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- Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is an attempt to get the balance right with regard to planning and wind turbines. Every public representative from the midlands is aware that the proposal for industrial-scale wind farms has generated massive debate and much opposition. The proposed turbines are of a height and size never seen before in this country. Many...
- Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: One cannot beat a local election to focus minds.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy for recouping money paid into our pillar banks through the direct recapitalisation instrument of the ESM; the extent to which the instrument could retroactively recapitalise the pillar banks based on the June 2013 main features of the operational framework and way forward. [16286/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioner's staff devoted to chasing the property tax as a proportion of total staff; and what the intake would be from redirecting those staff to pursuing black market activity and-or tax evasion. [16285/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: 345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a cost-benefit analysis of the proposal to export wind-generated electricity to Britain. [16510/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: 595. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive speech and language therapy. [16246/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: I welcome Dr. Ó hÓgáin and Mr. McCarton and thank them for their presentation. They referred to the island of Eigg. It seems to be a very small island.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: Can Dr. Ó hÓgáin give me some details on the length and the breadth of the island?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: It is approximately the same size as Inis Meáin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: I am just trying to get my head around it. The witnesses might explain briefly the "four taps" approach that is used in Singapore. I think I can understand what they are talking about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: What about the "four taps" approach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: I would like to refer to the whole issue of toilets in rural housing. I attended a conference some years ago at which reference was made to the development of dry-toilet technology. I can remember dry toilets being used in rural areas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: I would not particularly want to go back there. I recall the use of such toilets. I understand that the technology mentioned at the conference is more modern and more sophisticated. Is Dr. Ó hÓgáin aware of any advances in this area? I would like to ask a couple of questions about this technology. It is interesting from the point of view of one of the problems we have in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: Is the Dublin one legally enforceable? Is it a policy in the county or city development plans?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: We have done that with other products. My final question relates to wastewater treatment plants. In the research carried out by the Oireachtas, it was stated that small wastewater treatment plants are not as efficient as large ones, which I am sad to hear. A reed bed has been fitted in Clonaslee, County Laois. It was opened by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Towards a Zero Waste Approach to Water: Dublin Institute of Technology (8 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: Between 50 and 100 houses.
- Central Bank Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: The Central Bank Bill 2014 does two distinct things. The Bill may be rough around the edges. It would be tempting to say it is a purely technical Bill, but that is not the case. The two substantive articles in this Bill touch on very important issues. The first relates to the potential sale of up to €1 billion of mortgages from ICS Building Society, which is part of Bank of...
- Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy should read the Bill. It is there.
- Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: That is false.
- Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)
Brian Stanley: That is false.