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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 10: In page 4, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "3.--For the purposes of clarity, the offences regarding sealing and labelling of fuel bags as set out in the Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 118/1998), and Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Yes. It is not necessary to label or seal these bags because customers in the fuel depot can recognise whether the contents are firewood or ordinary peat or, as it is called down the country, turf. However, we support the labelling and sealing of bags of smokeless and other fuels such as ordinary and anthracite coal that might look like smokeless fuel. Will the Minister accept my amendment...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: The Minister has claimed my amendment would cause confusion, but he is not being clear. We all know that ordinary coal, including anthracite, can be substituted by someone selling bags off the back of a lorry to people who mistakenly believe it is smokeless fuel. If the Minister is proposing a change in this respect, that is fine, but he is not being clear on the question of whether this...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, to delete lines 6 to 9 and substitute the following: ""(3) The amount of the levy shall be specified in the regulations under subsection (2) but shall not exceed an amount of 26 cent for each plastic bag supplied to a customer.". The plastic bag levy was a great success. It is not long ago that every hedgerow in the country was decorated with plastic bags....

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is moving slowly so I will withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 14: In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "7.—(1) The practice of incineration or thermal treatment of waste shall no longer be legal within this state. (2) Sections 4 and 5 of the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001 are repealed. (3) The making of a waste management plan shall be a reserved function of the local authority.". This is an...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is wrong to say landfill is the least desirable option. The least desirable option is burning waste because we have no control over where the ash goes. The toxic ash left over - 25% - is more poisonous and dangerous to the environment. The Minister also spoke about our obligations. Our first obligation is to the 6 million people who live on this island.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: The taxpayer is already carrying the cost.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I want to clarify a few points with the Minister so we will be clear on what is happening. Given the proposed changes in respect of placenames, will it be the case, based on the Minister's legal advice, that a town that wants to change its name, be to Dingle, Daingean or Daingean Uí Chúis, for example, can do so without recourse to the Minister? I understand from the amendments that have...

Order of Business (Resumed) (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: There are other issues too, such as planning matters.

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I refer to promised legislation in respect of Garda vetting, about which there is a huge problem. I heard the Taoiseach speak in the Chamber about the importance of the Government's number one priority of getting people into employment. However, there is a huge problem in respect of Garda vetting and companies and organisations are experiencing great difficulty in this regard. I have...

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Such people were being recruited into employment. This affects the long-term unemployed, effectively takes their jobs and is outrageous.

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: While the Taoiseach will give a response in respect of the forthcoming Bill, will it be possible for him to speak to the Minister for Justice and Equality and to have him telephone the Garda vetting unit?

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Can the Taoiseach ask the Minister to do something-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: -----over the summer period-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: ----- to alleviate the blockage within the Garda vetting unit?

Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: On the legislation.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "2.—In this Act "Act of 2002" means the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002.". I object to the fact that only 40 minutes have been allocated to discuss this important legislation. Be that as it may, I will try to make the best of it. The first amendment is technical in nature. The Bill proposes a reduction in...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, to delete lines 23 to 28. This amendment is intended to delete the provision in the Bill that allows for the number of Deputies to be reduced to as few as 153. It would not be correct for the number of Oireachtas Members to be reduced without a corresponding enhancement of local authority powers. This is a fundamental issue and the provision is, therefore,...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: -----but my colleague Deputy Ó Snodaigh tells me the same is happening in the Coombe hospital in his constituency. The population is increasing. The Government has talked a lot about reducing the number of quangos and unelected officials. The Minister knows that it drives elected representatives crazy to see important decisions being made by unelected officials, regardless of whether we...