Results 4,061-4,080 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to the order of the questions. Sinn Féin has one question on the priority list. I understand that as Fianna Fáil is a larger party, it has three priority questions. I have raised with the Ceann Comhairle's predecessor an issue with regard to the order of the oral questions that are not on the priority list. I have been told that the order is determined by a...

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: Consistently, the five oral questions that I table are down at the back of the queue. For example, No. 54 is my first oral question this week. This is the first time I have raised this issue with the current Ceann Comhairle but I did raise it with his predecessor twice. The order for the oral questions is such that Sinn Féin never seems to be in a position to deal with the questions...

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for that clarification.

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I am raising the point with the Ceann Comhairle because it is not as if I am coming out at the wrong end of it in just one month. Every month for last 60 or 70 months-----

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I do not, for that very reason.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether he has sufficient control of the tender process of the national broadband plan to ensure that each household will have high speed broadband; if the date for completion will not be excessively delayed; if the cost to the State will not be excessive; and his views on whether there will be potential...

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to the national broadband plan. I want to raise with the Minister the fact that we have no timeframe for its completion, or even a tender date for the completion process. Does the Minister feel that he has sufficient control over the tender process, given developments in recent weeks? Will the cost to the State be excessive? I am very concerned about this.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: I have only one priority.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister spent a lot of time talking about what the commercial companies are doing, particularly with regard to what is already happening. This has very little to do with the State. I am aware that SIRO has committed to 51 towns. There is a problem when it comes to the 300,000 households now cherrypicked by Eir, however, because Eir has a stranglehold on matters. If one looks at any...

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: There is no incentive for it to roll out the fibre quickly to the house for the reason that it will not get anything extra out of it, or very little, whereas any competitor would have to reach the household and connect the fibre to it to get any payment of any kind. I do not believe the Department has thought that through.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Minister has been saying for a week that the tender process is competitive and everything is okay with it but he knows and I know that it was significantly skewed once SIRO pulled out. It is also skewed by the fact that Eir has gone in and cherry-picked the 300,000 households. I welcome every connection that is made. We want to see connections. However, if a county council wants to...

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: We do know what we want.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: This has been debated here for six years.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to increases in charges for household waste collection in recent weeks; and if his Department has considered in recent years an alternative permitting charging structure for household waste collection. [41832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on changes with An Post, both retail and mail businesses; and the steps he plans to take in the coming months to ensure that services are protected. [41833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analyses that have been undertaken by his Department on Irish energy prices which are one of the highest compared to other EU member states. [41835/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Heat Incentive (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the interactions his Department has had with other Government Departments to encourage the growth of indigenous biomass further to the recent launch of Bioenergy Ireland. [41836/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Conventions (4 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions his Department will be taking concerning breaches in view of the decision of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee recommendations concerning environmental impact assessment on the Hinkley Point nuclear reactors in Britain. [41834/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: On the energy Estimate, the Minister referred to a meeting held in Boyle, County Roscommon, earlier in the year. That meeting was useful in terms of the Brexit discussion. Something similar could be done on energy because we must bring everyone with us, including all the political parties, business people, local authorities and members of the public, on this issue. We need to create a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Resumed) (5 Oct 2017)

Brian Stanley: The Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016 brought by Sinn Féin stipulated that wind turbines and wind farms would have to come in lower than the World Health Organization noise guidelines. Bills can be amended. The Bill was Sinn Féin's opening shot. The Minister said the proposed Government guidelines are now open for public consultation and the noise guidelines will be...