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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management and Operation of Housing Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank Dr. Michelle Norris, Mr. Brian O'Gorman from Clúid and Mr. Cian Ó Lionáin from the Department for attending. Regarding the Housing Finance Agency, HFA, Dr. Norris or Mr. O'Leary might outline the process for handling loans for individuals through the local authorities because how it works can be a bit of a mystery. A person applies for a loan, having been refused by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management and Operation of Housing Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: If the PRTB takes over the regulatory role of the witnesses' sector, are they concerned about its ability to be able to do that? I am aware that complaints to the PRTB currently are being processed at a snail's pace. It is not its fault entirely because, if I am correct, its staff number has decreased to below 40. I am again open to correction but, according to an answer given last year,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management and Operation of Housing Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: I will be brief. To rent over a ten-year period will cost the State and the tenant a great deal of money. Houses are cheap now. We built thousands of houses during the recessions of the 1930s and 1950s. A tenant will not have a permanent home. Building or buying would provide that home. The local authority would have a valuable asset to rent for years, after which it could sell the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management and Operation of Housing Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management and Operation of Housing Associations: Discussion (1 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: Some 100%.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the independent audit by the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman published in February 2013 of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation's lending to the financial sector, in particular its concerns over the IFC’s use of financial intermediaries and lack of adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (2 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his Department’s recent pledge of €700,000 in humanitarian aid to Mali; the person who will receive the funding; and the way it will it be spent. [41160/13]

Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: This time last year we had the launch of the document, Putting People First, on local government reform. When will the heads of the local government Bill come before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht for discussion, as requested by the Chairman and members? Will it devolve powers from fortress Custom House to local councils and from unelected county...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: I am just asking the question.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (3 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the submissions from Bank of Ireland, AIB and PTSB following the Mercer report; and the reason the assertion that would include a substantial contribution from the leadership of the banks on pay and pensions has not materialised. [41511/13]

Other Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the unimplemented aspects of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act. [42203/13]

Other Questions: School Enrolments (8 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will identify the schools that will be eligible to apply for a derogation pursuant to regulation 15 of the Education Acts 1998 and 2013, Admission Policies of Schools and Related Matters Regulations 2013 (Draft Regulations Content of Policy); if the regulations will be commenced in the current academic year; if he will provide any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (8 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of a person who is Garda vetted and moves to another employer that person has to go through the process all over again, if it is possible for one vetting process to cover a person for a specified period of time which would apply to all employers, voluntary groups and clubs. [42044/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Location of Wind Turbines: Discussion (8 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the statement supplied to us by the delegation. What is a reasonable set-back distance? We have the guidelines which specify a maximum of 500. The plan is that County Laois, where I live, and County Offaly will be populated with these turbines very quickly and local people are very concerned about this. What does the panel consider is a reasonable set-back? I am also concerned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Location of Wind Turbines: Discussion (8 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: A question was asked on regulations or guidelines. What are the witnesses' views on that? On the moratorium and the legality, I would be happy enough to have it tested and have them propose that we all sign up to it in the Dáil. If the Attorney General says it is not legal we can bring in emergency guidelines for a distance of 2 km for six months until we get proper regulations in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Location of Wind Turbines: Discussion (8 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: I asked a question about guidelines versus regulations in terms of county development plans and why the group thinks there is a movement outside of those areas. I accept the point made about strategic infrastructure. The companies seem to be blatant about what they are doing and aggravating local communities. Why does the group think they are doing that rather than going to areas where...

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

Brian Stanley: I welcome the fact that we have the report. It is important that it broadly reflects the process that has taken place and the engagement of the committee therein. Much work went into it over a number of days and previously. It is urgent that we move the process forward, not least because of the most recent international report on climate change and given that we can no longer pretend it is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees Agreements (10 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that orders signed by him regarding joint labour committees will fully reflect and give force to the recommendations of the Labour Court. [42600/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees Agreements (10 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he will ensure that the employers will fully engage with the JLC process and the reaching of agreements that deliver a living wage for low paid workers. [42601/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Investigations (15 Oct 2013)

Brian Stanley: 230. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Environmental Protection Agency investigation into the recent noxious smell in Shannon, County Clare. [43270/13]