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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: It is related to the level of supply that will be available to those who cannot pay. There is potential for ten gallons to come through the pipes into my house every hour. Will those who cannot pay only have access to one gallon every hour or perhaps three gallons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: It was said that the regulator did seven price controls over 14 years and that the operating costs in real terms have decreased in the energy sector. I cannot argue with that, and it probably has happened, but I know what has happened at the other end. I am using less energy in my home than I used 40 years ago but I am paying multiples of what I paid for it at that time, as is everybody in...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the additional €70 million to address the problems caused by the recent storms. We have received reports from the south west today of considerable damage being caused. While any additional funding is welcome, we may need to examine the figures again. I understand that significant damage has been caused along the Kerry coastline and other parts of the south east. A case...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: Hold on one second. The Government is supposedly reforming local government this year.

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I appeal to the Minister to examine the question of staff. Engineers are telling me-----

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: Never mind that. On the ground, area engineers are telling me that they cannot mobilise teams because they do not have overseers or crews. The Minister knows that, given the new health and safety regulations, a certain number of people must be mobilised at the same time. One person cannot be sent out to work on his or her own. When reforming local authorities, the Minister should pare...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I hope that the Ministers are taking my point on board. This is a serious matter for both of them. Agricultural land is also being flooded. However, homes must be the first priority. Will the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government examine the allocations to drainage boards - the Barrow Drainage Board has done great work in recent years - to determine whether they...

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 Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister, the Taoiseach and the other senior Ministers need to be making a case at the highest level in Europe to change the criteria. We are very exposed to these storms. There have been disproportionate impacts on us and on the south of England. I appeal to the Minister to make a stronger case to Europe.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I refer to the 13,000 Irish Nationwide Building Society mortgage holders. What legislation is being put in place-----

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: Legislation is needed to protect these people. Their loans are being sold off to the highest bidder and they could be bought by an international company with no protection for them.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: The loans will be sold next month.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (13 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the passing on of local property tax by local authorities to local authority tenants by adding a charge to their rent. [7247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at Killimy Road, Emo, County Laois, which is not functioning properly, will be allocated funding for an upgrade. [7518/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the three delegations. I come from County Laois, in the constituency of Laoighis-Offaly, and many wind turbines are planned for the area, and some have already been erected. It is a major issue. There is an underlying concern because for a number of years we went mad building houses and apartments, and we were going to generate wealth selling property to each other at inflated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I have a few questions for the representatives of Bord na Móna. They said that they do not have a problem with local councillors designating matters in the county development plans. In Laois and other counties, however, the designated areas for the planned locations are being ignored in many cases. The land rights for the plant and wind farms are being bought up completely off-pitch...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: The group called Turn 180 raised some valid concerns. Does it completely oppose wind farms? What is the alternative? Is nuclear power an alternative? What is the alternative if fossil fuel becomes more expensive? There is a new debate on nuclear power and some people have suggested it may be an option. What is the organisation's view of nuclear power? What is an alternative energy? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: That is fine, but I am asking Mr. Swords whether he is saying that global temperatures have not increased in the past 50 years. I hope that they have not increased but everyone else is telling me that they have, and there is all of the information that has come to us. What is the source of Mr. Swords' information? I believe we are experiencing and will experience serious changes in weather...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that Student Universal Support Ireland are seeking to reclaim funding for wrongly assessed students through their colleges. [8401/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (19 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the sewage treatment plant at a location (details supplied) in County Laois, which is not functioning properly will be allocated funding for an upgrade. [8451/14]