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Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: But this is relevant. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government gave a date of 2014.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Bord Gáis has said it will be 2015 and the date is constantly moved.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: I want the Minister for Education and Skills to talk to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government because he is not listening to me when I raise this.

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: In Britain, ten or 12 years after their introduction, the meters still have not been installed by the private companies. Is it intended to continue with this Bill?

Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: They are more complex than the Minister realises.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: Labour stated it would burn the lot of them.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will detail the efforts he has made to resolve the outstanding issues in relation to turf cutting; the engagement he has had with the Turf Cutters Contracts Association and with other stakeholders and with officials at a European level; and the way he proposes to bring the situation to a successful conclusion; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (3 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir lena mianta ó thaobh thodhchaí Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga. [41978/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: I note the Housing Finance Agency, HFA, has reserves of €74 million. However, it must pay back the money it has borrowed commercially. Is that an incentive for the agency to be putting the squeeze on local authorities and the Department to come up with solutions? Last year, arrears over 90 days on shared ownership houses stood at 38%. I have no reason to believe that has changed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To date, the Department has been slow in coming up with solutions, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Discussion with Housing Finance Agency (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: The agency has set out a number of measures to deal with the issue of shared ownership loans, including extending the current mortgage loan term, allowing interest-only repayments and allowing interest-only repayments for partial redemption. Are these measures sufficient given that exactly one year ago, 38.9% of shared ownership loans were in arrears of 90 days or more? These figures,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made to date in implementing the Forfás jobs plan for the South East. [41615/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure the rights of workers regardless of migration status. [41616/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Severe Weather Events Response (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of financial humanitarian assistance allocated as a result of severe flooding last autumn that has been allocated on a national and county wide basis; the amount of the average allocation; and if an appeal mechanism exists to challenge unsatisfactory allocations. [41399/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households that are liable to register their septic tank have registered and paid the required fee. [41880/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in his Department that earn in excess of €100,000 and if he will specify their earnings. [41881/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed by local authorities that earn in excess of €100,000 and if he will specify their earnings. [41882/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on private consultants in 2011 and the amount expected to be spent in 2012 on private consultants. [41883/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent in 2011; and the amount expected to be spent in 2012, on delegation trips to other countries; the purpose the trips served; the number of staff that went and the role of the staff on the trip. [41884/12]

Other Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (27 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the proposed cuts to funding for personal assistants for the disabled have been reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41007/12]