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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The overall report has some very good content.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I just want to finish my sentence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: We will be voting against the report because of chapter 6 and the inclusion of carbon tax. We will be launching an alternative minority report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I echo those words. The way you have handled it over the past eight months has been very good, Chairman. You have been very balanced and fair the way you handled the discussion and led the committee.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: It works in other countries.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Most of them are leased.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to consider introducing a support to develop biogas here as an indigenous source of renewable power. [14005/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The question relates to biogas. The Climate Change Performance Index, CCPI, sees Ireland as one of the worst countries in the world in its attempts to address climate change. We know this and must accept it. We have a very valuable resource when compared to many other countries in Europe as there is potential for the use of biogas. What actions has the Government taken to utilise or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The first biomethane injection point is coming online, generating electricity and producing biomethane for the grid. It is operational near Athy. I went to look at a facility a couple of years ago that was very impressive. However, there are 8,000 of these in Germany and 600 in Britain, so we are only getting going at this. We need to complement intermittent sources of electricity. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: It is a practical capacity.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Minister mentions cost but when we start anything new, there will be a cost differential and we recognise this comes from scale, expertise and everything else. This technology is already up and running in other European countries on a large scale. The lack of facilities for biogas in this State demonstrate a lack of effort to date to drive this on. The focus has been completely on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Disposal (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to consider introducing a mattress and armchair amnesty across the State as an anti-dumping initiative. [14004/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Disposal (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: My question is on the issue of mattresses, couches and armchairs being dumped. Last year, the then Minister, Deputy Naughten, introduced an amnesty. It was a great success, by all accounts. Will the Government consider rerunning that programme this year and broadening it out to include other bulky items?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Disposal (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. I want to impress on him the importance of this matter. As he stated, this is a major problem for local authorities. These items are bulky and are not things that can be put into the bin. It not like garden waste that can be put into the green organic bin and moved on to be recycled that way. Last year was one of the worst years for fly tipping and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Disposal (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is giving some hope with that answer. I am glad to see he is open to considering other bulky items. Couches and armchairs present the same problem. It is not an easy fix, particularly in urban areas where people might not have their own car to dispose legally of couches and suites of furniture in a proper environmental manner. Measures were also put in place to ensure the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I am aware of the 2% pay increase and on what it was conditional, but there is a new situation in that the parcel business has grown hugely and An Post is short of warehouse space because of it. The growth has given a new lease of life to the four mail centres in terms of the utilisation of space and the demand for facilities. We should not, therefore, be taking an axe to the centre when...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the future of An Post retail and mail delivery and sorting businesses in the context of the retention of the universal social obligation. [14278/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I refer to the retail and mail delivery services of An Post. A significant amount of work was done to reform An Post. This House passed legislation in that regard and there was cross-party support for ensuring that the company was put in a more secure position. However, there is still uncertainty in regard to the survival of the post office network and, in particular, the mail distribution...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Although it is a matter for the board and management of An Post, it is also a matter for the shareholder, on behalf of the public, which owns it. The Minister is the representative of the shareholders in this matter. There has been reform in this area. The McKinsey report has been completed. The results of the report were that one mail centre would close. Has the Minister of State...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to the completion of the tender process and the options if the State decides not to go ahead with the current tender process. In 2012 Sinn Féin brought forward a proposal that we use the State and semi-State infrastructure already in place, in particular the ESB and metropolitan area network, MAN, systems. A strange thing happened over the weekend. The Taoiseach...