Results 521-540 of 20,054 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Water Services (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: The consultation process will offer people the opportunity to make an input into this process. I will be sending in a submission. Has the Minister considered the issue of road-openings affecting the installation of water meters? Hundreds of thousands of these will have to be performed on footpaths and in housing estates. What will happen in an estate that has not been taken in charge by...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has agreed on a tendering process for the proposed pay-as-you-save contracts to insulate domestic and public buildings; and if so, to provide details in this regard. [6023/12]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans he has put in place to establish Ireland as a leading player in the global carbon market. [6024/12]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the commitment to introduce a single national building inspectorate service; if he will clarify whether this inspectorate will include fire safety and whether it will be answerable to local authorities. [6025/12]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contact he has had with Dublin City Council in his efforts to improve building regulations. [6026/12]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 168: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether it is of the utmost urgency to introduce legislation that establishes a new fire safety inspectorate and certification regime and which makes it mandatory for builders and architects to provide evidence of compliance with building regulations, including fire standards. [6027/12]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a rationalisation impact assessment on household waste collection; and if he intends introducing a Bill to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 170: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he will meet the commitment to increase the stock of social housing with a diminishing capital budget as outlined in the report on infrastructural and capital investment. [6029/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is necessary for those applying for local authority housing to supply leases for all rented addresses over the past five years. [6030/12]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he plans to move towards zero-carbon homes. [6031/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when we can expect legislation that will allow local authorities to take housing estates in charge; and whether the legislation will make allowance for the financial implications for the relevant local authority. [6032/12]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends amending the 2010 Planning and Development Act to rebalance power towards elected representatives and the public. [6033/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has carried out any reviews into funding cuts to programmes funded through social inclusion; and if so, the details of same. [6034/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which he expects the cuts to fire and emergency services, from €11.25 million in 2011 to €6 million for 2012, will be made; and if he will explain how the ongoing service will be maintained while importing these cuts into the funding of the services. [6036/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will be taking to ensure his Department will spend only €1.9 million for 2012, as opposed to the €4.2 million spent in 2011, on the carbon fund. [6037/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward the date of publication of the inspection of places of detention Bill. [6527/12]

Written Answers — Prisoner Complaints Procedures: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (7 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce an independent complaints mechanism for prisoners here. [6528/12]

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to reply to the debate on this very important issue which goes to the heart of our communities. I welcome and extend a céad míle fáilte to the many CE participants, from various parts of Dublin and beyond, who are in the Visitors' Gallery and who have been present during various stages of the debate. Those to whom I refer attended the solidarity protest which...

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: That is good.

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Now that I have the ear of two Ministers and in view of the fact that another Labour Deputy has just entered the Chamber, I will make my concluding remarks. One of the more vulnerable groups that has borne the brunt of the Minister's cuts comprises those in receipt of lone parent's allowance. They are obliged to struggle to keep their families together and during her short reign, the...