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Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to appoint someone from a company (details supplied) to the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, advisory board; if he will outline if such an appointment will be made from the advisory company or the investment company; if he believes a conflict of interest will arise as a result someone from this company being on the NAMA...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (22 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees that allowing a company (details supplied) to be eligible for purchasing bank assets in Irish Bank Resolution Corporation after providing loan sale advice to IBRC would undermine international confidence in transparency of bank asset sales in Ireland; if he agrees that international perception amongst investors would be that this...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (23 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he collates the pay, pension and allowances data of vocational educational committee employees. [10044/12]

State Assets: Motion (28 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important topic. This debate comes at a time when the Government plans to sell off strategic State assets. We only have to look into the not too distant past to see history repeating itself. Eircom, the State communications company, was worth €8.4 billion at the time of its privatisation. It was hived off amid huge controversy and now the...

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: It is a far different situation there.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to enhance our competitiveness through supporting green technologies. [11330/12]

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: What about the Greeks?

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Regarding mortgage arrears, around the corner this morning in the Shelbourne Hotel-----

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: If the Ceann Comhairle bears with me I will explain. There is an auction in the Shelbourne Hotel where repossessed properties are being sold, including family homes in my constituency. We have a crisis, with one in nine private mortgages in serious trouble and four in ten local authority loans in arrears of three months or more. We have had the Keane report and 12 months of Dáil sittings....

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: I want the Tánaiste to do something about this issue, on which the Government promised measures. I have raised it consistently. People are at their wits' end. I want the Tánaiste to tell me good news.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision, announced in Pathways to Work to cut the jobseeker's benefit payments to persons who have had their working week reduced as a consequence of the recession; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the reason most persons are combining part-time work with social welfare is that they had their...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her plans to privatise social welfare services announced in Pathways to Work; and if her attention has been drawn to the fact that before she took the decision to go down this route that in January 2012 the British National Audit Office stated that the British Department for Work and Pensions had grossly...

Turbary Rights (6 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which he has resolved issues relating to turf cutting restrictions arising form special areas of conservation and or other conservation orders; the number of cases outstanding; the issues still to be addressed; the locations so affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12477/12]

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 88: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad post nua atá cruthaithe ag Údarás na Gaeltachta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta sna blianta 2009, 2010 agus 2011; cé mhéad post atá caillte ag Údarás na Gaeltachta i rith an ama sin; agus cé mhéad a chosnaigh gach post le linn na tréimhse sin. [12564/12]

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (6 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grade at which a public servant is precluded from taking up an elected position at local authority level; the grades ineligible for holding local authority elected positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12203/12]

Written Answers — Retail Sector Developments: Retail Sector Developments (6 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on proposals for new planning guidelines that will restrict the limit on the size of retail units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12342/12]

Turbary Rights: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: First, I commend Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan for putting forward this important motion. It is one of the most important motions to come before this House. Before being elected, I gave a commitment to turf cutters, particularly in my area, from Coolrain, Castletown and surrounding areas, that I would do everything I could to protect their rights. That is why I am speaking and why I have...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: The context of this discussion is the increase of 8% in the latest long-term unemployment figures. This is a major concern. More than 60% of the unemployed in the State have been out of work for more than one year. The sad and sorry fact is that the policies of this and previous Government have failed utterly. This is compounded by the thousands of people who see no future here and are...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: Tens of thousands languish in the dole queues, but the Government will commit economic treachery by handing over €3.1 billion to unsecured bondholders in 23 days time. At the same time, it is selling off State assets worth €3 billion.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Brian Stanley: The contradiction is glaringly obvious. This money should not be given away to the gamblers of capitalism but instead should be invested in job creatin. The three companies up for sale, namely, Coillte, the ESB and Bord Gáis, paid a total of €1.97 billion to the State in dividends in the past ten years. If the Government has its way, we will no longer receive these dividends. The...