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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming to the meeting today. It is useful for them to be here. I live in Laois and the export project is a major issue there and across the constituency in Laoighis-Offaly, Westmeath and South Kildare. It would appear that there is disagreement between the two parties in the British Government on the direction of the export-led projects. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (26 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a report on health and safety related to waste collection facilities in the south Dublin area since the recent fire at the Oxigen plant. [14264/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Safety (25 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 652. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if radiation from the Fukushima site has been detected here. [12974/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (25 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 720. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that will be paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund in 2014, with a breakdown of allocation to each of the local authorities. [13958/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (13 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that will be put in place to protect the 13,000 approved mortgage holders with Irish Nationwide Building Society whose loans are being sold to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if borrowers should be allowed to buy out the remainder of their loans. [12520/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments Issues (13 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider placing a clause in the code of conduct for mortgage lenders to prevent them from charging interest on the warehoused section of the loan. [12522/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the extra 38 posts for the Portlaoise maternity unit approved in July 2013 that have been filled; and when he expects the remainder to be filled [12519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (13 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 248. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the consultations on Shaen and Abbeyleix hospitals; the state of the decision making process; and when he will report to Dáil Éireann on this matter. [12521/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (13 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of cerebral palsy compensation payouts made for children born in Portlaoise hospital in the years 2010 to 2013. [12523/14]

Gateway Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. There has been a substantial reduction in staff numbers at local authority level. I have discussed this with the Minister, Deputy Hogan, on many occasions. Some local authorities have lost up to 25% of their staff over the last four or five years. That has resulted in huge gaps in services. Local authorities in some areas are finding it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Supporting the Irish Community: London Irish Centre (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: Just a final word on books - I note that both Mr. Dunne's mother and grandmother did a lot of writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Supporting the Irish Community: London Irish Centre (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank Gary and David for coming along. Is Gary “Woodlawn Gary”?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Supporting the Irish Community: London Irish Centre (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: I was looking at him for the past half hour and I thought that was definitely the case. That is okay. There is also a Coote Street connection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Supporting the Irish Community: London Irish Centre (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We were in Coote Street and Woodlawn. I was in Britain in the early 1980s. I was involved in a number of Irish organisations in the north of England that focused on some of the issues we are talking about. The witnesses will be pleased to hear that Laois library sent books to the book project. I hope they will be of some benefit. I wish to refer to the status and welfare of the...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: The problem is that, while Deputy Naughten referred to regulations, they are actually guidelines. The Minister of State stated that An Bord Pleanála must have regard to them. The problem is that is all they must have. The other problem that arises with this, in Laois, Offaly and the other counties, is the issue of the county development plans.

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: These plans are being brushed to one side because they only must have regard to them.

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Minister of State to address that in the new guidelines and regulations.

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: That is acceptable.

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: One only must have regard to it.

Other Questions: Building Regulations Application (12 Mar 2014)

Brian Stanley: That is the problem.