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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: Based on what the officials have said, what we are hearing here and what we teased out last week on this subject, this is surely a major issue in the Brexit negotiations when Government representatives speak on behalf of the State to the other 27 member states. It is important that our Minister and Taoiseach do everything possible to make sure these issues are dealt with, but we also have a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a person on a social housing waiting list for five or six years, who moves a few miles to a different county to rent and apply for the HAP scheme, must reapply to go on the waiting list in the other county and go back to the bottom of the list; and if he will consider changing this policy (details...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (14 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the towns in County Kildare that are covered by the new rent controls; and if there are plans to extend these controls to other towns in the county in which rents are increasing rapidly. [7152/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (14 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policies his Department is putting in place on the future use of Bord na Móna bogs and facilities at Kilberry, County Kildare, and Coolnamona, County Laois. [7153/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: When?

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: They are anxious to meet the Minister.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I want to ask about the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The extra resources provided for maternity services have proved beneficial and the results are there to be seen. A letter was circulated to hospital staff and the local media recently highlighting the fact that when the hospital gets resources, services can be improved. However, I want to highlight the fact there were 433...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (9 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and locations of the 24 schools in County Laois which are without access to a NEPS psychologist. [6417/17]

Media Ownership Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. The issue we are discussing goes to the heart of how society is organised, who calls the shots and who does and does not have influence. Although we have some very good journalists in this country, I do not think anybody could deny with a straight face that some people have a dominant degree of power, control and influence or that a strict...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: My amendment has been ruled out of order.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I am disappointed at that. It was comprehensive and aimed at speeding up the process for price increases. We have reached this cliff because management at An Post has not actively monitored this situation and managed it properly in the past decade or longer. That, and the reduction in mail volumes, has brought us to this point. To use the Minister of State's term, we are in an emergency...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: As I stated on Second Stage, I see the need for a price increase. Prior to this Bill's introduction, did the Minister have the final sign-off on price increases?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: He has to be consulted.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: That clarifies the matter.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: What is the nature of the legal advice from the Attorney General? What is the problem she flagged? As I understand it, from discussions on Second Stage of the Bill, the rate for international postage for a standard letter is €0.43. I know you could say that half of the job is done when it gets here. Is the figure of €0.43 correct? What is the legal problem in terms of us as...

Priority Questions: Waste Disposal Charges (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: In December, there were suggestions in the media that the Minister was considering scrapping pay-by-weight waste disposal. He has clarified that it has been delayed but will be introduced in mid-2017. Is that correct? In 2016, people entered into agreements with companies at the start of the year and paid up for the year but some of those companies changed the rules halfway through and...

Priority Questions: Waste Disposal Charges (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: If I hear the Minister correctly he says he will give more money to the local authorities to help them deal with the problem. In parts of Laois where people used to dump rubbish in ditches and drains they are now dumping it on the hard shoulders. There was a black sack in the middle of the road near Ballybrittas after Christmas. The best way to help households is to stop the production...

Priority Questions: Waste Disposal Charges (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the implementation of pay-by-weight bin charges; and the protections that will be in place for low-income households. [6092/17]

Priority Questions: Waste Disposal Charges (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Minister to comment on pay by weight for household refuse disposal, in particular the protections available for low-income households.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. The concern is that there has been slippage in the timeline for the procurement process. It was supposed to happen during the term of the previous Government in the Thirty-first Dáil. It is not the Minister's fault that it did not happen but his party came into office and this was to happen in the first six months of the Government's term of office....