Results 17,081-17,100 of 20,156 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----as an amendment but it is not an amendment, it is two Bills. It is a barefaced stroke by the Minister-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----and it is an abuse by the Labour Party and Fine Gael of this House and of the electorate.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: Those in government should be ashamed of themselves for the way they have done this.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: They are afraid to bring that forward in a proper Bill.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: The way they have handled the whole water-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: The Government guillotined Bills during the past two years and now it has brought this in, riding on the back of an innocuous Bill about dog breeding and Killarney National Park.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: It is appalling. Water and waste management have nothing to do with dog breeding or Killarney National Park.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: Those in government should we ashamed of themselves-----
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: -----for the way they have done this.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: A dog breeding Bill should be a dog breeding Bill.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: Pseudo. It is on paper what the Government has done.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I commend Deputy Keaveney on introducing it. Independent voting rights are very important and the Deputy has set out a strong case in the Bill to assist people with sight difficulties. In general, we support the Bill. Clearly, much work has gone into preparing the legislation and it is obvious that those drafting the Bill consulted closely...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (25 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline to Irish Water, the concerns of the residents of Balbriggan in County Dublin, in regard to the quality of the potable water in the town; the plans Irish Water has to reduce the level of limescale in the water. [25490/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Issues (24 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of concerns raised by the Electricity Supply Board Retired Staff Association and its demands for a change in the social welfare and pensions legislation to provide for the rights of pensioner organisations or associations to represent their members, so that pensioners have access to the State's industrial relations mechanisms, and...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (24 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: 139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any mechanisms available to the State to alter the terms of occupancy of the building known as Agriculture House on Kildare Street, Dublin 2. [25213/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (24 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Galway City Council has submitted proposals regarding Traveller-specific accommodation to the Traveller accommodation unit; the date of receipt of this; and the expected length of time it will take the unit to reply to this submission and conclude on proposals contained therein. [25238/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Bog Activity (24 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: 278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is using drones to monitor activity on bogs. [25236/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the representatives from the various bodies. It is good to have present all the bodies that may have a role in future electoral commissions. There seems to be a broad consensus around the need for an electoral commission and my party is in favour of this. That there is not a uniform means to deal with referenda and that there are problems with the register of electors and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: I would like to hear the views of Mr. Tyndall and Mr. McCarthy on the question in relation to the role of local government. I have heard with Mr. Nugent had to say. While I agree to a large extent with what he said, I am a little conflicted because local government is now so different. That is not to suggest it is better. It is different now in terms of it no longer having rate...
- Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)
Brian Stanley: This Bill is another example of the Government bringing forward legislation to deal with an issue it has by and large ignored and neglected over the past four years. It has made a big play out of addressing the issue of social housing and the lack of housing in general since the beginning of the year, while well aware that little practical provision will be made in terms of housing provision...