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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Regulations (24 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is the only country in the European Union which has put its national local community development programme or analogous programme out to public tender; the reason this is necessary in Ireland but not in any other member state; if he asked for or commissioned any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Discussion (19 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. William Reville and Mr. James Fitzmaurice for coming in. I have read their document. The point Mr. Reville covered in his response to a question from Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's is one the issues of concern to me. I refer to how the RPII would fit within the EPA and the fact that the witnesses want that legislated for to protect the identity of the RPII within the EPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Discussion (19 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: The other point Mr. Reville raised was the incorporation of the name of the RPII in some form into the name of the EPA to reflect that it is a merger of the two as opposed to the RPII being subsumed into the EPA and to have the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland on a statutory footing in primary legislation. I realise from where they are coming on that and Mr. Reville set out the...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I would like to refer briefly to the whole housing issue. The figures that have been given by the Minister of State with regard to new builds are tiny. They are a drop in the ocean. In the case of in County Laois, the figure will be six in 2014 and 2015. The money that is being provided is welcome. I think a figure of €70,000 has been mentioned with regard to County Laois. This...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: The Government has very little control over them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I am glad to hear it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 63. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans that have been put in place to address the shortage of social housing in County Laois; and if he will to set out a time frame to address the issue. [25601/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: This question relates to the need for a social housing building programme in County Laois. There are 1,450 people on the county’s housing waiting list with up to 1,063 alone having put Portlaoise as their first place of choice for a house. On the Laois side of Portarlington, there are 381 people in need of housing which does not include the Offaly side of the town. Will this be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. Some of the information she provided is useful but she has sidestepped my main point. What County Laois needs is a substantial social housing programme. Significant land parcels are in the council’s ownership, such as five acres in Portlaoise and two acres in Portarlington. A further 23 acres in Mountrath, Rathdowney, Durrow and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: The housing assistance payment is a name-change for rent supplement which will now be paid out by the local authorities instead of the Department of Social Protection. That rent subsidy is costing a fortune. I am not arguing that people should not get it. People should do so in the short term, but it was not designed to be a long-term measure. If we had a housing programme then building...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Deposits (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 79. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of legislation to provide for a deposit retention scheme to protect tenants from the illegal withholding of security deposits by landlords. [25448/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 81. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the climate Bill will be introduced. [25449/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 90. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that Westmeath County Council was told it could not impose restrictions on wind farms, despite the new regulations, following public consultation, not yet being put into place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25446/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 96. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the portion of the units offered by the National Asset Management Agency for social housing but not used by local authorities that were on the basis of concerns over social mix in an area; if he will provide a breakdown of each council areas, detailing the number of units and the location of same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will guarantee that all of the receipts from the local property tax in 2015 will be made available to local authorities for the purpose for which it was intended. [25445/14]

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (12 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I will start with the role of the RPII. People's main awareness of that relates to the role of the RPII in monitoring Sellafield and the threat posed by releases of radioactive material into the Irish Sea from that nuclear facility on the west coast of England. I know the Minister of State will take an interest in this because clusters of cancers in the Louth area, which is in his...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the fact that the Government seems to have accepted the spirit of the motion and the need to move as quickly as possible to investigate all aspects of the horrific stories, which have emerged not just recently but over the past decade and a half. The inquiry needs to extend to all cases highlighted in the past and to all cases into which full inquires have not been conducted,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Universal Social Charge Application (10 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: 300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the universal social charge is not taken into account-disregarded when calculating means for social welfare payments. [24088/14]

Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Maloney for proposing this Bill, which is an attempt to deal with the cost of funerals and burials which is an issue in Dublin in particular. I know that the costs are very significant for families, many of whom are burdened with large credit union or bank loans. However, in my view the appointment of a regulator to oversee the administration of cemeteries would be a...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)

Brian Stanley: It is ironic that we are discussing the alignment of local government with the community sector when the Leader programme and the local development programme are being held up by the European Union as models of social inclusion. The European Court of Auditors, in condemning what is now proposed by the Government, has recommended that other member states follow the example of what was done in...