Results 16,961-16,980 of 20,156 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: He referred to Sinn Féin. I am the only Sinn Féin Deputy in the House at the moment, so he referred to me as a Teflon terrorist.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I ask him to withdraw that. I am an elected Member of the House. He cannot refer to me as a Teflon terrorist.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I ask him to withdraw the remark.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy does not have a clue.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: He is giving false information.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I will come back to the Deputy on that.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: He has not withdrawn the previous remark that I am a Teflon terrorist.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: He is calling me a Teflon terrorist. I am asking the Chair to ask the Deputy to withdraw that remark. He has made a number of false assertions which I am happy to deal with when I speak again. Beyond Newry, he has not got a clue what he is talking about. He has shown how partitionist and how Free Statist he is.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I am asking for that remark to be withdrawn.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: That is good. Carry on.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: They are mopping up after Fine Gael's sister party.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: They have gone to a press conference.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: I am referring to the day of the meeting about housing. A total of 91 households presented as homeless in the first 90 days of the council this year. Laois has a relatively small council. I had four people in my office last week who were experiencing different types of homelessness. Two came in on the Monday. They are going to add to the numbers because of the hangover of bills, the...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: The fact of the matter is that the Minister has not brought that in yet. All this is on top of the crosses that people are already carrying. It amounts to a crucifixion of people in the private rented sector. The multitude of problems that people have to deal with already is more than enough. We hear about it from them daily. I lived in private rented accommodation at different times in...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: Some kind of deposit retention to secure deposits for tenants is needed. One suggestion was that it could be put into an account. We would not get much interest on it at the moment, but the interest on the account could fund the operation. I am unsure whether we could do that at the moment. The fund could lend the money to Irish Water, because Irish Water is paying 3% on borrowings. Is...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: It could be one of those investments.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: There is an absence of some kind of deposit retention scheme, some mechanism, agency or body. There is an absence of strong legislation to improve the lot of tenants and provide for long-term and more secure tenancies. There is an absence with regard to what I had thought the Minister would do in respect of the Private Residential Tenancies Board. None of us wants to see bloated quangos,...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: It gives some kind of framework. However, it is not used and has not always been satisfactory. The big problem is the delay. It can take a year or two years for a case to get through the door, get under way and for progress to be made. That is too long. Sometimes within a year or 18 months the tenant in question may have moved two or three times. It is chaotic. In the case of a dispute...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: Of course. They were not enough but they were welcome. Any improvement is welcome. The problem is that a roof over people's heads is the next most important thing. We have to try to get people away. Numerous people are attending general practitioner surgeries suffering from mental health issues that are exacerbated by two issues. The first is a shortage of money and the second is the...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Brian Stanley: Who will read the meter?