Results 241-260 of 20,054 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public sector pension levies are deducted from the salaries of a range of workers who will not benefit form a public sector pension, including part-time tutors with the vocational education committees and those working in State sponsored agencies; if these workers will be reimbursed the deducted money on reaching...

Written Answers — Forbairt na Gaeltachta: Forbairt na Gaeltachta (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 450: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cad é an plean atá ag an Rialtas le haghaidh Mheitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21791/11]

Written Answers — Small Claims Procedures: Small Claims Procedures (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision for a service provider who has not been paid for a service to seek redress in the Small Claims Court; the measures of redress available to a small service provider where the amount sought is less than €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/11]

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a publicly funded septic tank registration, inspection and retrofitting scheme, including a scheme of grants, in order to comply with the 1975 Council Directive on Waste, as amended, which the European Court of Justice has ruled that Ireland breached in 2009; and if he will make a...

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: I am glad to see the Minister is in good form after the summer and the good results and good harvest in Kilkenny.

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: We support the need to protect groundwater. There is no equivocation on that. We must do it. We also agree that this situation has been hanging over us since 2009 and it must be addressed. However, we must be careful about charges in the current climate. All wedges have a thin and thick end. A sum of €50 might appear to be a modest amount but we are talking about rural families with...

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: I will quickly come to that. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should give me a minute, as he gave to the last speaker. There is a regime in other jurisdictions, particularly in the North, under which people do not pay. There is another example in Scotland. We support the risk-based approach as it is necessary to protect groundwater. Local authorities have a significant number of engineers and,...

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: I have questions for the Minister on a number of points and this is the only opportunity to ask those questions. Is it his intention to introduce an income based grant scheme? Will there be a registration fee or will it be an inspection fee? Will it be an annual fee or three yearly fee? Will the local authorities carry out the inspections?

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: With regard to the maintenance regime for septic tanks, will householders be required to keep a maintenance log for de-sludging and so forth? What are the Minister's intentions in that regard? To clarify the issue of the registration fee and inspection fee, are they one and the same or will there simply be a registration fee and no inspection fee thereafter?

Environmental Policy (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Will householders have to keep a maintenance log?

Septic Tank Regulation (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Will householders be required to keep a register or a log of maintenance work? In his reply to Deputy Niall Collins, the Minister said it is proposed to have a national register for septic tanks. I understand from what he said previously that local authorities would deal with the inspections and registration. I ask the Minister to clarify whether local authorities keep the register or...

Septic Tank Regulation (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: That is why he is bankrupt.

Septic Tank Regulation (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: They must be the houses built by Deputy Wallace.

Waste Management (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: While I fully agree that some people are driven to dumping because they cannot afford waste charges, there are others who can well afford them but choose to dump instead. In County Laois, the waste collection service has been privatised for 24 years and there has never been a waiver scheme in place.

Waste Management (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: I tried my best but there were 12 Fine Gael members and only one of me. There are many low-income households in Laois, particularly pensioners, who are struggling to pay waste charges. Will the Minister consider introducing a waiver scheme for a county like Laois where one has not been in place because the service was privatised many years ago?

Written Answers — Local Authoring Staff: Local Authoring Staff (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reduce the number of local authority managers and the number of directors of services as part of his cost-cutting initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24093/11]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to use to modernise local government that are underway in parallel with the efficiency local government review group's recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24092/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that changes to the waste management regulations here do not result in increased costs to householders. [24275/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community welfare officers are using their personal discretion to refuse persons rent supplement on the basis of their turning down a local authority housing offer; and her plans to put in place strict guidelines and criteria for this practice. [24107/11]

Written Answers — Family Resource Centres: Family Resource Centres (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the discussions regarding local authorities or local partnerships taking over the family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24099/11]