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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I am a bit disappointed. For the past eight months the committee has operated in a collaborative way and, overnight, how the committee operates has changed in that we are suddenly told a substantial cross-party amendment has been submitted and this is the first sight we have of it. That flies in the face of how things have worked to date. As the Vice Chairman of the committee, I want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I will come to it. The Chairman might allow me to speak. The previous speakers got a fair shot. We have just been handed this amendment and we are entitled to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Most people in the country at this point do not have the means to deal with this. There is also the issue of the Border. If carbon taxes are being increased on one side of the Border and not increased on the other side, that needs to be considered. It was said this revenue will be ring-fenced. I listened carefully to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, about the sugar tax and whether it could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: It is very clear from the final line in the amendment that the decision on how to allocate revenue up to 2030 would be taken prior to the Budget Statement 2020. I am interested in the figures that have been included here. The figures published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2018, which were reported by the national broadcaster that day, stated that there would be a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: These increases are substantial, on top of the high cost of fuel and energy. This decision has been taken without looking at all the international evidence or even a cross section of it. It was based on selective information. We have examined what has happened in other countries which have a carbon tax and some that do not. We have had a carbon tax since 2010, and apart from the recession...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Is the next amendment on this chapter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: May I make a comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The overall report has some very good content.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I just want to finish my sentence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: We will be voting against the report because of chapter 6 and the inclusion of carbon tax. We will be launching an alternative minority report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I echo those words. The way you have handled it over the past eight months has been very good, Chairman. You have been very balanced and fair the way you handled the discussion and led the committee.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (3 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome this opportunity to raise the important issue of Coláiste Dhún Másc in Portlaoise. I also welcome that the Minister of State is taking this debate today. Coláiste Dhún Másc was established in 2017 and opened two years ago. The school currently has 78 pupils and is housed on an interim basis in what was the old technical school on Railway Street in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (3 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for her reply, which contained some positive news. The key point is that, even after a site has been secured, it will take a considerable time, perhaps more than two years, to go through the various stages of design, planning and construction. The best case scenario will see the school up and running in 2022 or 2023. I will outline the demands on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (3 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by specialty at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, in each month in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by patient did not attend, self-cancellation and cancellation by hospital. [15560/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce the length of time that local authorities have to wait for final departmental approval to proceed with housing schemes that are built within their functional area. [16293/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to accelerate the building of social housing provided by local authorities. [16294/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (11 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: 116. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the required services and intervention. [17007/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: After the Government allowed Eir to cherry-pick. That is why the ESB pulled out.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: After the Government allowed Eir to cherry-pick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving their time. Their observations on the Bill are welcome. The Bill is an attempt to create a legislative structure and framework to allow microgeneration in the country. I am aware that the ESB has operated a pilot project and some of us may have questions on it. Will Mr. Peter O'Shea speak about the strengths, weaknesses and successes of that...