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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input of his Department on the environmental aspects of pylons and underground cables as part of the review being established by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. [5348/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: With the establishment of the review, the Minister's colleagues have obviously recognised that this issue needs to be examined further and that the consultation was inadequate. The Minister's view of the current position is obviously based on the fact that there are problems. Is he happy that this development is not having a negative effect on farming, habitats and the environment generally?...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 93. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the details of an oral arrangement between his Department and Dublin City Council to avoid cuts to housing in 2014; the rationale for this last minute deal; and the way it will be implemented. [5029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work he is doing to ensure the good work currently done by the Private Residential Tenancies Board is continued in view of the fact that at present it receives no Exchequer funding and in recent years has had to cut back considerably, including outsourcing some services. [5032/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the long overdue new scheme for tenant purchase of local authority housing will be put in place; and if he will commit to a deadline of at least before the summer recess. [5031/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the crisis in the rental accommodation scheme where many tenants in the scheme are being evicted or face eviction through no fault of their own and the local authority responsible is refusing to house them as agreed; the action he will take to stop these evictions happening and to house...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of local property tax collected in each local authority area in 2013. [5638/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Consumer Agency, as the statutory body responsible in law for promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of consumers, was formally and directly consulted by him in relation to the introduction of legislation to establish the water service utility, Irish Water, and the introduction of household...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Consumer Agency, as the statutory body responsible in law, at this time, for promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of consumers, has been given any statutory mandate by him to act as the independent consumer voice as part of the water reform process. [5235/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has asked the National Consumer Agency, in line with its legal functions as the statutory body responsible in law for promoting and protecting the interests and welfare of consumers, to undertake independent analysis in relation to the future delivery of water services and the likely impact on consumers of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: 440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the €490 million subvention from the local government fund to Irish Water will have to be repaid. [4949/14]

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: For example, if Deputy Finian McGrath wanted to run to get one of those three seats, he would have great difficulty in trying to get over the line whereas the Minister's party would be able to drive a juggernaut through Dublin.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: It is important that such voices be heard. The 31st Dáil is different from previous Dáileanna in that it has a number of colourful characters and various shades of political opinion. We need the same in Europe. With the reduction to three seats in Dublin, however, achieving that will be more difficult. The European Parliament's role has been enhanced. It started with weak...

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: The campaign is on.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I will pick up where I left off on Tuesday. We are being presented with a fait accompli. As with much debate in the House, the train has left the station but we are only now being asked to discuss the fate of its passengers and its direction. The reduction in the number of MEPs from 12 to 11 is regrettable and damages democracy. Across the political spectrum, we often hear that Europe is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (30 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: 132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the salaries each of the members of the board of Irish Water receives, and the names of the State bodies of which they are board members. [4564/14]

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I was talking about monopolies.

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the fact that Uisce Éireann will be brought under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and that those provisions will be applied retrospectively from last July. It is a U-turn on the part of the Minister and Fianna Fáil, if I correctly heard the latter welcoming this. Fianna Fáil had intended to restrict the legislation further. When I submitted a...

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Brian Stanley: I have a quick question on the Comptroller and Auditor General's role as regards Uisce Éireann. We all want there to be openness and transparency. As the Minister knows, we disagree with setting up a new superstructure over county councils and turning them into subcontractors, but it has been done. The Government had the majority to ensure that. Why can the Comptroller and Auditor...