Results 11,761-11,780 of 20,094 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the amendment. It is important that groups such as the people mentioned by the Deputy are included. The fuel allowance scheme is very important for families on low incomes but it is narrow enough in terms of the definitions and who gets it. In our alternative budget, Sinn Féin proposed extending by two weeks the period in which the fuel allowance is paid, but also broadening...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost within the National Broadband Plan for the use of the infrastructure of Eir over the duration of the contract. [61451/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections that the National Broadband Plan has made in total; and the total projected connections by December 2022. [61450/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is of the view that the 1997 Revenue Commissioners courier sector tax agreement which was discontinued in 2019 was in keeping with her Department’s factors for determining the employment status of courier workers (details supplied). [61639/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of test cases that were undertaken prior to her Department’s establishment of criteria in 1995 to determine the formal insurability and employment status of courier workers. [61640/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department did not amend the 1995 determining factors for employment status of courier drivers following the outcome of a Supreme Court case (details supplied). [61643/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific legal basis for an appeals officer in 1995 to establish a set of criteria in relation to determining the employment status of a group and class of workers specifically in relation to establishing a set of criteria to determine the employment status of courier workers. [61641/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning of her Department for each of the three factors established by her Department in 1995 with regard to the determination of employment status of courier drivers (details supplied). [61642/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: 447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a statement (details supplied) by the Secretary General of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs in a letter to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Accounts in September 2000 represents an accurate account of her Department’s actions. [61644/21]
- Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Dec 2021)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I commend Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Patricia Ryan on introducing it. There are a number of issues with tenders and contracts. Some construction companies will submit exceptionally low bids just to secure a contract. That leads to a chain of events. Often in the middle of a project the contractor will then come back looking for...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: Twenty seconds.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: I will let the Deputy back in a second time if time allows.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Matt Carthy who has ten minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy’s time is up.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: We are over time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: I will let the Deputy back in later for a second time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: Deputy, we are over time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: I now call Deputy Dillon who has ten minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: The Deputy has 30 seconds remaining.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021) Brian Stanley: We have gone way over time.