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Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: There are many examples of Priory Hall up and down the country. We must move beyond them.

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I ask that all Deputies who agree with the need for a genuinely independent planning process vote for our motion and enable the introduction of good legislation that allows for the appointment of an independent planning regulator in order to avoid a return to the past's culture of brown envelopes. Let us ensure that we have a good, proper and transparent planning system and let us restore...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I thought it was ten minutes.

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. The debate over the past two evenings has been interesting. Yesterday evening, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government referred to the Mahon tribunal and said the situation regarding planning has radically changed. He also claimed that the scheme for the new planning Bill will implement the conclusions and recommendations of the Mahon...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: ----- and they acquired that land for a tenner. That is one of the most extraordinary land deals that has ever happened in the State. It is the most extraordinary one that I have ever seen and I have studied it very carefully. The Minister said last night that he is considering the matter. This and other serious matters in Wicklow require more than the consideration of the Minister....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (13 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the rural water programme will be announced. [18708/15]

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: There is no connection.

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: These events were akin to what took place in Mississippi under Governor Huey Long. The councillors in question had to go to the High Court in 2007 to uphold their democratic mandate. It is clear that certain people were prepared to go to great lengths to shut up these councillors and conceal what was going on. It is sometimes claimed that shortcuts in the planning process can bring...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes the continuing failure of the Government to legislate on the recommendations of the report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments, published in March 2012; further notes that: — despite a commitment to appoint an independent planning regulator, that their proposed scheme for a new planning Bill does not allow...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I am disappointed that neither the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government nor one of the Ministers of State from that Department is present. The motion calls for the appointment of an independent planning regulator. It is important to put this into context. We are all well aware of the background to the Mahon tribunal into planning corruption which focuses on the role...

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I am just reading what is in the media. There are also claims of improper contact between developers and key members of planning committees and local authority officials. The subsequent rezoning of lands in question brought huge dividends for the Ballymore property group, which at the time - this is a matter of public record - had distressed loans of €2.75 billion from AIB, Anglo...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide permanent office accommodation for staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Social Protection, who are now located in Portlaoise in County Laois, as part of decentralisation. [18128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to locate staff in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in either of two locations in Portlaoise, County Laois; and his Department's plans regarding the site purchased for a new Department building at Mountrath Road, County Laois. [18126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (12 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the difficulties suffered by agency workers on casual dockets, who must wait weeks for the employer to sign the dockets, and the resulting long delays in getting a social welfare payment; and if she will address this matter. [18280/15]

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I do not want the detail. I just wish to know whether the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is holding good on his promise.

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: No, it is the water services Bill. We were told it would be in the water services Bill.

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister said it would be in the water services Bill.

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: That is what he told me in the Chamber several times.

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Labour Party's sister party.