Results 2,001-2,020 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: Am I moving amendments Nos. 43 and 44?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment number 43:In page 78, line 6, after “report” to insert “, in writing if requested,”.It is a simple thing. We are asking that if the chief executive is asked to supply it in writing, he should do so.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment number 44:In page 78, line 8, after “review” to insert “, in writing if requested,”.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: Is it possible for me to say a couple of sentences?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I am.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment number 45:In page 80, line 36, after “discussion)” to insert “, receiving 75 per cent support of members present,”.I am seeking to protect the process in the case where someone is disrupting a council meeting. Sometimes councillors can disrupt council meetings. However, that is not the norm. There may be some problem areas with this. We want to...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I will not split the difference between two thirds and three quarters. I welcome the Minister's commitment and while I had thought the Minister would table his amendment on Report Stage, he has given a commitment in the Chamber to which I will hold him. The two thirds majority certainly is a positive move in the right direction and it will enable local authorities to function better. I...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 49:In page 98, line 8, to delete “persons who are members” and substitute “3 members”.This amendment pertains to regional authorities and I note that under the Putting People First guidelines, the Minister has set out that two members of each local authority will represent that local authority on the regional authority. At present, there are...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: One might not even get it on Christmas Eve but my point is that at the council annual general meetings, all Members will have seen cases in which the dominant groupings will have circled such opportunities. I believe the former Minister, Liam Kavanagh, introduced the grouping system in the 1980s, which was a step forward in that at least some divvying out was done in respect of the sharing...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 59: In page 119, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “(viii) further functions that may be devolved from government departments to a directly elected mayor.”.The plebiscite should be at the discretion of local authorities.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: The amendment proposes further functions that may be devolved from central government or public bodies to the directly elected mayor. What we are talking about here is rolling devolution, which is a term the Minister might remember, in other words, that we would leave the way open to devolve additional powers in the future.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 63:In page 121, line 36, to delete “having regard to” and substitute “in line with”.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 67:In page 178, to delete lines 14 to 21.This amendment refers to fluoridation. I ask that this particular reference in lines 14 to 21 be deleted. We believe that decision should be left to local authorities, as is the case in other countries. The decision is centralised here and we believe that as we are reforming local authorities we should allow the electors and...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: In terms of local government legislation this is a substantial Bill. I thank the Minister and the officials for their work in preparing it. There are many areas on which we disagree. At the same time I note the Minister has given a commitment to bring forward some amendments on Committee Stage in the Seanad. They will be welcome because we should always seek to improve on what we have....
- Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: I take this opportunity read into the record the testimony of Derek Leinster, a survivor of Bethany Home. It states:My mother became pregnant and as my father was a Catholic and my mother being a Protestant, that meant they could not marry. My mother's parents sent her to Bethany Home, she was sent there 4 months before I was born and was there until 4½ months after I was born. She...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: 105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed allocation of moneys raised through motor taxation, including any money allocated for debt servicing, to Uisce Éireann and the local government fund. [53165/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (11 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: 106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the proposed allocation of moneys raised through the local property tax, including any money allocated for debt servicing, to Uisce Éireann and the local government fund. [53166/13]
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: The Water Services (No. 2) Bill is going through the Seanad at the moment. The Government gave a commitment that the legislation would be circulated to the relevant committees but this Bill has not been circulated to the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht. Will it be guillotined when it comes before the House next week? There is a deadline on this. The transfer of...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: Will the Tánaiste give a commitment that it will not be guillotined and that, if necessary, we will sit next Friday to complete the debate on the Bill and to give the Opposition time to go through it? It is major legislation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)
Brian Stanley: The lights going out is a big issue.