Results 13,141-13,160 of 20,422 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: I am saying I have heard that before. I am not being dismissive, but real work needs to be done in that area. There are options that need to be tapped into. In the area of the income thresholds for social housing, in counties Laois and Offaly, the threshold is €480 for a single applicant. For a couple, the threshold is €503. I can rattle off the numbers up the scale. If...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Stapleton for her response. I cannot emphasise the point strongly enough. In respect of tax compliance and landlords, briefly, how does the Department ensure that landlords are tax compliant? We know that the problem of unregistered landlords is fairly widespread. I agree with the witnesses that the information does need to be fed to the RTB by all concerned. How does the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: Houses will not get built through passing back and forth between the Customs House and local authorities drawings depicting what kind of a hood goes over a front door. We are not going to get houses built that way. Local authorities need to be trusted. There are competent people in local authorities, including engineers and councillors to oversee projects. There are competent management...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy. Her time is up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: No. Time is against us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: The answer should be "Yes" or "No" because time is against us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: A brief reply.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: I have some questions and I ask Mr. Doyle to keep his replies brief. I apologise if we sometimes cut across each other but we are trying to use technology and we are also caught with time limits arising from Covid-19 precautions. I will speak to the timeline. I have made it my business to speak with officials, and particularly practitioners such as engineers etc. on the ground, over...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is asking a question regarding the new cost rental model project in her constituency. It is a pilot project. Surely one of the representatives of the Department can answer her question as to who will own those units. Is that the question she is asking?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: Can any of the officials answer that question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: We have been joined by Deputy Munster, who was attending to other parliamentary duties.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Lemass for that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Colm Burke was due to be the second speaker but was tied up in parliamentary duties. He has joined us and he has ten minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy has one minute left.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: The time is up, Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy has gone over time. I will let her back in. The Deputy was trying to get a straight answer and used up more than six minutes trying to get an answer to the question. It is unsatisfactory that at the end of the six minutes, I am no clearer and neither is the Deputy or the committee on the answer to the question. It is not satisfactory. The Deputy wants to know whether the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: Briefly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy tried very hard to get an answer to the question. We need a straight answer to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (resumed) (3 Jun 2021)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy. I call Deputy Catherine Murphy, who has five minutes.