159. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the reason special needs assistant support is not being made available to a school (details supplied) to facilitate pupils to whom SNA access has been granted; if the decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30392/20]

Community Alert Programme

Brian Stanley

242. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice if a scheme of grants will be reintroduced for community alert schemes to erect cameras. [30472/20]

Housing Policy

Brian Stanley

69. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for cost-rental housing provision in regional towns to accommodate those unable to secure a mortgage from a bank or lending facility. [28356/20]

Housing Policy

Brian Stanley

91. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the position of persons whose income is above the threshold for social housing but not sufficient to secure a mortgage from a bank or lending facility. [28357/20]

Housing Provision

Brian Stanley

342. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to roll out affordable housing in the midland's region. [25963/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Brian Stanley

513. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment participants that are over 55 years of age; the maximum number of years they can be on the scheme; and the variation that may apply to those that entered community employment under the part-time jobs opportunity. [28268/20]

Income Inequality

Brian Stanley

631. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the inequality in income vis-à-vis a trainee, a child and educational psychologist and a clinical psychologist undertaking a doctorate who receive a starting salary of approximately €33,000 will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28091/20]

JobPath Programme

Brian Stanley

224. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county that engaged with JobPath in each year since it began; and the number whose employment was sustained for more than 12 months in each county. [28070/20]

Mortgage Lending

Brian Stanley

54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the status of extending the mortgage repayment break for those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [26628/20]

Mortgage Lending

Brian Stanley

76. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken to investigate whether interest rates can be suspended on mortgages for those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [26629/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Brian Stanley

113. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of funding spent on procurement across all Departments in 2018 and 2019 that was non-compliant with EU directives on public procurement and with Circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement broken down by each Department. [26666/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Brian Stanley

137. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of funding spent on procurement across all Departments in 2018 and 2019 that was non-compliant with EU directives on public procurement and with circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement by each Department. [26665/20]

Flood Relief Schemes

Brian Stanley

331. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to flood relief on the Shannon Callows, County Offaly. [25967/20]

Flood Relief Schemes

Brian Stanley

332. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration that has been given to establishing a single authority with responsibility for flood relief on the Shannon Callows, County Offaly. [25968/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Brian Stanley

571. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment workers cutting grass in housing estates in which the majority of the residents are elderly and the service is of benefit to the community. [26961/20]

JobPath Programme

Brian Stanley

578. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount to date paid to Seetec and Turas Nua regarding the JobPath programme. [27080/20]

Road Projects

Brian Stanley

12. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport his plans to advance the N80 relief road Mountmellick, County Laois. [25663/20]

Road Projects

Brian Stanley

15. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if funding for the inner relief road Mountmellick, County Laois is provided for in the stimulus package or in capital investment plans. [25664/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brian Stanley

97. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he will put the case to the banks and lending institutions to extend the mortgage payment break for those workers who are still laid off due to Covid-19; and if he will focus in particular on the banks that were bailed out and that the State retains part ownership of. [26055/20]

National Broadband Plan

Brian Stanley

93. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the number of new connections to homes and businesses that will be completed in 2020 in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively by the national broadband plan. [25000/20]

National Broadband Plan

Brian Stanley

100. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the number of homes and businesses in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively, that will be connected to high speed broadband by the national broadband plan in 2020. [24999/20]

National Broadband Plan

Brian Stanley

162. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the estimated cost of the National Broadband Plan in 2020. [16801/20]

Hospital Funding

Brian Stanley

809. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of the accident and emergency department of Tullamore Regional Hospital. [25364/20]

General Practitioner Services

Brian Stanley

842. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if a deal has been done between an organisation (details supplied) and general practitioners regarding charges for letters to be written [25561/20]

National Car Test

Brian Stanley

213. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some NCT centres will not accept cash and have a policy of taking cards only, which is causing issues for many motorists. [23373/20]

Dental Services

Brian Stanley

665. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dentists in Portlaoise, County Laois, are refusing to take medical card patients even though they are already patients and as a result there are no dental services for public patients in Portlaoise; the efforts being made to address same; and the location public patients should go to. [23382/20]

