Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Brian Stanley

89. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the better energy warmer homes scheme is still open; and if so, the amount of its budget allocation that remains. [16745/20]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Brian Stanley

90. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the better energy homes programme is still open; and if so, the amount of its budget allocation that remains. [16746/20]

Better Energy Homes Scheme

Brian Stanley

91. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the community areas housing efficiency strand is still open; and if so, the amount of its budget allocation that remains. [16747/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brian Stanley

450. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly in the pandemic unemployment payment in the case of musicians who despite having had proven earnings in excess of €350 per week in 2019 are now on the reduced rate of €203. [16513/20]

Medical Cards

Brian Stanley

627. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health when the increased income thresholds for over-70s medical cards in budget 2020 will be given effect. [16616/20]

Better Energy Communities Programme

Brian Stanley

61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the SEAI community energy upgrade grants will be reintroduced. [16194/20]

Disabilities Assessments

Brian Stanley

141. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Laois awaiting assessments for intellectual disabilities, including autism. [16188/20]

Disabilities Assessments

Brian Stanley

142. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Offaly awaiting assessments for intellectual disabilities, including autism. [16189/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Brian Stanley

143. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Laois on the waiting list for speech and language therapy; and the number waiting more than one, two and three years, respectively. [16190/20]

Speech and Language Therapy

Brian Stanley

144. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Offaly on the waiting list for speech and language therapy; and the number waiting more than one, two and three years, respectively. [16191/20]

Occupational Therapy

Brian Stanley

145. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Laois on the waiting list for occupational therapy; and the number waiting more than one, two and three years, respectively. [16192/20]

Occupational Therapy

Brian Stanley

146. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Offaly on the waiting list for occupational therapy; and the number waiting more than one, two and three years, respectively. [16193/20]

Public Private Partnerships

Brian Stanley

319. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total and individual Departmental cost in 2019 for public private partnerships for schools and education facilities, hospitals, health related facilities, roads and other transport infrastructure and housing projects. [14726/20]

Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme

Brian Stanley

742. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is possible to facilitate families without Internet access to apply for back to school grants on hard copy applications. [15292/20]

Home Help Service

Brian Stanley

1312. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the home services provided by HSE staff and home services provided by agencies for 2019 in terms of hours. [16023/20]

Home Help Service

Brian Stanley

1313. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the home services provided in hours by HSE staff and home services provided by agencies to date in 2020. [16024/20]

Just Transition Fund

Brian Stanley

68. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding provided for the just transition fund; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14328/20]

Just Transition Fund

Brian Stanley

69. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding provided for the peatlands rehabilitation scheme; the amount spent to date; if his Department has created the targeted number of 70 jobs in year one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14329/20]

Just Transition Fund

Brian Stanley

267. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding provided for the aggregated housing upgrade scheme; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14327/20]

Student Grant Scheme

Brian Stanley

243. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the anomaly in the SUSI grant scheme by which a student applies initially as a dependent of their parents but subsequently gets married during the period of their third-level education but are still assessed as a dependent of their parents. [13627/20]

Co-operative Sector

Brian Stanley

343. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of worker cooperatives that received funding in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount of funding that each received. [13102/20]

Beef Industry

Brian Stanley

589. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider including Northern Ireland as part the Bord Bia protected geographical indication application for Irish grass-fed beef from the European Commission; and if not, the reason for the position. [13127/20]

Beef Industry

Brian Stanley

590. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with his Northern Ireland counterpart regarding the Bord Bia protected geographical indication application for Irish grass-fed beef from the European Commission. [13128/20]

Social Enterprise Sector

Brian Stanley

788. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of social enterprises that received funding in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount of funding that each received. [13103/20]

HSE Staff

Brian Stanley

478. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 13 May 2020, the steps being taken to replace agency staff with directly employed HSE staff in cases in which agency staff are filling these positions on a full-time basis for in excess of five years and there is no variation in hours worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10501/20]

Beef Industry

Brian Stanley

738. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef producer organisations that are now approved and recognised by his Department. [10579/20]

Beef Industry

Brian Stanley

739. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being put in place to support the development of beef producer organisations. [10580/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brian Stanley

938. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made to the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises by organisations based in County Laois. [10590/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brian Stanley

939. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made to the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises by organisations based in County Offaly. [10591/20]

Social Enterprise Sector

Brian Stanley

940. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding released to successful applicants from the Social Enterprise Development Fund 2018 to 2020 to date. [10596/20]

Social Enterprise Sector

Brian Stanley

941. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of social enterprises in counties Laois and Offaly that have been awarded a grant from the social enterprise development fund; and the value of the grants. [10597/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Brian Stanley

996. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participants on community employment schemes can continue to do worthwhile work in their community, such as grass cutting and general maintenance in the public areas of housing estates. [10979/20]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Brian Stanley

128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to restart safe pass courses and certification for the course issued in view of the fact a number of persons are awaiting to start employment. [9850/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Brian Stanley

331. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections of meat plants carried out to date by the infection outbreak control team; the number of different plants inspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9762/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Brian Stanley

332. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the number of announced and unannounced inspections, respectively of meat plants that have been carried out by the infection outbreak control team. [9763/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Brian Stanley

333. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if all workers will be tested when a cluster appears in a meat plant; and if workers of such facilities should only return to work when they have been cleared of Covid-19. [9764/20]

Primary Care Centres

Brian Stanley

380. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in the provision of primary care centre in counties Laois and Offaly; and his plans to provide them in each municipal district of the two counties. [10045/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Brian Stanley

458. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether all further inspections of meat plants should be carried out unannounced; and if not, the reason for having announced inspections. [9765/20]

Sports Events

Brian Stanley

473. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if pigeon racing can resume in phase 2 under the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if trainers from Northern Ireland can transport pigeons here to be released in races. [10012/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Brian Stanley

541. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when all public tennis courts will reopen (details supplied). [9725/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Brian Stanley

649. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an alteration will be made to the pandemic unemployment payment conditions in order to allow a person in receipt of the payment to travel outside the State to attend a family funeral. [9886/20]

Driver Test

Brian Stanley

957. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the matter of persons that passed their driver test in early March 2020 that cannot receive their licence due to office closures as a result of Covid-19 (details supplied). [9264/20]

Pension Levy

Brian Stanley

87. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to removing or altering the levy applied to occupational pensions of those who worked in semi-State companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5975/20]

Tax Collection

Brian Stanley

94. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in carbon tax in each of the years 2018 and 2019, respectively. [6161/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Brian Stanley

522. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the HSA will carry out inspections of all meat plants here. [6188/20]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Brian Stanley

730. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for capital works for St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick, County Laois. [6162/20]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Brian Stanley

731. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for capital works for Abbeyleix Hospital, County Laois. [6163/20]

Beef Industry

Brian Stanley

843. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an immediate meeting of the beef task force. [5824/20]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Brian Stanley

884. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider further extending the completion deadline for TAMS projects. [6185/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Brian Stanley

885. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans will be put in place to test all workers in meat plants each day for Covid-19. [6186/20]