Results 8,481-8,500 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The point the Deputy is making is that the DART+ West line from Maynooth to Kilcock needs to be connected to the railway station in Maynooth.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: It would cost more to have a separate scheme later for the 350 m. Is that the point the Deputy is making?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Do we agreed to raise this with the National Transport Authority, NTA? The Deputy has raised this issue in the past.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy proposes we write to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, on this matter so that there is a connection between the proposed DART line and the station.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The die is cast.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: And it needs to be changed. I propose the committee writes to the Minister about this issue. I am sure citizens would like to have this line connected. It makes perfect sense to connect the DART line with the local station. We will ask for that. In addition, we will suggest that when such anomalies are identified, there must be a process to resolve them. Does that capture the Deputy's...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: We move to the work programme. The engagement schedule to year end is as follows. Next week we will engage with the regulator of the national lottery. The following week, on 1 December, we will have two public engagements. In the morning we will meet representatives from the Department of Social Protection, with whom members may wish to revisit the issue of categorisation of employees....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the proposed changes to section 6 of the Finance Act 2019 regarding benefit-in-kind, given that the changes will impact negatively on many low and middle-income workers. [57166/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make provision for those on illness benefit to receive a double week's payment in December 2022, and for them to be included in the cost-of-living measures introduced by the Government to alleviate some of the inflationary pressures [57191/22]

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. The proposals being put forward by Sinn Féin are to address the retention crisis, particularly in the retained firefighter sector. This is a matter the Minister must address. We do not have time on our side. Correspondence from the National Retained Firefighters Association outlines that the current staffing level is now at crisis point....

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Catherine Murphy and Carroll McNeill. If attending in the committee room, people are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members of the committee attending remotely must continue to do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy has been to the dogs.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Hourigan is next.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Nyhan. I call Deputy Verona Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is over time. Does she have one more quick question?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is seeking a copy of the Indecon report.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: It would be useful, nonetheless, for the committee to have a copy.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy expressed the view that the report is rubbish.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I ask that the Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s backroom team find details on the cost of that Indecon report before the end of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We will take a break now and when we resume the next speaker will be Deputy Carthy.