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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (19 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home help provided by private agencies. [41009/15]

Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: To put it simply, this is a tax break for landlords. This is a long and detailed amendment. If it is being included to strong-arm landlords somehow or coax them to make it more beneficial to rent to people in receipt of rent supplement, I do not think it will have that effect. Surely it would have been far better to stamp out the practice, common with landlords, of refusing to take on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I wish to make a suggestion. In the lead up to this meeting I asked for a detailed breakdown of the Estimates and expenditure, but also on housing. I have not received that information. Given the time constraints here I suggest we adjourn the meeting and that any committee members who wish be briefed by departmental officials, because different figures are being thrown around.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: We do not have the figures here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I think it is unfair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: To recap on what I said at the outset, we do not have the figures available here today to carry out a proper scrutiny. I would like to be supplied, even at this late stage, after the meeting with the breakdown of housing figures for this year. Different sets are put forward and then they are overtaken by another set and those announced prior to that are reintroduced. It is a back and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Senator had 15 minutes at her disposal, I have only a few minutes. It is not available to me. It has not been sent to my office. In respect of the Estimates, there is an increase in the capital budget for housing on what was set out in programme expenditure, of €47 million which would provide for 280 units. On relets, I was interested to hear one of the answers or a suggestion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: Two questions I asked were not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: The first was related to private contractors. Is it envisaged that private contractors will acquire local authority houses that are derelict, refurbish them and lease them back to the local authority? The second question was related to the new regulations for abandoned houses. The regulations are impacting on local government budgets and will impact on the budget of the Department as it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I am quoting someone from Roscommon, but that is good news.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: Abandoned houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: They do have powers, but the process has now been lengthened. Local authorities have to advertise and readvertise. I can show the Minister examples in local newspapers. It costs thousands of euros to advertise one house. To have to put down the name of the tenant-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: If Alan Kelly abandons his house, the council has to state it is notifying him that his house is considered to be abandoned. It is a terrible system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: Will the Minister re-examine the matter because it is driving officials up the walls?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is also affecting people on the housing waiting list and those living adjacent to the houses in question. It is driving everyone up the walls.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: There is a huge black hole to which I am pointing and highlighting sincerely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is going to mushroom.

Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, as it deals with an issue on which I have lobbied the Minister for Finance for the past two years, namely, the road tax on HGVs. It is a very important issue. One of the things it shows up is that we are a small island with a population of just under 6.5 million on the north-western fringe of Europe. We are relatively small players, and the...

Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. Sinn Féin has long been anxious to stamp out criminal activity in the Border region and throughout the 32 counties of Ireland. It is good to see Fianna Fáil trying to play catch-up on that but, unfortunately, the Bill before us is something of a shambles. First, it is a clear attempt to score political points against Sinn...