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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: I know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: We do not have the figures here today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: I think it is unfair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: To recap on what I said at the outset, we do not have the figures available here today to carry out a proper scrutiny. I would like to be supplied, even at this late stage, after the meeting with the breakdown of housing figures for this year. Different sets are put forward and then they are overtaken by another set and those announced prior to that are reintroduced. It is a back and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: The Senator had 15 minutes at her disposal, I have only a few minutes. It is not available to me. It has not been sent to my office. In respect of the Estimates, there is an increase in the capital budget for housing on what was set out in programme expenditure, of €47 million which would provide for 280 units. On relets, I was interested to hear one of the answers or a suggestion...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: Two questions I asked were not answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: The first was related to private contractors. Is it envisaged that private contractors will acquire local authority houses that are derelict, refurbish them and lease them back to the local authority? The second question was related to the new regulations for abandoned houses. The regulations are impacting on local government budgets and will impact on the budget of the Department as it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: I am quoting someone from Roscommon, but that is good news.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: Abandoned houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: They do have powers, but the process has now been lengthened. Local authorities have to advertise and readvertise. I can show the Minister examples in local newspapers. It costs thousands of euros to advertise one house. To have to put down the name of the tenant-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: If Alan Kelly abandons his house, the council has to state it is notifying him that his house is considered to be abandoned. It is a terrible system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: Will the Minister re-examine the matter because it is driving officials up the walls?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: It is also affecting people on the housing waiting list and those living adjacent to the houses in question. It is driving everyone up the walls.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: There is a huge black hole to which I am pointing and highlighting sincerely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Nov 2015) Brian Stanley: It is going to mushroom.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Expenditure (19 Nov 2015)
Brian Stanley: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost per hour to the Health Service Executive for home help provided by private agencies. [41009/15]
- Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)
Brian Stanley: The issue of housing, which we are discussing in the context of this motion, is an important one because if people do not have shelter everything else falls apart. Without the security of a home people cannot get a job or access social welfare payments and their health and so on deteriorates. According to the housing sector agencies, particularly those that work with homeless people, the...
- Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Nov 2015)
Brian Stanley: The Minister of State mentioned stamping out abuse and we all want that. In the past, I have highlighted suggestions that would help matters. Deputy Ó Snodaigh mentioned the need for a rolling register. We could look North to see how it operates there. They may not have a perfect system, but they certainly have a better system in that there is a rolling register. In terms of trying...
- Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (18 Nov 2015)
Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(c) A citizen over 18 applying to be included on the supplementary register may supply photocopies of photographic ID such as a drivers licence, passport or Department of Social Protection card, as proof of identity, rather than having to have a form signed by a member of An Garda...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)
Brian Stanley: I apologise for being late; I was at another meeting. The Bill conflates many different issues. The regulator of cemeteries should be the local authority and the licensing body in the area. It is a statutory body and probably the most important tier of government, or should be the most important tier of government, as in most other countries. The Bill provides for the establishment of...