Results 3,061-3,080 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (24 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any mechanisms available to the State to alter the terms of occupancy of the building known as Agriculture House on Kildare Street, Dublin 2. [25213/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway City Council has submitted proposals regarding Traveller-specific accommodation to the Traveller accommodation unit; the date of receipt of this; and the expected length of time it will take the unit to reply to this submission and conclude on proposals contained therein. [25238/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Bog Activity (24 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: 278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is using drones to monitor activity on bogs. [25236/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (25 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline to Irish Water, the concerns of the residents of Balbriggan in County Dublin, in regard to the quality of the potable water in the town; the plans Irish Water has to reduce the level of limescale in the water. [25490/15]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I commend Deputy Keaveney on introducing it. Independent voting rights are very important and the Deputy has set out a strong case in the Bill to assist people with sight difficulties. In general, we support the Bill. Clearly, much work has gone into preparing the legislation and it is obvious that those drafting the Bill consulted closely...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: This is important because there is no opportunity-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: We were landed with this yesterday evening. The Government stitched in a water Bill and a waste management Bill into a very small Bill-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: -----dealing with Killarney National Park and dog breeding. It is a real cute hoor stroke.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister stitched two Bills on waste management and on water, which he promised to bring forward during this term of the Dáil but he failed to do that.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: I and other Opposition spokespersons have been asking him about that. It is a real abuse of Dáil power.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is abuse by the Government of this House. What it has done is an abuse of the electorate.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: What happened to the democratic revolution? The Government promised a democratic revolution.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Government promised to do things a new way but it has failed to do that. It has landed the Opposition with this-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: -----as an amendment but it is not an amendment, it is two Bills. It is a barefaced stroke by the Minister-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: -----and it is an abuse by the Labour Party and Fine Gael of this House and of the electorate.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: Those in government should be ashamed of themselves for the way they have done this.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: They are afraid to bring that forward in a proper Bill.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: The way they have handled the whole water-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Government guillotined Bills during the past two years and now it has brought this in, riding on the back of an innocuous Bill about dog breeding and Killarney National Park.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is appalling. Water and waste management have nothing to do with dog breeding or Killarney National Park.