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Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: It socialised the debt.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (14 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns specific to people with epilepsy regarding the implications for their medication of generic substitution, including scientific evidence of the need for absolute precision in dosage and format of drugs for use in case of seizures; if he will address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (14 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he or his Department will receive the report on hospital groups; the date on which he will publish the report; his plans to progress the implementation of hospital groups; if he intends to publish the report and its recommendations before it goes to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the intended make up of the board of the Child and Family Support Agency; if she will confirm that a representative from the family resource centres will have full board membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7304/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Development Contributions (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To write to local authorities asking them to establish the approach being adopted generally by them is to do things the wrong way around. I agree with the previous speakers. We must establish what the legal position is and the Government and the House should tell local authorities what should happen. My information is that planning permission is granted to a developer and is a contract...

Topical Issue Debate: Development Contributions (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: My concern is that this will spread across counties such as Kildare, Laois, Offaly and Westmeath. Wicklow County Council is going after the people who purchased the houses and who are now in negative equity. The developers got their money and the banks are getting their money. Everybody has been paid but the householders are getting screwed, again. Along with carrying the bank debts, they...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I want to ask the Taoiseach about climate change. We are producing one of the highest rates of carbon dioxide per capita in the world. We had the promise of legislation last year. The Minister for the Environment and Local Government told us we would have it in the spring but spring and summer came and we were told in the autumn that we would have it before Christmas. The Minister...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: We were told last Friday that we would see it today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: They need the power to tell them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: We must not walk out of the room and leave this matter hanging in mid-air, with various things happening but no action achieved. Deputy Martin Heydon is doing a report on behalf of the Taoiseach, and that is welcome. He is pulling the various strands of the reports together and I hope we get an outcome to that. I propose that we seek a debate on this matter in the Dáil. I will lobby...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I propose that the committee seek a debate in the House on this issue and ask that the Taoiseach would present the findings of Deputy Heydon's report to the House, that the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, would come to the Dáil for that debate and that the committee recommend that the OPW be in charge of this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: Yes. I will do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: There are a number of points to consider to ensure that we do not simply walk out of it and nothing happens. Deputy Corcoran Kennedy helpfully said that the Taoiseach has asked Deputy Martin Heydon to pull the various reports together. A discussion on this that was to take place in the Dáil was cancelled because of the outcome of the Smithwick tribunal but discussion on this needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: Yes, on the issue of climate change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Effects of Flooding: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Silke, Mr. Parlon, Mr. McHugh and Mr. Gunning for coming before the committee and making their presentation. Mr. Silke has conveyed in words how grave the situation is. The section with which I am most familiar is west Offaly. I have received many complaints from people living in the area and I am very concerned about it. Like Deputy Cowen I have been involved in meetings with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (12 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in having Garda vetting clearance issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [6814/13]

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I took the Government at its word last year that it had a roadmap.

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: After two years in government, the Minister has done nothing on this issue and has not produced a Bill. The Government has continued to duck and dive from its responsibility to respond to one of the most challenging and pressing issues for this and future generations. Sinn Féin has set itself the task of working with people in the environmental sector to ensure that we remind the...

Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I commend Deputy Catherine Murphy on introducing this important Bill, which offers a good basis upon which to build comprehensive climate change legislation. Nobody can dispute the existence of climate change, a global phenomenon the consequences of which are felt locally. Entire countries are under threat from its adverse effects, with the polar caps melting and the world experiencing...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: The Tánaiste should check the Dáil record. He is not being fair.