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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2013: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: I do not have a problem with that. However, it is crazy that something like this would have to come to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine for the Minister to authorise. It is an issue that could be dealt with by the local authority, subject to consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the other bodies mentioned here. This is not something that needs to come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: I welcome Mr. Skehan to the meeting and wish him well. Perhaps he would elaborate more on the purpose of the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, where it is located, its staff and role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: Information on the heads of the areas of activity would be useful.

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: I wish to be positive, as the Minister wants us all to be in a positive frame of mind today. If the Minister wants to stop water leaks and reduce costs, why has he not looked at district or block metering? I checked the price of this since I last discussed it with the Minister here. A district meter catering for 1,000 households costs between €3,000 and €4,000 to install....

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: I always do.

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Minister did not know anything about it the last time I asked him.

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: I have been asking the Minister about it for some time now.

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: And down here too.

Other Questions: Water Meters Installation (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: Block metering costs €4 per household.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: This is a practical problem for councillors who are to be elected next year. Their electoral areas will be 50 km or 60 km in length with very large municipal districts. Sinn Féin supports reform, and certainly local government needs reform, but care needs to be taken with regard to the type of reform. We support the devolution of powers and functions but if the Minister carries this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: I include Fine Gael councillors, who have raised this concern with me.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Minister should not mind that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: We had to respond on the basis of the criteria and terms of reference of the committee. We were in a straitjacket in that regard. If the Northern model was followed there would be 1,180 councillors, 230 more councillors than the Minister is proposing. I welcome the fact that the Minister will examine the issue of resources, considering the number of meetings, the category of each council...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: It is in the book: two per council.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: 2. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the new municipal districts proposed by the Local Boundary Commission, noting that some of these cover large geographical areas and in view of his stated intention to devolve further powers and functions to councillors, his views on whether councillors in the new municipal districts will be able to properly...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (12 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: 43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost of establishing Irish Water, including wages, contracting out services and programme spending. [28063/13]

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: That is inflation.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (11 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give details of the State investment in the Mount Lucas wind farm project, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26706/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (11 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: 553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made in establishing social economic committees; their terms of reference and what the make up of these committees will be. [27162/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Brian Stanley: 554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the cut to funding that has been imposed on a project (details supplied) in Dublin 10; and the reason he now believes that it is no longer a core responsibility of his Department to fund this project. [27163/13]