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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that are liable to register their septic tank have registered and paid the required fee. [41880/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in his Department that earn in excess of €100,000 and if he will specify their earnings. [41881/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed by local authorities that earn in excess of €100,000 and if he will specify their earnings. [41882/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on private consultants in 2011 and the amount expected to be spent in 2012 on private consultants. [41883/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent in 2011; and the amount expected to be spent in 2012, on delegation trips to other countries; the purpose the trips served; the number of staff that went and the role of the staff on the trip. [41884/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: The agency has set out a number of measures to deal with the issue of shared ownership loans, including extending the current mortgage loan term, allowing interest-only repayments and allowing interest-only repayments for partial redemption. Are these measures sufficient given that exactly one year ago, 38.9% of shared ownership loans were in arrears of 90 days or more? These figures,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: I note the Housing Finance Agency, HFA, has reserves of €74 million. However, it must pay back the money it has borrowed commercially. Is that an incentive for the agency to be putting the squeeze on local authorities and the Department to come up with solutions? Last year, arrears over 90 days on shared ownership houses stood at 38%. I have no reason to believe that has changed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To date, the Department has been slow in coming up with solutions, however.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Labour stated it would burn the lot of them.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Is it the Government's intention to publish the water services (miscellaneous provisions) Bill? There are two issues. The local authority professional officers body estimates the cost of water meters will be €1.2 billion and the installation date has been moved there times.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: But this is relevant. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government gave a date of 2014.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Bord Gáis has said it will be 2015 and the date is constantly moved.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: I want the Minister for Education and Skills to talk to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government because he is not listening to me when I raise this.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: In Britain, ten or 12 years after their introduction, the meters still have not been installed by the private companies. Is it intended to continue with this Bill?

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: They are more complex than the Minister realises.

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: First, I compliment the Technical Group for bringing forward this motion. It is timely, as a new Minister of State has been appointed. I offer him comhghairdeas and wish him well in his new position. He has responsibility for the implementation of the national drugs strategy. I hope he gives it more attention than some of his predecessors, who did not give it sufficient attention. Drug...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail the efforts he has made to resolve the outstanding issues in relation to turf cutting; the engagement he has had with the Turf Cutters Contracts Association and with other stakeholders and with officials at a European level; and the way he proposes to bring the situation to a successful conclusion; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir lena mianta ó thaobh thodhchaí Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga. [41978/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates Issues (4 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent decision by Bank of Ireland to increase the interest rates on their variable rate mortgages; if he has had any contact with the bank since the decision was made; his views on whether the decision will further exacerbate the mortgage crisis and if he believes that the decision should be reversed. [42269/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Consultation Process (4 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Autumn 2012 Quarterly Economic Observer report from the Nevin Economic Research Institute; if he has considered their alternative budgetary approach to that currently being implemented by him; and if so, if he will outline in broad terms his response to the proposals. [42270/12]