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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: Does the panel consider it is important that young people are exposed to various political views - left, right and centre?

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. It has been a very eventful week in the Dáil. The explanatory memorandum to this Bill refers to the 2010 report on personal debt and debt enforcement by the Law Reform Commission. This was an attempt to address the serious and long-standing problems that have been associated with the issue of personal debt. These issues were, of...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: As regards amendment No. 13, I heard what the Minister of State said about pay-by-weight being an effective way of reducing waste volumes. There is a concern that the collection of green waste will continue to be charged for. Green waste has a value, so we should examine how it is being used in other countries with a similar population profile to this State. For example, New Zealand, which...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: On the scale of the offence involved, the Minister referred to operators not adhering to what was included in the permit or the waste licence. That could be a major matter or involve a number of major matters in terms of non-compliance. If there are major issues and the operation is of a substantial scale, a fine of €3,000 will not frighten a large operator that could run it to the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is a while ago, unfortunately. We were taught to be vigilant about litter and the Tidy Towns committees were starting to get bedded down at the time. I recently attended the hoisting of a green flag in a number of schools. We seem to come back to the point where the amount of waste being disposed of is incredible. People throw waste out of car windows. In one carpark I saw four...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: If it was near the Border we would pursue it in the very same way. This was quite close to the Minister's county. The same rules should apply everywhere. The Administration in the North is facing the same challenges as the Minister's county council in Tipperary and Laois County Council. This problem is not confined to a particular corner of the island but we must try to deal with it and...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: One of the previous speakers mentioned composting. I am not too sure these amendments get to the heart of the matter. The heart of the matter with regard to waste is minimising what we produce. If we can minimise the problem we are creating in the first place, we are putting lasting solutions in place. We have not turned the waste hierarchy 360 degrees yet in that the first thing we start...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Ulster Unionist Party has the relevant Ministry.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: Some Government Deputies, in particular from your party, Minister Coffey's, if you could stay quiet for a moment-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I am sure you have strong links in that party and perhaps you could convince them to bring forward the legislation. The Unionist Minister showed some interest in the Bill prior to the election and I hope he continues with it because Sinn Féin is anxious to get the legislation through. A system of charges was put in place by the British Government prior to the re-establishment of the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: -----to ensure it works out and will continue. Northern Ireland Water is not a perfect beast by any standards but the Minister should note that it is directly under the control of the Assembly and the Executive. That is a far different arrangement to what was done by the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, and the previous Minister, Phil Hogan. They pumped money into Irish Water and continue...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I can tell the Minister of State what they get for it because I have family there.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I have family living there.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I can rattle off all the statistics. Deputy Coffey should not get hot under the collar. He should know the full list of services.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I should be allowed to speak without interruption.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I need the protection of the Chair.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: There is a lot of heckling coming from the Government benches. Could you ask the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, to calm down?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: If you had stayed for long enough in the afternoon-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: -----the false assertions you made-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: You would have heard every one of them being roundly and flatly turned on its head.