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An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am introducing this Bill, the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill, to lower the voting age in all elections and referenda to 16 years of age. The Bill would allow for Article 16 of the Constitution to be changed and amended as follows:(a) “sé bliana...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the fact that the Government will not oppose the Bill on Second Stage, but it should not just allow it to run it into the sand. The Government should facilitate the Bill's passage to Committee and Report Stages. "Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí" is an old, but true, Irish saying. Obviously, Deputy Mathews does not believe in its meaning, namely, that if the youth are...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Hormones and all.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: Cur Faoi Bhráid Roghchoiste [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Tairgim: Go gcuirfear an Bille faoi bhráid an Roghfhochoiste um Chomhshaol, Pobal agus Rialtas Áitiúil de réir Bunordú 82A agus 118 de na Buan-Orduithe i dTaobh Gnó Phoiblí agus Alt 6 de Théarmaí Tagartha an Roghfhochoiste sin. I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Sub-Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government pursuant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 603. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in commercial water rates in each of the local authorities in 2013 and 2014. [6047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the rate of compliance is factored into the figure of €271 million provided last week by him as the amount projected to be collected through domestic water charges; and the estimated rate of compliance. [6044/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 596. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Irish Water will be required to borrow in order to meet all of its expected costs in 2015 and 2016. [6015/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 601. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Irish Water plan to borrow to fund capital investment in 2015. [6045/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 602. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount Irish Water will be allowed to borrow on the markets, based on expected revenue streams for both 2015 and 2016. [6046/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 605. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the purposes the €200 million supplementary capital grant from his Department to Irish Water will be used for in 2015. [6091/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (10 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 606. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the derogation under Section 9.4 of the European Union Water Directive came to an end; and if it will be re-applied for. [6092/15]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I wish to share time with Deputy Colreavy, with 25 minutes and five minutes respectively.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this long-awaited Bill. Over the past couple of years I have asked this Minister and the previous one when we would see the Bill. It is good that we now have it. The issue of climate change is the biggest challenge facing our generation and we have a responsibility to those coming behind us, our children, grandchildren and the developed world, to take...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: We have given enough donations to that. Giving donations to Trócaire or Concern is fine and dandy, but we have a responsibility to those countries in terms of climate change, and the Bill is short in that regard. While I welcome the Bill's publication, it is not fit for purpose. It must be amended and changed. I welcome the three key areas the Minister changed, on the advice of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme Data (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of decentralised Departments in Portlaoise, County Laois; and the amounts paid in rent for accommodation between 2004 and 2014 inclusive. [5607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of a permanent building for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Portlaoise, County Laois; and the current cost of renting offices in Portlaoise. [5606/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities can include a clause in employee contracts forbidding them contacting local elected representatives regarding grievances connected to their employment or work. [6203/15]

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome that we have a Bill, however late and imperfect. The system is from the 1800s and I have had many difficulties with it as a public representative, even before I came near this building, because of the problems experienced by constituents. It is clear that something does need to be done with rates, and this legislation represents an attempt by the Government to do this. It was...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: No answer.

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: To continue where I left off, section 6 proposes the appointment of a person who is not an officer of the Commissioner of Valuation or attached to the valuation tribunal to carry out valuations. It needs to be made clearer what the intention is in the Bill. The concern my party has relates to the possible outsourcing of that to a company involved in the property sector. This poses...