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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: Some owners of sites and developers are not registering to avoid that, and financial institutions, including pillar banks, which we have certainly had the chase on it. The delegates might give me some indication on how they see that being rectified. There needs to be some kind of incentive, in the interest of jobs and housing, to try to move on some of these sites. We have this great need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: That was what was driving up the costs. I ask the delegates for their view on that. Another question, while the delegates are here, concerns ghost estates. Around the country, there are a large number of units which are 50%, 70% or 75% finished. These are units, where there is a shell, that need some work done on them. This is not of benefit to the delegates' members and it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I will finish on this. I will be as quick as everybody else. How do the witnesses see the 1%-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: You told me I had ten minutes and I will stick to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: How do the witnesses see-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: How do the witnesses see the 1% delivering social integration?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public consultation on the future of Abbeyleix and Sahaan hospitals; the decisions by the Health Service Executive or his Department regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 35. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on Abbeyleix and Shane hospitals. [2352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make available funding for local authorities to carry out insulation of the older, solid brick local authority housing; if so, when this funding will be made available; the criteria to apply for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2955/15]

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is not working.

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the report and the fact that we have the Bill which has been long awaited. I thought it was going to be a little like Johnny Logan's song, "What's Another Year?" I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Áodhan Ó Ríordáin, is into music. We have been waiting for the Bill a long time. I introduced a Bill over one year ago which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (27 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed provisions to be included in the new water services Bill. [3501/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the CEOs and the representative organisations, the AILG and LAMA. It is important that they are following on from work they have done on other Bills in making contributions and submissions on them. On Part V, concern was raised earlier in the submissions about the regulation of the voluntary housing bodies, because these organisations are providing housing, are providing for a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the net figure collected from domestic water charges in 2015; the cost of collection; and the projected net cost to the Exchequer of the household conservation grant. [3663/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to the funding of Irish Water in the current year. Will the Minister outline how the charges are going to work, the projected cost to the Exchequer of the household conservation grant, and the amount to be collected for domestic charges in 2015.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: The concern here is that the Minister has said that he expects to bring in €271 million from domestic water charges. What compliance rate is that based on? If it is going to cost €20 million to collect the charges and there is a non-compliance rate of 30%, that brings the income down to €190 million. If one takes €20 million from that, one is left with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I know the Minister will not, but let us deal with the reality. Let us deal with the hard figures. Come on now.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: What is the compliance rate? Is it 18 or 19%?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: How much was brought in by commercial water charges last year? These are the figures. This is what must stack up here. The Minister has not told me what compliance level he needs to achieve to bring in the €271 million. He might answer those two questions. The European Commission is quoted as saying that the water conservation grant is a transfer from the Exchequer to Irish Water...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: This is a reality the Minister must deal with. This is something this State must deal with if it does not meet the market corporation test. Does the Minister believe that it will meet the market corporation test and does he believe that the reported remarks of representatives of the European Commission are not true? It was reported heavily last week that this is the line taken by the...