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Other Questions: Waste Management Regulations (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a waiver for domestic waste collections as promised in the Programme for Government. [3607/15]

Other Questions: Waste Management Regulations (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I refer to the promised waiver for charges for refuse collection, which was a commitment in the programme for Government and was quite clear. It stated that: "A public service obligation would include a fee waiver scheme for low income households." That was a Labour Party demand in the programme for Government, or so I am led to believe. It is not too late for the Government to try to do...

Other Questions: Waste Management Regulations (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: The reply is very disappointing. I received a similar reply from Phil Hogan a couple of years ago. The Minister said he referred the matter for further examination, but waste collection charges are increasing every year. The company I am with has increased its charges every year for the past three years. That is driven, as the Minister knows, by a number of factors, such as landfill and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Vacant Site Levy (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the proposed vacant site levy will ensure that developers are not sitting on zoned land and to bring those sites into use for housing, commercial or social purposes. [3606/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new legislation to tackle domestic waste; and if that will include a levy on bottles, cans and plastic bottles. [3608/15]

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: A bribe.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Tánaiste just said her Department made 87 payments.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: Were there 87 payments? She said the Department made 87 payments.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: Apparently there were 87 payments from the Department.

European Debt: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion. There appears to be some embarrassment that Syriza won the Greek election and is calling for the holding of a debt conference which the previous speaker referred to as a "talking shop". We have many talking shops such as ECOFIN and the Eurogroup, where we have failed to get this item onto the agenda. Syriza has a huge job ahead. It is...

European Debt: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: We have more private and banking debt per person than anywhere else in the European Union and this issue has not been dealt with. The Government has given the banks a veto. Almost three years ago, when there was talk about legislation on private and mortgage debts, we pointed out that we should not have given the banks a veto. Unfortunately, the legislation the Government passed on the...

European Debt: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: While the overall debt figure for the State is 110% of GDP, lower than that for Greece at 177% of GDP, private and business debt is much higher and we must try to deal with it. I have flagged it for the Minister’s attention. The fact that we have taken on such a massive debt means that even when the economic figures are improving, we are being held back by the debt crisis. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (4 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authority development contribution schemes for residential extensions should make provision, that is exemption, for that area of the house that has been demolished before construction of the extension, for example in a development totalling 200 sq. m, of which 50 sq. m are existing development, contributions...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Yes, most of them.

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: That will only provide 1,400 units.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is correct and acceptable that someone on the Gateway scheme can earn less than if that person (details supplied) in County Laois remained on social welfare benefits . [5317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Life Insurance Policies (5 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance the income that can be taken into account as guaranteed lifetime income when drawing down a life insurance policy. [5209/15]

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013. First, I extend my sympathies to mothers and parents who have had to deal with the problems and challenges we are discussing today, particularly those who had pregnancies with fatal foetal abnormalities. We all agree that such an outcome is a life-changing event,...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: This consideration is a matter for our members to undertake democratically and is currently being addressed. We have a policy that is democratically decided and we, as elected Members for Sinn Féin, have a duty to articulate and uphold the party policy we put before the electorate, irrespective of our personal positions. We in Sinn Féin have stated previously that the woman's voice...

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Our party operates democratically, and the party delegates from each cumann in the party throughout the country will make that decision. Our current policy would require an amendment to the eighth amendment of the Constitution. We believe that the issue of amending Article 40.3.3° should be referred to a second constitutional convention for that matter to be dealt with. There is a...