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Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy has not read the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (9 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the overall figure for investment in Irish Water for both 2013 and 2014; the source of that funding, and the purposes for which it is used. [16837/14]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: I am happy to support the Bill which will remove what is probably an outdated ban on persons who have been declared bankrupt in putting themselves forward for election. It also redresses the anomaly whereby people can contest local elections if bankrupt but not elections to this House or the European Parliament. Thankfully, the law barring people from standing for the local elections was...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: They had been living at the same address for the past 40 to 50 years. They went to vote as normal but were told they were not on the electoral register. They only discovered it on the day of the election. One can tell people as many times as one likes to check the electoral register in a Garda station, but some people are never in a Garda station. One would not check anything in the post...

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: He is picking up where Bertie left off.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: He is following in Bertie's footsteps.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the representatives of the voluntary housing associations and thank them for their presentations. The need for social housing is sometimes mentioned in the same sentence as the need for housing. The need for social housing has increased because of the collapse in the economy. More people have moved into the lower income bracket. Is the income threshold to qualify for social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: Should local authorities be the main provider of social housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: The issue of funding arises. Obviously, if something is to be done, money is needed. One of the associations, in its presentation, raised the issue of accessing funding from the European Investment Bank. Are the witnesses in favour of the establishment of trusts within local authority areas to access that funding - in other words, that it is off the State balance sheet in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: I have a question with regard to the selection of tenants. Accusations have been levelled against the voluntary housing sector that it cherry-picks tenants and that more troublesome tenants are left to the local authority to house. I have not found great evidence of that but I have heard from different parts of the country that those accusations have been levelled at various housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: My final question relates to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB. Staffing levels in the PRTB have been halved in recent years. Are the witnesses confident the PRTB will be able to police its functions while taking on the added burden of 24,000 or 25,000 units?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, after line 31, to insert the following: “(2) All assets transferred under this section shall continue to be burdened with the legal protections attached to them through the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears and the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004 and shall not be transferred to any entity where these legal...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: Having listened to the Minister's reply I am pleased to hear the legislation is being brought forward. If I heard him correctly we will see it next year. The mortgage-holders have been left in a vulnerable and exposed position. Many of them are caught in very difficult situations. I will press the amendment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: The amendment is a good one. No one would begrudge Greece getting some interest back. I accept its position is very different to Ireland’s but the principle is the same. We bailed out the European financial institutions but are now making substantial interest repayments each year, a serious burden on the economy. While the Minister claims the scheme may be obsolete, the interest...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is not even looking for them.

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: That is false and a lie.

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (30 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: 808. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-border health care directive will be transposed into Irish law. [19044/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 May 2014)

Brian Stanley: 2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in view of the Government decision not to oppose the Sinn Féin Bill on the planning of wind farms, he will support the proposals it contains in relation to minimum setback distances and that wind farms only be located in areas designated by county development plans. [19637/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 May 2014)

Brian Stanley: I raise this question about wind farms because it is fair to say the Government put the cart before the horse in this matter. We did not have the cost-benefit analysis on the export projects, the new guidelines on planning and the Government's Green Paper on energy policy. I put down this question because of the widespread opposition to large, industrial-scale wind farms in the midlands in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 May 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for her reply. The problem is that the Minister of State is bringing forward guidelines to the effect that planning applications must have regard to local county development plans. I have heard the man sitting beside the Minister of State speak here many times in the past two years about the need to give power back to local councillors. We now have an opportunity not...