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Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (28 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation staff in the North of Ireland and other jurisdictions that have been made redundant, by region, and the numbers re-hired, by region. [10580/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Civil Aviation Regulation (28 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Irish Aviation Authority carries out effective and adequate auditing of airfield sites in view of correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues contained therein relating to Kilkenny airfield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10743/13]

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: We are moving towards a situation where the Government is using the cloak of the recession and the troika to attempt to sell off the harvesting rights to our woodlands. I commend the Technical Group on bringing forward this motion. The decision to sell off harvesting rights will have an immediate effect in Laois and Offaly, an effect that will be felt long into the future. I know Minister...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: Section 25 deals with the removal of the prohibition on charging in previous legislation. That is the concern. We are turning a corner here. After a long campaign domestic water charges were abolished in the early 1990s on the basis that the charge for them was already incorporated in existing taxation. Nothing has changed since then. In fact, there have been many new methods of taxation...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I will be opposing that.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: Can I speak on it?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: The amendment is to allow exemptions in the event of charges being brought in. It is to protect low income families. That is all I will say on it because I know the Chairman is-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 12: In page 13, before section 27, to insert the following new section: “27.--Section 12 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 is amended by the insertion of a new subsection (3):“(3) Section 4 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (No. 2) Act 1983, is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: We are seeking to change section 27 to make it fairer for people, particularly those who are disabled or on supplementary benefit, jobseeker's allowance or farm assist, and disabled people who lost money today under the mobility allowance. It is to allow those groups some relief in this matter because they will not be able to pay this on top of the other charges they must pay. Last year,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: Has my amendment been ruled out of order?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: It was not listed as being ruled out of order.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: On section 18, the point has been about water loss. I would not want water lost between the meter outside my house and the tap at the kitchen sink. There is no evidence to show that this is happening. If it is happening it will show up very quickly in the household. During my time as a public representative I have only come across a few houses where that has happened. It becomes evident...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: Who carried out the survey?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I would question those findings. That is not what the engineers say.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I oppose this section.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 10: In page 12, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following subsection: “(4) (a) This section shall not be commenced until such point as the Social Inclusion Division of the Department of Social Protection have carried out a poverty impact analysis study. (b) Such a study will have regard to--(i) whether the impact of the imposition of charges referred to in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: People have had their gas and electricity turned off in recent years and have been left without both in some cases. The concern here relates to when a household cannot afford to pay the bill. We do not need to go over the matter but we know there are people out there who are absolutely crucified-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I have heard two different answers to this question. The Taoiseach indicated in the Dáil last year, if I heard him correctly, that water would be turned off. Will water be turned off completely if a household cannot pay, rather than refuses to pay, regardless of the circumstances of that household? Will it have no supply? That is a key issue that is not just environmental. It is a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: There will not be a whole lot left over.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: I think it is €7 million.