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Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Nolan is suffering from memory loss.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Does the Deputy recall asking people to protect child benefit by voting for the Labour Party?

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: That is not what Labour Party Deputies said when they were in opposition.

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: The current approach to righting our economic woes is not working. The policies of unregulated neoliberal economics have brought us into the deepest recession this State has ever witnessed. The previous Fianna Fáil Government oversaw the biggest boom to bust in the history of the State and the current Government is pursuing many of its predecessor's polices. To put the debate on...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Such as a 48% tax on those earning over €100,000. What we have been calling for is greater regulation, long before we got to this point. In the recent past those of us who challenged the status quo were branded economic illiterates. However, where we differ with the contents of the Bill is in how we measure responsibility and how we achieve an agreed definition of responsibility. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Acting Chairman. This afternoon's proceedings are a bit of an eye-opener. As a taxpayer and somebody who pays the 2% insurance levy for this compensation fund every year, the issue of Quinn Insurance Limited is one of those subjects that has been moving around in the back of my head for a long time. The amount of money we are talking about is staggering. Mr. McAteer, in his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: What I want to know is whether anybody here from the Central Bank or the Department can tell us who at the time was looking after the interests of those who had insurance policies with Quinn, those who may not have had policies but were paying the 2% levy, and those who, whether self-employed or PAYE workers, were paying their tax every week? It is not only the insurance compensation fund...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Cullinan states it was the Central Bank's role to ensure that Quinn Insurance regulated itself, but it does not appear that was happening. Given the figures outlined here today and the types of practice that were being carried out within the company, it is clear that it was not happening. What I am really concerned about is whether I can be sure, walking out of this room today, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: The Department of Finance might like to comment.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: The programme for Government promised reform of local government. We have a situation where 235 staff of local authorities are being paid in excess of €100,000 and there are 203 directors-----

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Will the Taoiseach confirm that there will be measures in the-----

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Before the summer recess we were promised legislation, but we still have not seen it.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: I did not receive an answer to my question.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Grades Review (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include senior civil pay scales in his review of the grading structure of the civil service and public service. [43493/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Thornhill Teport will be published and made available to the public. [43667/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the curtailment in respite services for children with an intellectual disability in County Laois, that this service has been reduced by more than 50% for residential respite and that as an alternative parents are being asked to use a share a break respite service provided by unqualified adults; and if he is satisfied that this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (9 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers affected by the pay cut for new entrants to teaching, the cap on qualification allowances for new entrants to teaching and the abolition of qualification allowances for new entrants to teaching; if he will provide specific information on the number of teachers who commenced teaching between 1 January, 2011 and 5 December,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (9 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on efforts to introduce a voluntary code of practice for the publishers of school text books; the projected savings to be accrued to schools and parents from this code of practice; and if he will provide an update on his efforts to extend the book lending scheme to primary and post-primary schools across the State....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in regards to the warmer home scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, if an attic space in the home of a qualifying applicant, in this case a senior citizen, is restricted in height space thus prohibiting the installation of traditional rolled fibreglass insulation, can the alternative method of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Funding (9 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will engage with local authorities in the provision of services; and if so, the details of same. [42631/12]