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Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State did not answer my earlier question on the timing of the charges next year. Will it be 1 June, 7 June just after the local elections or 1 January? I mentioned earlier that many people are not sleeping, but another group of people not sleeping are those who occupy the Government benches who know what will come through their constituents' letterboxes next Monday. The...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: If we are going to keep to that, it will have to be on 1 January 2014.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Government is telling the troika that it will honour all the agreements.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 26:In page 11, to delete lines 17 to 43.I will leave it at that, as the amendment is self-explanatory.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 38:In page 13, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(4) (a) This section shall not be commenced until such point as the Social Inclusion Division of the Department of Social Protection have carried out a poverty impact analysis study.(b) Such a study will have regard to—(i) whether the impact of the imposition of charges referred to in...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 40:In page 13, to delete lines 34 to 42 and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 40.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I was not notified that the amendment was out of order.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: Last night, I received a list indicating which amendments were out of order and it did not include amendment No. 42.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: It is unfair to inform me at this late stage that my amendment is out of order.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 42:In page 15, to delete lines 21 to 45 and in page 16, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following:“27.—Section 12 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 is amended by the insertion of a new subsection (3):“(3) Section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983, is hereby amended by the substitution of...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: There are exemptions.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy should check his facts.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: So have I.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: On a point of order-----

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: On a point of order, the Deputy is misleading the House. There are no water charges in the North. They were not introduced in 2007. There are exemptions from household rates for low-income households.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Grant Payments (12 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the overall cut of 11% to his Department's 2013 budget, the reason his Department imposed a cut of 76% in funding for housing grants for elderly and disabled to Laois County Council.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12867/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Grant Payments (12 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: These grants cut to the heart of housing policy, but we should be trying to keep disabled and elderly people in their own homes. The fact is that this is happening at the same time as the cut to the mobility grant, and it follows cuts in the respite grant and household benefit package in the past two years. It amounts to tightening the noose and making things more difficult for the cohort...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Grant Payments (12 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: There are 116 people on a waiting list in Laois and a further 24 cases are listed as very urgent. They instructed constituents, clients and contractors to submit all bills and have everything paid, signed off and in order by 30 December. I ask the Minister of State to examine this case. Laois County Council did not come in on 1 January without applications. A bundle of applications are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the current guidelines for the installation of wind turbines are sufficiently robust; and his further views that the existing planning process promotes sustainable energy and protects the rights of residents and their communities. [12810/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (12 Mar 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form for each local authority indicating the allocation of funding in 2012 and 2013 for housing grants for elderly and disabled persons. [12819/13]