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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: My question is around work with the development agencies. What work is happening in terms of developing the circular economy, particularly in respect of the reuse of waste and putting it to some kind of productive use? Can the Secretary General or other members of the panel cite some examples of initiatives like that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: Could I ask the name of the company that is going to do this in Lisheen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: That is just on the edge of my constituency so I am familiar with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I am grateful for the invite. It is the first one I have received. Bord na Móna is an industry that is in radical transition and is moving away from peat and carbon. Things are going to be stepped up a gear very quickly on that. One of the big issues we are facing is the availability of biomass. This issue crosses over with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: If I may raise a point, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland paper in 2016 said there was potential for 3,000 jobs. Even assuming that figure is only 2,000, I do not see any initiatives happening in the two or three years since then to try to kick-start this industry. I do not see it happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: On retrofitting and energy conservation, there is a huge amount of work to be done in training and re-skilling workers. People who will be moving out of the types of industry they are in now will need to adapt very quickly. Have the Department and other relevant sectors taken on board the need to accelerate this?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the importance of home school liaison officers in schools when children have special needs; and his plans for same. [41922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home School Community Liaison Scheme (18 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reintroduce home school liaison officers in schools in urban and rural areas. [41921/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: 536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable extending from the United States of America to Killala, County Mayo; the persons and bodies that have benefited from the cable; if a study has been carried out on the cost associated with alternative landfall routes; and his plans to use this...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: Absolutely.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: What has happened here today is bizarre. The Minister became a prisoner of this process. I spoke to him many times, inside and outside the House and in committee, about the dangers of the process he was getting into. We entered into a tendering process, supported by Fianna Fáil at the start, that went down a completely privatised route. The successful bidder would own the...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: Where is the Tánaiste? Government figures should come here and speak to us as Opposition spokespersons. As a rural TD, I want those 540,000 households connected. People in Laois-Offaly contact me every day looking for broadband to be rolled out to their houses, and I am sure other Members' constituents contact them. People are travelling to Dublin every day who do not need to. They...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: A Minister should not do so during a tender process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the delegates from the Department. This is an important opportunity for the committee to try to deal with some of these issues. On electric vehicles, did Mr. McCarthy state that from 2020 all new developments containing more than ten dwellings must have charging points in place? Will that come into force on 1 January 2020 or 31 December 2020? On a related matter, are there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: The energy aspect is causing the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: How long will that last?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: Ms Neary referred to internal design and uniform specifications. Why can we not just have four or five types of external design?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I am not talking about material, I am referring to the design of the houses. One would have, say, four designs for a three-bedroom house and we could let the local authorities build them? Why can we not have a uniform design? In the past, the Land Commission had three types of houses and one can still see them in every county in the State. The county councils used uniform designs. That...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: Is there a plan for electrical vehicle charging points at Government-owned and departmental buildings?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Television Licence Fee Collection (10 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, has recommended that €30 million of taxpayers' money be given to RTÉ. At the same time there is an evasion rate of between 14% and 15%, with approximately €40 million that needs to be gathered up. I do not want to see an increase in the TV licence fee, and the party I represent certainly does...