Bioenergy Strategy

Brian Stanley

105. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the policies his Department will be pursuing to develop biomethane production in the State; and if he considers this a fuel for electricity generation. [21210/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Brian Stanley

106. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the renewable on demand power source his Department is considering developing for electricity generation over the term of this Government in view of the reduction of indigenous gas supply with the cessation of production at Kinsale gas field. [21211/20]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Brian Stanley

130. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks when fibre broadband will be provided to Clonoghill, Birr, County Offaly. [21753/20]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Brian Stanley

148. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks when fibre broadband will be provided to Cashel Lower, Ballyroan, County Laois. [21797/20]

Parking Provision

Brian Stanley

168. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport if local authorities will be compelled to put in place adequate parking facilities for motorcycles and bicycles. [21446/20]

Road Safety Authority

Brian Stanley

191. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the sources of funding for the Road Safety Authority; and if the annual fee paid by HDV drivers for the CPC course will be reviewed. [21204/20]

Driver Test

Brian Stanley

207. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport when driver testing for heavy goods vehicles can be restarted given that it is causing difficulties in the haulage industry. [21647/20]

Taxi Regulations

Brian Stanley

210. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport when the grant scheme for wheelchair accessible taxis will be reopened. [21677/20]

Driver Licences

Brian Stanley

222. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the position in the context of Brexit for those that have English driver licences with various categories and now need to exchange them for a Irish licence. [21926/20]

Driver Test

Brian Stanley

248. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe persons who have applied for a driver test can expect to wait for an appointment. [22494/20]

Motor Insurance

Brian Stanley

291. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if he has raised the practice with the motor insurance industry of increasing premiums when persons move home even when this is within the same town. [21928/20]

Turf Cutting

Brian Stanley

416. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans regarding the right to cut turf on bogs in cases in which there are there are turbary rights and in cases in which turf plots are privately owned. [21659/20]

Bus Éireann

Brian Stanley

494. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 250 of 18 September 2013, 405 of 26 April 2016 and 262 of 9 June 2020, if he will provide the information sought using a definition of profit, that is, the precise figures that the Bus Éireann directors and auditors determined as profit in each year for school transport that was actually credited to the statutory financial statement in the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21249/20]

School Transport

Brian Stanley

520. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the provisions that will be made for private bus operators that convey secondary school pupils and now will be operating at 50% capacity but incurring the same costs. [21676/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Brian Stanley

1098. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if an exemption pass will be issued to those that are unable to wear a face covering on public transport and in shops due to a medical condition such as emphysema. [21366/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Brian Stanley

1247. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private hospitals are charging €275 for Covid-19 testing of private patients; and if so, if the charge will be continued in view of the fact that it is putting a further burden on patients attending hospital. [21754/20]

Respite Care Services

Brian Stanley

1253. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when residential respite will recommence for persons with disabilities in County Laois. [21795/20]

Schools Building Projects

Brian Stanley

10. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to advance the building project for a school (details supplied). [18536/20]

Schools Refurbishment

Brian Stanley

44. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will now have all urgent repair work carried out on a school (details supplied); and if the school will now be included in the school building programme. [18537/20]

Turf Cutting

Brian Stanley

135. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she plans to take to protect turf cutting for domestic use. [19243/20]

Special Areas of Conservation

Brian Stanley

136. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for bogs to be cleared by special area of conservation and natural heritage area; and if she will list same. [19244/20]

Horticulture Sector

Brian Stanley

142. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since the Supreme Court judgment, Supreme Court record No. 9/19, High Court ruling 2014/342 JR, there is no valid route open to horticultural peat harvesters through either the planning or licencing processes to continue their business and maintain employment; and his plans to correct the matter. [19258/20]

Housing Issues

Brian Stanley

143. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress that has been made in the roll-out of the cost rental housing model in counties Laois and Offaly. [19259/20]

Housing Issues

Brian Stanley

144. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the cost rental model in counties Laois and Offaly will be rolled out. [19260/20]