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Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: Will we see the Bill in September?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: We have not seen the Bill. There is no legislation.

Valuation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the Bill and compliment Deputy Barry Cowen on introducing it in the House. Having listened to the Minister of State's comments on the technical difficulties and the nuances involved, I hope the Government will accept the legislation and allow it to proceed to the next Stage. A significant number of representations have been received from sports clubs, especially GAA clubs,...

Electoral (Amendment) (Hours of Polling) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Andrew Doyle for bringing forward this legislation which would make it statutory for polling for all elections in the State to take place between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Sinn Féin believes it should go further, however, with voting on weekends which would provide people who wish to vote with a longer timeframe within which to exercise their democratic right. It...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular form the current salaries paid to all city and county managers of local authorities. [29806/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if salaries across all local authorities were capped at €100,000. [29808/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities, public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the bands (details supplied). [29809/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 726. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical cards are being refused to over 70 applicants who are a few euro over the income limit (details supplied). [29419/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical cards are being refused to applicants over 70 years who are slightly over the income limit (details supplied). [29425/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 811. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the clubs in Dublin that have yet to draw down moneys from previous rounds of sports funding; the names of the clubs; and the amount each club is to draw down. [29347/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 812. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the clubs in Cork that have yet to draw down moneys from previous rounds of sports funding; the names of the clubs; and the amount each club is to draw down. [29348/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (9 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 338. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department has not conducted an investigation of claims made by a person (details supplied) in relation to the compulsory purchase order by Wicklow County Council of lands at Greystones. [30310/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 339. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his officials have found a file titled the Ballybeg file which contains claims relating to planning in County Wicklow; and if the gardaí were asked to assist. [30313/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (9 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action his Department has taken in relation to High Court revelations regarding the conduct of Wicklow County Council in relation to the Brownfield case. [30315/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 161. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that time sheets for ambulance crews in Mullingar, Edenderry, Birr, parts of Laois and Tullamore are being collected by taxi from Longford, when ambulances travel to the same locations on a daily basis. [30427/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (10 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fire service ambulances in Mullingar are often taken off the road for several hours while transporting and waiting for patients whom they carry 400 m between St. Mary's day care centre and Mullingar hospital; and his views on whether this is an efficient deployment of resources. [30428/14]

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The Bill listed on the clár was the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014, not the Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill. A mistake was made in this regard. Nevertheless this is a short, technical Bill and it is common sense to allow the assistant clerk to act up. We have no issue with that. Deputy Cowen highlighted a number of...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: I presume the next hour or two will reveal all. I would like to highlight the issue of the register of electors in the context of the electoral process. Anybody who canvassed during the recent local and European elections will know people are on the register two or three times at different addresses. We must move away from registering people by their address and PPS numbers should be...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Chair to bear with me. I welcome that the Government has lowered the voting age to 17 but we advocate that people should be able to vote at 16 and the electoral process should become an integral part of the CPSE course at second level in the context of political and electoral education. We must move away from the current system of registration to reduce the possibility of fraud....

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will have no problem supporting me regarding the accuracy of the electoral register. I support the Bill. If it means a smoother process in the aftermath of elections, we will have no problem with that. I will support its passage.