Results 2,881-2,900 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: If the Minister has any influence on this and other taxation measures, I would like to hear from him on it. We know the Government supported the Tory cuts last year because it wanted us to implement them in the North.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: Then when we did not implement them-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----the Government tried to have it both ways. Instead of coming back and saying-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: No.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: We fought a hard bargain which was criticised. Do the Members on the other side of the House remember what they said last year?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: A sum of €491 million came in through the local property tax and €282 million made its way to the general purpose payment. Some €359 million made its way from the overall local government fund, which in the current year is more than €1.839 billion. This shows that a large part of it is not being disbursed. There is a further €520 million payment in the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: This clearly shows is that there is no clear accountability. The funding is not directly linked. A smoke and mirrors job is going on here with funding being moved around and not ending up where it was intended.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: Our funds are totally transparent.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: In respect of Question No. 16 which is very similar to these two-----
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: What happens where there are multiple tenants in a property? What happens to the so-called water conservation grant where there are a number of tenants over the course of a year? I know of apartments in which there have been three tenants in the past year. Who will receive the water conservation grant in that case?
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: That will not go down very well.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: 12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money collected from commercial water charges in 2013 and 2014; and the projected yield from commercial water charges in 2015. [9084/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the wind farm guidelines on which a public consultation was held will be published, and the main provisions of same; and his plans to bring forward to Committee Stage the Wind Turbines Bill 2014 that was accepted last year by the Government. [9109/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: 16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is proposed that new water services legislation will include provision for local authorities and private landlords to take water charges from the deposits of tenants, or to add unpaid charges to rents. [9099/15]
- Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: She cut the carer's allowance and the respite grant.
- Other Questions: Rail Services (10 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: 124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the Limerick to Ballybrophy rail line, in view of the fact that much of the line has been upgraded. [9882/15]
- Other Questions: Rail Services (10 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: Following concerns about it closing, I ask the Minister about the Ballybrophy, Roscrea, Cloughjordan, Nenagh, Limerick railway line. There is a report of a consultation process due and he might outline the Government's stance on that.
- Other Questions: Rail Services (10 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: The Minster's reply indicates that the number of passengers on that line has increased, if it is 27,000, because it was reported locally that there were 23,000 passengers, which is a drop of 1,000 on the previous year. It is an important service. It serves a regional need, from south Laois right down through north Tipperary and into Limerick Junction, and it is important that it is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: It is a kangaroo court. A Fianna Fáil one.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)
Brian Stanley: It is a Fianna Fáil kangaroo court.