Results 17,661-17,680 of 20,156 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons on group water schemes are not given the same tax relief as customers of Irish Water. [40266/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed in County Laois; and her plans to increase this number. [40000/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will increase the number of gardaí based in Mountrath station, County Laois, from the current level of two. [40001/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 406. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the future of hospitals (details supplied) particularly in view of ongoing delays. [39972/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if commercial water rates will remain at the same rate as at present. [40199/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the purposes for which Irish Water is being granted a further €200 million in 2015; and if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which that money will be spent. [40226/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities may increase rents to their tenants to contribute to the local property tax for which local authorities are liable. [40316/14]

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this very important motion. Deputy Coonan wondered about the wisdom of today's debate and argued there are more important issues to be addressed but his Government felt this matter was important enough to put to a referendum and included it in the programme for Government. Little has happened 12 months after that referendum. I sat here most of the...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this budget. It is welcome and is the first budget in many years which gives some money back to people. We are moving away from austerity. Unfortunately, when one does the sums one finds it is regressive. I heard spokespersons refer to percentages, but when one does the sums on how people will benefit one finds high earners will benefit more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every child with Down's syndrome who started school in September 2014 will receive full resource hours and access to a full-time or part-time special needs assistant. [39016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (14 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 315. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of estates still being supplied water through lead piping; if he will provide a breakdown by town within each county; when it is proposed that all lead piping will be replaced. [39015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (14 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 316. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount each local authority owes in land loans. [39019/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Rates (14 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to address the problems facing road hauliers regarding the high cost of road tax and test fees, which are creating circumstances in which some contractors are relocating in Britain. [39124/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Appeals (14 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 397. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the submission from turf cutters (details supplied) to have SAC lifted, and if this has been put to the EU Commission for an exemption under 6 (4) of the Habitats Directive. [39294/14]

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: That is rubbish.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: It will turn it down to a trickle.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (8 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 218. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will be responsible for addressing problems caused within the sewage system on domestic premises in view of the fact that local authorities will only do so if the problem was located on a house rented from the local authority. [38375/14]

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: I concur with much of what has been said in this debate. The west has been mentioned often. I represent a midlands constituency and there has been a particular price problem for the beef and grain sectors this year. I know this has to do with the vagaries of the world production system for grain. We cannot do much about some of those things but where we can we must act. The reform of...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: I heard that at the time but we have the commissionership now and Mr. Hogan needs to plough ahead with that to look for reforms. Farming is a crucial part of the economy of my own county. There are 3,300 farms which generate an annual output of €200 million. There is a great deal of off-the-farm income and industry related to this. We have a great deal of off-the-farm income and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: 374. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment of additional dental surgeons in County Laois will occur; and the other measures that are being put in place to improve dental services for primary school children in the county. [38104/14]