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Order of Business (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: The water services Bill has been promised by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Tánaiste's colleague and deputy party leader, Deputy Alan Kelly. We were supposed to have this soon after Christmas. In the last day or two, the Minister has been reported as spearheading the debt collection aspect of Irish Water's campaign to collect unpaid water bills....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Staff (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who are employed by the National Roads Authority. [17948/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Roads Authority Staff (7 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the day-to-day running of the National Roads Authority. [17950/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 6,000.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State has given the impression that huge money is there for voids, empty council houses. Turning around empty council houses is welcome but in County Laois there are not three voids at the moment. That will not solve the housing crisis. New builds are needed. We are directly addressing the local authority house building programme for the next three years. The busiest...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: That issue needs to be addressed. The Government is not addressing it.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: We cannot continue to go on about the past. The Government is here now. It is in the driving seat. We are supposed to have this great recovery. The Government must address the housing issue.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to address this matter but I was disappointed at the announcement by the Minister today. There were multiple announcements over the past six months since the budget. Many of the announcements were of housing building programmes, and at this stage I was expecting to see concrete being poured and hundreds of houses under way. That is not what we see. I have summed...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed on Gateway schemes by local authorities; and if she will provide a breakdown of the number, for each county and city council. [15621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Accommodation (6 May 2015)

Brian Stanley: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide permanent office accommodation for staff who located in Portlaoise in County Laois as part of decentralisation, in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and in the Department of Social Protection. [17880/15]

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: Which we opposed.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is on the record.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: It was 17 October 2008.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: On a point of order-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is misleading the House, as he has done recently. Sinn Féin voted against that on 17 October 2008.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: Yes. It was 17 October.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: Here we are at the end of a great week of the Government's spring statement being told all is well. Fair enough, but any future recovery must be a fair recovery. Any benefits must go to those on low incomes, in particular low paid workers, and towards restoring and improving public services. Jobs have been created and this is welcome, but this is down to the fact we are coming from a...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is a straightforward question.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is proposed to proceed with the climate change Bill 2014, which is due to be brought to Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann. [17025/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the planning guidelines in place regarding persons seeking to build over land under which utility companies have lain infrastructure such as cables, piping, access tunnels and so on. [16704/15]