Results 19,981-20,000 of 20,454 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: I support the amendment. Once a septic is registered it is on file in hard copy and on the computer system. If a house has a septic tank there should not be a need to re-register in five years. The suspicion is that it leaves the way open for additional charges to be imposed in the future. While I recognise that it has been removed from the Bill for now, and I welcome the fact that...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: To pick up where we left off yesterday on the matter, the fee is set at â¬50. I accept that has been reduced. I acknowledge also that the fee for an appeal has been reduced from â¬200 to â¬20. We argue that there should not be a fee, but I acknowledge that a reduction has been agreed due to a combination of pressure from the groups campaigning, Members on the Opposition benches and...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: A Government with a majority can change it.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: People in rural areas have already registered when they apply for planning permission. Local authorities have mapping systems for every rural house within their jurisdiction and functional area. The dots are on the maps. Local authorities know which houses are connected to septic tanks and mains sewers. The Minister took me to task on the army of inspectors. He began to refer to other...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The question of grants has been raised. In the context of the amendments the Government has not been forthcoming. The Minister has made vague references to what he might do. He said he will examine the matter in 2013. The issue is causing huge concern. If people do not have the wherewithal to upgrade, the issue of grants will concern them. The Government has used the National Pensions...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: Will the Deputy be allowed through the door?
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his strategy to reduce the economy's dependency on multinational enterprises; and the times scales of each element of its implementation. [4137/12]
- Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to develop the micro enterprise incubation units over the coming four years. [4136/12]
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The â¬50 fee will not bring in any significant revenue. The Minister mentioned â¬17 million.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The Sinn Féin amendment proposes that the fee be abolished. If the fee is in the legislation it can be increased at any time by ministerial order. That is the thin end of a thick wedge. There will be no â¬50 charges for anything in this country. One would get very little for â¬50 if one was dealing with a statutory agency or with a governmental or any other body. The fear is that the...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The statistics are there. Fine Gael Deputies sit down and look at the research more than we do.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The facts are that Deputy Hogan's supporters will be able to pay the â¬50 charge but the people who are in the small cottages-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: I will have that debate with the Minister. I told him that this morning.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: I will not waste time on it now. Sinn Féin will debate the taxation system in Northern Ireland with the Minister or with anyone from his party any time.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The Minister should know the taxation system in the North is set in a town called London, which is on the neighbouring island called England, Scotland and Wales. It is not set in the Assembly in Belfast. I am surprised at a senior Minister in this Administration coming out with nonsense like that.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The people in the small cottages and bungalows will have difficulty-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: -----when this fee is increased to â¬200, â¬300, â¬400 or â¬500 in years to come.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: The debate has focused on standards and the prescribed date for publication of same. The legislation proposes that inspections will be carried out by inspectors licensed by the EPA. The Minister asked how we would solve this problem. I suggested some months ago to him that under-employed local authority engineers and technicians could do this work. Rather than go out with a stick with...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: Market research will show that all the people up the long avenue support Fine Gael, not Fianna Fáil.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Brian Stanley: We on this side of the House must try to represent the people living in the Parnell cottages and those who were pushed off the green grass up into the rushes on the edges of bogs.