Results 181-200 of 226 for going forward speaker:Brian Stanley

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am introducing this Bill, the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, to lower the voting age in all elections and referenda to 16 years of age. The Bill would allow for Article 16 of the Constitution to be changed and amended as follows:(a) “sé bliana...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: ...we have reached an agreed policy position. Some will not be pleased that we will abstain on this question but it is the members of our party, as democratically delegated, who will decide the policy. We will go before the electorate at election time to get a mandate for that policy. We have a motion that will be put before our Ard-Fheis in a few weeks time that will facilitate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: .... It needs to be near to double that. The other question is where Part V housing is located in estates. I have seen greater social segregation as a result of Part V than there was with straightforward local authority developments. I could show the witnesses examples of it, developments where up to 500 houses are built, including 30 or 40 social houses. These social houses are not...

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the report and the fact that we have the Bill which has been long awaited. I thought it was going to be a little like Johnny Logan's song, "What's Another Year?" I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Áodhan Ó Ríordáin, is into music. We have been waiting for the Bill a long time. I introduced a Bill over one year ago which...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...in public ownership would not conflict with it. Therefore, we must again ask why the Government is so keen to ensure this option will remain for a future Government. The Bill I have brought forward would put control in the hands of the people of the State. The Minister, Deputy Alex White, has talked about the amendment we seek to insert into Article 40. We do so on legal advice. While...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: Through the Bill we have brought forward, we want to put this issue in the hands of the people only. The Government's flaky proposal of a plebiscite would put control in the hands of a future Government when with a simple majority in the House the law could be changed. That is all that is needed to change the law at any time and sell to the highest bidder - to vulture capitalists. The...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: I want to thank Deputies from all sides for their contributions. While the Government benches have clearly indicated that they will not support our proposal in regard to a referendum, it is clear this has unsettled them. The response of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, yesterday was to promise to enact a legislative amendment to the current...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...at the time that there was a clause in the Bill - there is - which meant Irish Water could not be privatised unless there was a change in the law and a new Bill was brought before the Dáil. A new Government could do that, as could the current Government in a year or ten years' time. Given that one of the Government parties promised during the general election campaign that it would...

Electoral (Amendment) (Hours of Polling) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Andrew Doyle for bringing forward this legislation which would make it statutory for polling for all elections in the State to take place between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Sinn Féin believes it should go further, however, with voting on weekends which would provide people who wish to vote with a longer timeframe within which to exercise their democratic right. It...

Valuation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...the Bill and compliment Deputy Barry Cowen on introducing it in the House. Having listened to the Minister of State's comments on the technical difficulties and the nuances involved, I hope the Government will accept the legislation and allow it to proceed to the next Stage. A significant number of representations have been received from sports clubs, especially GAA clubs, requesting...

Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: .... I am not often at one with the Minister but I agree with him about local authorities having the main role in local administration of cemeteries. There is an issue with how much another quango and regulatory board would cost when money is scarce. The 34 local authorities are in place and they can do that work. Section 4 of the Bill defines a cemetery authority as "any company,...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: It is ironic that we are discussing the alignment of local government with the community sector when the Leader programme and the local development programme are being held up by the European Union as models of social inclusion. The European Court of Auditors, in condemning what is now proposed by the Government, has recommended that other member states follow the example of what was done in...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Joint Sub-Committee on Global Corporate Taxation: Ireland's Corporate Tax System: (Resumed) KPMG and Unite (28 May 2014)

Brian Stanley: I wish to focus on some of the figures Mr. Taft put forward in his submission for wages, corporate investment and trade. He has shown that those countries with higher effective corporation tax rates are more successful in terms of the amount of money that comes back into their economies in the form of wages, investment and trade. Does Mr. O'Brien accept the figures put forward by Mr. Taft?...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...Governments. The most vulnerable and the poorest members of society, those on the housing waiting lists, have already been victims of the harshest cuts and the effects of austerity of the current Government and its predecessor. The plan my party is putting forward would give them a secure and comfortable home and give them a chance to live in dignity and to raise their families. Council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...in terms of the height, set back and shadow flicker. Guidelines are like an elastic band, they can be pulled in any direction, depending on who interprets them. The Government is bringing forward necessary major reform of local government and says it will empower communities and local public representatives. Laois County Council voted yesterday to ban turbines. That is a political...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: Well the Minister has seen the draft heads of the Bill before that. We want to see the actual Bill. While we were waiting for the Minister's Bill, we in Sinn Féin brought forward our own climate change Bill last year, without the resources available to the Minister. This would legislate for a 20% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, and an 85% reduction by 2050. These are ambitious...

Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (16 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: .... A previous Minister, Noel Dempsey, provided money to put in a new bridge there. However, there is a culvert underneath and some preventative maintenance would have alleviated the flooding. The Government needs to re-examine cutbacks, or what is called natural wastage, because outdoor staff numbers are dwindling. The Minister and I have talked about this privately as well as in the...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Dec 2013)

Brian Stanley: ...(No. 2) Bill is a Trojan horse for privatisation of essential services. There are no safeguards in the Bill to stop it. The introduction of these water charges, which were planned by the previous Government, is an absolute disgrace. It was in the previous Government's national plan from 2011 to 2014 that €500 million per annum would be raised, which is exactly the same figure as...

Local Government (Town Centres) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2013)

Brian Stanley: ...wind up simply being talking shops. The reason is they do not have any real powers to make the requisite changes. The Minister has addressed this but the central problem is the issue of local government. If one looks at this issue honestly, consecutive Governments of all hues have continued to suck the oxygen from it. There now is an opportunity to breathe life back into local...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: It is very disappointing the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, is not present. We have been waiting for this Bill for 12 months. It was heralded as a major reform of local government but neither the Minister nor a Minister of State is present, which is disgraceful. The Opposition is trying to put forward its views on the Bill but neither the...