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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (20 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a new household waste management Bill. [2859/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialists in hospitals in the midland counties, that is Laois, Offaly and Kildare, who treat patients with sleep apnoea disorder and the timeframe for same. [1267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school special transport grant will be paid at the end of each school term instead of the end of the school year. [49436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvement Scheme (14 Jan 2015)

Brian Stanley: 995. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reopen the local improvement schemes for rural private roads. [49728/14]

Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: Like previous speakers, I wish all staff, Members and those on the Government benches a happy Christmas. I welcome the new accord that has been agreed between Cuba and the United States as the people of Cuba have suffered greatly in the past 50 years and have shown great fortitude. Substantial progress was made by the people of Cuba, despite the blockade and the hardships they endured. ...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: Where has the Tánaiste been?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: 519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has reported any apparent failures in procurement governance procedures to his Department. [48795/14]

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: People change when they get into government.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: We did that.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: It was brought into this House three weeks ago. You voted against it. Remember that?

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: It is the SDLP.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: We hope to have a constitution. We hope you will back it.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: You have not spoken to the SDLP Minister; you did not even know there was one.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: No.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister has moved somewhat to try to address the issue through legislation. However, the Minister is not in a position to hold any future Government, right, left or centre, to the legislation. The changes he has made are aimed at trying to get the Bill through the Seanad, given that his party members in the Seanad clearly backed the need for a referendum when they voted to introduce a...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is putting it into the hands of politicians, and who knows what kind of politicians we will have and what kind of Government majority there will be in the future? By putting it into the Constitution, the Minister would put water services and resources into the hands of the Irish people. What does the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, think is wrong with that? The Government...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: The one way to copperfasten it is by way of a constitutional amendment. The Minister's move leaves it in the hands of future Governments, and that is its weakness.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: I tabled an amendment to the Title to make Irish Water comply with the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003 and I am disappointed that it was not accepted.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: I propose to address the issues raised by the Acting Chairman, Deputy Twomey, in his earlier contribution. Every time the Deputy speaks in this debate, he refers to the North. I wholeheartedly welcome his repeated references to the North as Sinn Féin struggled for years to have the issue discussed in the House. It is fantastic, therefore, that he mentioned the North so many times. ...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Durkan had a good run on this amendment. Sinn Féin would welcome electoral competition from Fine Gael in the North. Perhaps the party would supplant the SDLP. A couple of facts have been missed in the discussion on Northern Ireland Water. We heard about the structures in place in the North. Northern Ireland Water was established by the British Government under the direct...