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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (23 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will have County Laois included in the areas to be covered by rent caps in view of the rapid increase in rents in the county. [8829/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (23 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if carer's allowance is assessed as income when local authorities are determining rents to be charged under the differential rent scheme. [8828/17]

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome this Bill. It is very important that we have legislation and regulations surrounding mining that are brought up to modern standards. Sinn Féin supports the progression of this Bill to enact necessary changes that reflect the modern mining industry and licensing needs. This Bill, however, must first and foremost reflect the needs of the State and wider society. For too long...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 9:In page 4, line 4, after “Commission” to insert “and after he or she has approved the price increase or decrease”.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: When responding to amendment No. 7 the Minister of State spoke of ComReg's guidelines, but this House runs the show. We are talking about a public company and a public service. We must stop this situation where we have too many matters that come before the House and are referred on and everything is open ended. Our proposal is for the time period in this regard be tied to 42 days. Any...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I will press amendment No. 7. If we pass the Bill as it is, then we are leaving an open-ended process around ComReg coming back and assessing the information after four weeks of public consultation. I do not believe this is acceptable. We need to start putting deadlines on issues. How long does it take to make up one's mind on something? We in this House have made up our minds with big...

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 7:In page 3, line 33, after “appropriate.” to insert “The Commission shall complete this consultation within a period of 42 days”. As we outlined on Second Stage and Committee Stage, we recognise that action needs to be taken. We want to see An Post continue as a strong semi-State company. We recognise also that the problems highlighted as far...

Topical Issue Debate: Criminal Prosecutions (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I accept that the DPP is a separate entity but the question here regards the investigation and the contents of the file presented to the DPP. There are serious questions as to why An Garda Síochána and the DPP came to the conclusion that the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act should have been used in this way. I call on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Criminal Prosecutions (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: The case of Kieran Monahan is an extraordinary one by any standards. As Deputy Fleming has outlined, he was murdered on 15 February 2012. I knew Kieran and I know his family. I know his parents, Jim and Mary. According to the post mortem on Kieran, he died as a result of a single stab wound. He had been to the dwelling where he was stabbed earlier in the night. He knew the people who...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (22 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will include Part V units in the tenant purchase scheme in view of the fact their exclusion appears to be discriminatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/17]

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (21 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I wish to speak in support of the amendment. On one reading of the Bill, I take it to read that the legislation would lead to a liberalisation or to an increase of unfair competition from the private sector, a bit like what has happened with the bus services. The intention of the Bill, when one drills into it and sees how it will affect the existing legislation, will be to extend the same...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress which has been made by her Department in working with the Office of Public Works to secure a site and begin planning for a new courthouse in Portlaoise. [8645/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide a support scheme for community alert groups that wish to erect CCTV cameras in their locality to follow on from the successful pilot scheme. [8644/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (21 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the provision of bulk liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, remains the sole energy utility not under scrutiny of the Commission for Energy Regulation; and if he has satisfied himself that with only two providers servicing the bulk LPG market, adequate competition exists in the supply of this utility. [8167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage an increase in usage of the Eircode system; and if any consideration has been given to amending the current system for this purpose. [8647/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (16 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location a person (details supplied) can obtain the necessary supports they urgently require. [7878/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 234. To ask the Minister for Health whether a person (details supplied) has been placed on a waiting list for an MRI scan at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if so, the expected time the person will be waiting. [7883/17]

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: We fully support the North-South interconnector project which is not to connect Ireland with some mythical country called Northern Ireland but to connect two parts of Ireland. The piece of infrastructure is vital if we are to have a fully developed energy market across the country that is secure, efficient and environmentally sustainable and that can deliver real gains by significantly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Effect of proposed withdrawal of the UK from the EU on the Irish Energy Market: Discussion. (14 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for coming in. The session in Boyle was useful from the point of view of trying to get a handle on Brexit from an energy point of view, and the potential difficulties and opportunities that is going to present. Three things are happening together - the European clean energy package, which has just been outlined, the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union and our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Effect of proposed withdrawal of the UK from the EU on the Irish Energy Market: Discussion. (14 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: May I make a brief comment?