Results 3,201-3,220 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I have family living there.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I can rattle off all the statistics. Deputy Coffey should not get hot under the collar. He should know the full list of services.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I should be allowed to speak without interruption.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I need the protection of the Chair.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: There is a lot of heckling coming from the Government benches. Could you ask the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, to calm down?
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: If you had stayed for long enough in the afternoon-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----the false assertions you made-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: You would have heard every one of them being roundly and flatly turned on its head.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: In the first few years following the establishment of Northern Ireland Water, the Sinn Féin Minister ensured £1 billion was invested in water services in that small six-county statelet, in addition to domestic charges being shredded and put to one side. In relation to the boycott, I refer to the tactic of some of the Government backbenchers whom we do not see too much in the...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: Yes, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I fully respect that, but I refer to the manner in which it is being done. Government backbenchers run in, make a pile of false assertions to give you a bit of cover and a little breathing space.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: Then they run out again before a response can be made.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: They do not even stay around to hear the answer. In relation to the boycott-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: In relation to the boycott, you will have noticed that our party leaves it up to-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----people to make that adult decision.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. We leave it up to people to make that adult choice themselves, but Deputy Brian Walsh is evidently not aware of that and unfortunately he is not present to hear my response.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: That is the correct position. The bottom line is that-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----in relation to this specific amendment, No. 21 - I know the Minister, Deputy Kelly, has probably done his best to try to answer the question - but it is a fact that the Bill will run into serious difficulty in the area of private rented accommodation, in particular situations where there is a quick turnover of tenancies. Those who will get into trouble are those who move from one...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I will go on to the website later. Apart from that, even if one is able to read the meter, Irish Water will not sort out the account in time for a tenant to get his or her deposit back. If one leaves No. 40 Bridge Street this evening and moves to No. 20 Forest Avenue in a matter of an hour, one will not have a deposit in one's hand. Minister, you probably lived in private rented...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I am sorry. The Minister has probably lived in private rented accommodation in another jurisdiction. I do not know. I know he lived abroad.