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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: It is directly related to climate change. Will the Irish Farmers Association give its opinion on that? The United Nations reckons enough food is produced to feed the world’s population but there is still the problem of world hunger. Much of Ireland’s food production is not going to the hungriest in the world. While we can up our food production, it will not go to those who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank the panel for attending this afternoon. In terms of the environmental pillars, many concerns are expressed to us about Ireland moving too far ahead unilaterally and the damage that this could cause economically. Economic and environmental development have not been linked for the past century. Trying for the former without taking environmental impacts into consideration has brought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Stevenson and Mr. McCaughey for taking the time to be here to share their experience. I and other members of the committee appreciate that. One of the major points of contention here relates to the Taoiseach not having overall responsibility for implementation of the strategy and for ensuring targets are met. I missed out on how it works within the Scottish Parliament and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: The only concern I would have regarding high value quality produce is that a significant section of our population who would not be able to afford it might be confined to consuming the by-products of the high value produce at the end of the food chain. With regard to national roadmaps and having an overarching vision in that respect, which I favour, there seems to be major resistance to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: I know of low income households that spend 60% to 70% of their income on food.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank Professor Bates for attending the meeting. When I was younger, there used to be squally showers during which a small amount of rain would fall. I have noted we now tend to get large amounts of rain falling in a short time. Will Professor Bates comment on this? Professor Bates has said greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to lower the risk of serious long-term climate change....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Coghlan for coming in. Should the expert advisory body have a role in formulating the sectoral roadmaps? With regard to the all-Ireland policy, the Assembly is producing a Bill. It is important that it is happening at that level. Does that offer opportunities for us in the connection between our policy and that of Northern Ireland?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers employed by her Department; the number of these officers who have undergone any training in disability or equality issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33254/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Topical Issue Debate (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to be present for more Topical Issues debates relevant to her ministerial brief in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33255/13]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: First, I welcome the presentation by the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd, as well as by the staff of his Department and that of the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. On the housing budget, while the Minister of State signalled that 300 new units would be brought on this year, there are small counties in which 300 units would only make a small dent in their housing waiting lists....

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: When was it undertaken?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: The world has changed in the past three years.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: House prices are half what they were.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: The problem is that the State is finishing up with an asset.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: If the Government takes the voluntary route, the voluntary housing associations are building up significant assets encompassing thousands of houses.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: Landlords and developers will have their houses back in five or ten years time. The point I am making, particularly in respect of leasing and the RAS, is that the State, in the form of local government, must then find another house. One has a situation where a family is in a hotel for weeks because a landlord had to take back a house to sell it. The point is that one loses the rent, but...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: It has been announced on radio that the three major contracts were awarded for water metering projects throughout the State. I hear most of these things on radio; one does not tend to hear them in the Dáil or at the committee. In his statement the Minister of State, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, said it would be at the rate of 27,000 households per month. I have asked him and the Minister the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: Are radio reports that three major contracts have been awarded false?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: Has the Minister of State no knowledge of it?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Brian Stanley: Will the State continue to subsidise Irish Water from now until kingdom come? Will a graduated scale be used? The Government must have this worked out.