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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: And requirements.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: Today is 1 May and we still do not have the cost-benefit analysis on the export projects, the new guidelines on planning, and the Government Green Paper. The Minister of State has just told me that the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, will publish the Green Paper shortly. I have heard that here a number of times. We have put the cart before the horse in that regard. On the issue of planning, and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: Pro rata.
- Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: In respect of the order of the question, on a point of order-----
- Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: I will be brief. On a point of order, the questions are being ordered in such a way that the Sinn Féin questions are being pushed down to Nos. 17 and 20.
- Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: I want you to take this up with the questions office. I have had one priority question but nothing since that question was answered. It is not Fianna Fáil's fault but Fianna Fáil has had five questions taken. Our oral questions are not getting taken. I want you to take up this. You could say that our ticket is stuck in the bottom of the drum for one month but you cannot say...
- Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: I wonder who programmes it. There is something wrong. I have heard that answer before. There is something wrong with the system. The Sinn Féin questions are down at the bottom every month. We are not getting our questions in and I am objecting to that.
- Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: I want a clear answer. I do not want to be fobbed off again.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: Outsourcing.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: In Esker Hills and Oakleaf Place in Portlaoise and in parts of Portarlington, meters that were fitted in recent years are being ripped out. This includes the meter boxes, which turned out to be the wrong size to take the new meters being fitted now by Uisce Éireann. Is Minister aware of this? Who will check the meter afterwards to see whether there are leaks and who will pay the cost...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: That is a poor answer. Do not give me that.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: They are ripping out new meters. I asked three questions.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: Who checks the meters?
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: Who checks the meters for leaks?
- Other Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: Who signs off on the water network in an estate? Is it Uisce Éireann or the local authority?
- Other Questions: National Spatial Strategy (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: And the midlands.
- Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: The Tánaiste should check the Official Report.
- Topical Issue Debate: Water Meters Installation (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for taking this issue. There is considerable work going on in installing meters throughout the State. Unfortunately they are not fixing leaks but digging up footpaths to install meters. The work is causing considerable disruption to parking and traffic management particularly where streets are narrow. Streets are effectively closed for days as a result. People...
- Topical Issue Debate: Water Meters Installation (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Some people are carrying out work on a house. The Government introduced a positive scheme to give a tax rebate for those carrying out home improvements and extensions to kick-start the construction industry. In cases where people are trying to carry out renovation work, they need more notice. In the case of disabled people where they have...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (1 May 2014)
Brian Stanley: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which local authorities can be expected to vary the rate of local property tax before they know the level of funding they will receive from his Department for 2015. [19463/14]