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Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the LEAP scheme to other urban areas transport services and the national rail and bus networks. [23041/12]

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Sinn Féin supports the retrospective nature of the legislation but is concerned that, due to the passage of time while enacting the legislation, many workers may have been obliged to endure unequal pay and conditions. While this measure caters for pay, it does not cater for the other matters. Sinn Féin believes this should not be the case and that workers should be entitled to claim back,...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Sinn Féin accepts these amendments.

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Sinn Féin will be opposing amendment No. 4. On amendment No. 7, the directive and legislation were based on ensuring equality of pay and conditions between temporary agency workers and permanent employees. They are intended to safeguard employment and terms and conditions for both sets of employees. The Government has introduced a loophole that will exclude so-called permanent agency...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: I welcome this amendment, in particular the fact it will stop employers recruiting agencies workers several times instead of making them permanent. This brings some clarity to that. I support the amendment.

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Seanad amendment No. 14 states: "A hirer shall, as respects access to collective facilities and amenities at a place of work, treat an agency worker no less favourably than an employee of the hirer unless there exist objective grounds that justify less favourable treatment of the agency worker." Will the Minister explain the last sentence? Why type of objective grounds does that cover?

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: The Leas-Cheann was moving very fast and I was trying to keep up with him.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: We are buried in debt.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (8 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify without delay the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture; and to establish effective national preventative mechanisms under the Protocol. [22672/12]

Written Answers — Criminal Gangs: Criminal Gangs (8 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will facilitate an independent review of prison gangs that are now operating throughout Irish prisons. [22671/12]

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the proposal to introduce water meters and water charges as metering is not an option for one third of households in Dublin. [22569/12]

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: I have not yet come in.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: We can leave it until Question No. 2.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: The Minister stated that there are in excess of 300,000 households that cannot be metered. The Dublin position has been mentioned, but would the Minister agree that this will also be a problem throughout the country? Where there are apartments, the Minister mentioned fitting internal meters. What would happen in an apartment block where the occupants might not want meters fitted? Would...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: What would happen in the case of old housing estates in Carlow-Kilkenny, of which the Minister will be aware, and in many places throughout the State where there are pipes running at the back of houses, under garden sheds and under garden walls? Would one have to bulldoze one's way through garden sheds to try to get at these stopcocks to fit meters? These are real problems I am trying to...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: That person told me that in their duration with Anglian Water, the company had not succeeded in completing the fitting of water meters in that time. Is the Minister aware of that? It would appear to be unworkable and impossible. Even if the Minister succeeds in having interior meters installed in apartment blocks, charging a flat fee flies in the face of the stated aim of this measure...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Does the Minister agree that if he is making a linkage between water metering and water conservation, a flat fee proposal is not in line with it?

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: It does not.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is absolutely wrong.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Brian Stanley: Householders in the North have access to free rural transport, free fire services and much more besides.