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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: What areas are included in that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: Does it also include north Tipperary? A great deal of haulage trade goes through this area, meaning that a large carbon footprint can be attributed to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: On the authority contingent obligation, ACO, issue, Mr. Phillips has stated that the managers have entered into that ACO on behalf of the public. In other words, this will be underwritten by and paid for by the public. However, the public and their elected representatives in the Dáil or on the four councils do not know about this. That is a remarkable situation to be in. In this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: I am not saying that.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: What about the 30,000 in poverty?
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. Prior to the last election, the party to my right, if Members will pardon the pun, published an advertisement warning what Fine Gael had in store for voters.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: In the four years since then, we are after travelling a long distance. A Labour Party Minister came into the Chamber to present a scheme to get in water charges and impose another tax on householders. The Government is in crisis and has lost its mandate. Since the Government exited the bailout this time last year, it does not have the political cover provided by the troika for the pain it...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: People will realise that they will face such rates in four years. I heard the Minister mention earlier that he does not follow election cycles, but this is responding to the election cycle. Since the people took to the streets, the Government has become frightened and was forced to announce so-called concessions, first for people on social welfare and then for certain tax bands in last...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: As the meters are now redundant, while some welcome the changes and hope the Government will take the next logical step and abolish the charges, nothing will be done to promote conservation. If the logic of water charges and metering was to encourage people to use less water and take measures to prevent wastage, what incentive does a flat charge create for conservation? It seems people will...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: I remind the Government that the charges introduced today are the same for millionaires and those on the lowest incomes. This is a regressive tax. If nothing else, the Government's recent actions expose the fact that the conservation argument was a red herring used to hide the truth that water charges were actually nothing more than another form of taxation. They are actually a water tax...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: People dealing with boil water notices will receive a discount, but this should be extended to those with lead piping as it can be a health hazard and is present in many towns. If the Government is to cancel charges for those receiving undrinkable water, it should do likewise for individuals with lead pipes until they are replaced. Some people are genuinely finding it difficult to make...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: The Shinners are here.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: Come on. Be honest.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is showing terrible ignorance. She should stick to the facts.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: On a point of order-----
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: I would like to correct the record.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy should stick to the facts.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: On a point of order, the Deputy has made a false allegation about my party.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: Our party is involved only in peaceful protests.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Brian Stanley: Our party would have no hand, act or part it such activities. On a point of order, I want Deputy Mitchell O'Connor to withdraw the false allegation she has made.