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- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes:— that the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement negotiated by the European Commission is a bad deal for Ireland and for the planet; — that the deal will see the importing of 99,000 tonnes of beef into the European Union (EU) per year, tariff free, which will devastate the Irish beef industry, while simultaneously doing severe climate damage;...
- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: Sinn Féin has tabled this motion because it believes the EU-Mercosur trade deal is bad for Ireland, farmers and the environment. We want the Government to stand up for Irish interests and reject this disastrous trade deal. We cannot stand over a trade deal which undermines completely Ireland's climate change targets and the Paris Agreement. We cannot support a deal which requires and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I was shocked by the contents of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme. My sense of the ESB is that it is a big professional organisation. I was an ESB employee for three years. Even then its motto was "Never turn a blind eye", though that was a few decades ago. As the ESB is seen as a reliable company with a huge emphasis on safety and on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: Mr. Mulvaney said that 177 km of cables remains. Is that mainly in the Dublin area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: How long would it take to replace that or phase out that infrastructure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: The CRU, which was before the committee yesterday, stated that the ESB informed it four years ago that it was performing to a very high standard environmentally. It said it took the ESB's assurances at face value. Was that a factual position to relay to the CRU? Did the ESB specifically inform the EPA or the Department in 2009 or beforehand about the leaks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: Is Mr. Hayes not sure if the ESB reported to the EPA or the Department? Did the ESB report to any of the local authorities?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: Mr. Mulvaney says that the fluid did not leak into the canal, but it would require a lot of testing to ascertain that. We know that tens of thousands of litres leaked into the soil and into the area close to the canal. It is of great concern that the ESB is not able to state exactly when the leak was reported to the relevant authorities, either to a local authority, the EPA or the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: I wish to ask about the 177 km of remaining cable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: Are there leaks along sections of the remaining cable that are of concern?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: I understand that cable replacement is a challenge. How quickly can leaks be identified? How does it happen? Does it show up on the system? Can action be taken to at least carry out remedial works until such time as replacement is possible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: There are two issues of concern from the public's point of view. The first is that the infrastructure is safe and that the networks are safe but there is a related issue. I accept that the witnesses have said that it is the ESB's policy to allow for a whistleblower to come forward whereby an issue is brought to the attention of the company internally. The television programme raised...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: One part of my question was not answered. When leaks are identified, how quickly and successfully can remedial works be carried out? Could Mr. Mulvaney deal with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: Are the repair works successful?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Mulvaney.
- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: There are significant concerns about this deal. Beef farmers are caught in a bind given the way factories have manipulated the situation. Some of that has been highlighted recently through news of beef barons who do not even pay tax while the rest of us must. Beef farmers will be caught by Brexit. We have little control over those issues. Our Government has shown itself to be very...
- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: They are on the floor.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (9 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: 400. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour for home helps employed directly by the HSE; and the average cost per hour for home helps provided to the HSE by agencies. [29400/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for attending. We know from the ESB documents that the ESB knew about the leaks from the fluid cables at least since 2009. At that point, did the ESB alert the commission regarding the leaks? When did it happen? Dr. McGowan outlined the commission's role in the opening statement and clarified that in the discussion some moments ago. If there were works to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: ESB Networks: Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 Jul 2019)
Brian Stanley: That is the problem. Did he inform the commission that they were leaking and that it was having environmental consequences?