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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: This is a reality the Minister must deal with. This is something this State must deal with if it does not meet the market corporation test. Does the Minister believe that it will meet the market corporation test and does he believe that the reported remarks of representatives of the European Commission are not true? It was reported heavily last week that this is the line taken by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Vacant Site Levy (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the proposed vacant site levy will ensure that developers are not sitting on zoned land and to bring those sites into use for housing, commercial or social purposes. [3606/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (28 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new legislation to tackle domestic waste; and if that will include a levy on bottles, cans and plastic bottles. [3608/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the CEOs and the representative organisations, the AILG and LAMA. It is important that they are following on from work they have done on other Bills in making contributions and submissions on them. On Part V, concern was raised earlier in the submissions about the regulation of the voluntary housing bodies, because these organisations are providing housing, are providing for a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (27 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed provisions to be included in the new water services Bill. [3501/15]

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the report and the fact that we have the Bill which has been long awaited. I thought it was going to be a little like Johnny Logan's song, "What's Another Year?" I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Áodhan Ó Ríordáin, is into music. We have been waiting for the Bill a long time. I introduced a Bill over one year ago which...

Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is not working.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the public consultation on the future of Abbeyleix and Sahaan hospitals; the decisions by the Health Service Executive or his Department regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 35. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on Abbeyleix and Shane hospitals. [2352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 211. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make available funding for local authorities to carry out insulation of the older, solid brick local authority housing; if so, when this funding will be made available; the criteria to apply for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2955/15]

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The teachers have made it clear that their opposition to these proposals, to the extent that they are taking industrial action again this week, is serious. The general rule of thumb is that the people responsible for running an institution on a day to day basis are those best placed to know how it should be run, but this is not to say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I will finish on this. I will be as quick as everybody else. How do the witnesses see the 1%-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: You told me I had ten minutes and I will stick to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: How do the witnesses see-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: How do the witnesses see the 1% delivering social integration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: Some owners of sites and developers are not registering to avoid that, and financial institutions, including pillar banks, which we have certainly had the chase on it. The delegates might give me some indication on how they see that being rectified. There needs to be some kind of incentive, in the interest of jobs and housing, to try to move on some of these sites. We have this great need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: That was what was driving up the costs. I ask the delegates for their view on that. Another question, while the delegates are here, concerns ghost estates. Around the country, there are a large number of units which are 50%, 70% or 75% finished. These are units, where there is a shell, that need some work done on them. This is not of benefit to the delegates' members and it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the three delegations and the opportunity to discuss this issue. I will start with Mr. Hubert Fitzpatrick's contribution in respect of putting timelines on local authorities. The rules of engagement prevent me from saying what I want to say but I am gobsmacked. There may be some local authorities where that is the case but my experience has been that his members, developers,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: Yes, it was in some ways but I will come to that in a moment. How does the federation see a 1% levy helping social integration as opposed to Part V? While Part V was not perfect - I would be critical of some aspects of it including some aspects which may have held up the industry, which I do not want to do, as we want to ensure that new houses are coming on stream - overall, if we take it...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the local authority library services are to be merged between counties and his plans for same; the stage at which the plans are at; and the discussions that have taken place with councillors and their representative body. [2448/15]