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Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (12 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I will start with the role of the RPII. People's main awareness of that relates to the role of the RPII in monitoring Sellafield and the threat posed by releases of radioactive material into the Irish Sea from that nuclear facility on the west coast of England. I know the Minister of State will take an interest in this because clusters of cancers in the Louth area, which is in his...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 63. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans that have been put in place to address the shortage of social housing in County Laois; and if he will to set out a time frame to address the issue. [25601/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: This question relates to the need for a social housing building programme in County Laois. There are 1,450 people on the county’s housing waiting list with up to 1,063 alone having put Portlaoise as their first place of choice for a house. On the Laois side of Portarlington, there are 381 people in need of housing which does not include the Offaly side of the town. Will this be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Some of the information she provided is useful but she has sidestepped my main point. What County Laois needs is a substantial social housing programme. Significant land parcels are in the council’s ownership, such as five acres in Portlaoise and two acres in Portarlington. A further 23 acres in Mountrath, Rathdowney, Durrow and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: The housing assistance payment is a name-change for rent supplement which will now be paid out by the local authorities instead of the Department of Social Protection. That rent subsidy is costing a fortune. I am not arguing that people should not get it. People should do so in the short term, but it was not designed to be a long-term measure. If we had a housing programme then building...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I am glad to hear it.

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I would like to refer briefly to the whole housing issue. The figures that have been given by the Minister of State with regard to new builds are tiny. They are a drop in the ocean. In the case of in County Laois, the figure will be six in 2014 and 2015. The money that is being provided is welcome. I think a figure of €70,000 has been mentioned with regard to County Laois. This...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Government has very little control over them.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Deposits (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 79. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of legislation to provide for a deposit retention scheme to protect tenants from the illegal withholding of security deposits by landlords. [25448/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 81. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the climate Bill will be introduced. [25449/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that Westmeath County Council was told it could not impose restrictions on wind farms, despite the new regulations, following public consultation, not yet being put into place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the portion of the units offered by the National Asset Management Agency for social housing but not used by local authorities that were on the basis of concerns over social mix in an area; if he will provide a breakdown of each council areas, detailing the number of units and the location of same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that all of the receipts from the local property tax in 2015 will be made available to local authorities for the purpose for which it was intended. [25445/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Discussion (19 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. William Reville and Mr. James Fitzmaurice for coming in. I have read their document. The point Mr. Reville covered in his response to a question from Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's is one the issues of concern to me. I refer to how the RPII would fit within the EPA and the fact that the witnesses want that legislated for to protect the identity of the RPII within the EPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Discussion (19 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: The other point Mr. Reville raised was the incorporation of the name of the RPII in some form into the name of the EPA to reflect that it is a merger of the two as opposed to the RPII being subsumed into the EPA and to have the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland on a statutory footing in primary legislation. I realise from where they are coming on that and Mr. Reville set out the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (24 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second redress scheme will be introduced for those survivors of institutional abuse who, for various reasons, did not avail of the Residential Institutions Redress Board. [26815/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (24 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the plans he requested from relevant Departments and agencies on climate change; and if these will be published prior to the publication of the promised climate change Bill. [26864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the chaos surrounding the rolling out of the social inclusion and community activation programme; if he has received reports of the insufficient information supplied to voluntary and community organisations currently delivering local community development programmes; if he is aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the directive he cites, 2004/18/EU, to justify the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme was repealed before the notice of the tender was issued; if the tendering of the programme still has a safe legal basis; if he will outline the nature of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme, if he has read European Directive 2014/24/EU; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is now the current law on public procurement in Ireland; if he has read preamble 7, which sets down that the directive is without...