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Derelict Sites (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to provide for the tightening of regulations in relation to derelict sites and related matters.There is a huge problem with derelict sites in towns and villages throughout the State. People on the Government side of the House will be aware that many places are blighted by the presence of...

Derelict Sites (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount he expects Irish Water to collect in the current year from domestic water charges, and separately from commercial water charges; and if Irish Water will require further subvention from the Exchequer. [15838/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: My question is about the amount to be realised from domestic water charges and separately from commercial water charges. Earlier this year, Irish Water told me that it needed €899 million this year for operational costs. There seems to be a question about whether the sums will add up to that amount. Will the Minister address those two issues?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. At Question Time last month he told me the billed amount for domestic water would be €270 million. He also told me that in a written reply. That suggests that he is depending on a 100% compliance rate. He is correct in the sum that Irish Water quoted earlier in the year - €271 million in domestic charges and €229 million in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: What the Minister has just said conflicts with his reply during the previous Question Time. He said €271 million was the billed amount. He also said that in a written reply. That is for domestic water charges. The last year for which I can obtain figures for commercial water charges is 2012, when the amount realised was €180 million. The billed amount was €187...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Funding (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: It has been moved twice.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme to assist persons who are in difficulties with local authority shared ownership mortgages; and the number of such mortgages that are currently in distress, and the time frame for same. [15617/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the energy upgrade scheme to encourage energy for local authority housing will be extended to insulate those homes that have solid block or mass concrete walls, such as at O’Moore Place and at St. John's Square, Portlaoise, County Laois. [15620/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the reform of the fire service; and if he will provide a guarantee that the service will be retained under local authority control. [15619/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce changes to the building regulations as they affect self-build one-off houses, and extensions to existing dwellings, in order to reduce the burden on persons and families. [15618/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to re-introduce the scheme whereby those who were on a gluten-free diet, due to suffering from coeliac disease, could obtain gluten-free products under the medical card scheme at their local pharmacy. [16069/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (23 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of local government funding that has been provided to each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16017/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been provided to the technical reports on the two existing primary schools in Monasterevin in County Kildare, and the demographic changes in the town and surrounding area, in the context of primary school buildings. [15320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider, as a matter of priority, the inclusion of the proposed new co-educational primary school for Monasterevin in County Kildare in the five-year construction programme. [15322/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (21 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 620. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that it is appropriate that An Bord Pleanála have allowed a company (details supplied) to overlook the regular planning process, and bypass both Kildare and Meath County Councils, in an attempt to push through the Maighne industrial wind farm project. [15157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 622. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of Irish Water's loans from banks for 2015, and any new applications for loans. [15246/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Tánaiste should answer the question. Will she honour it or not?

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate and I note that the relevant two Ministers are present. Two weeks ago the Dunnes Stores workers were forced to go on strike after numerous efforts by them over a period of time to secure some recognition. I met with representatives of the workers from both premises in Port Laoise, at Mountmellick road and the Kyle centre and the people...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (15 Apr 2015)

Brian Stanley: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the provision of grant aid to voluntary groups who install defibrillators for community use; and that the grant would be equivalent to the 23% value added tax that is charged on the purchase price of defibrillators. [14117/15]