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Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: The Government has the Keane report before it, as well as the personal insolvency Bill. Will the Minister include measures in the personal insolvency Bill to deal with this issue of distressed local authority loans? I ask for a straight answer. Will the Government honour the election promises by both parties to the people that they would deal with the issue of distressed loans?

Order of Business (9 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: I asked about local authority loans.

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: A lone parent with three children was better off under the previous Fianna Fáil Government than under a Labour Party Minister. Lone parents were better off to the tune of €207 per week under Fianna Fáil and the Minister cannot spin or review her way out of that. Labour is making lone parents poorer. This is at a time when the Government has paid the former Anglo Irish Bank, a zombie...

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to reply to the debate on this very important issue which goes to the heart of our communities. I welcome and extend a céad míle fáilte to the many CE participants, from various parts of Dublin and beyond, who are in the Visitors' Gallery and who have been present during various stages of the debate. Those to whom I refer attended the solidarity protest which...

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: That is good.

Private Members' Business: Community Employment Schemes: Motion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Now that I have the ear of two Ministers and in view of the fact that another Labour Deputy has just entered the Chamber, I will make my concluding remarks. One of the more vulnerable groups that has borne the brunt of the Minister's cuts comprises those in receipt of lone parent's allowance. They are obliged to struggle to keep their families together and during her short reign, the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward the date of publication of the inspection of places of detention Bill. [6527/12]

Written Answers — Prisoner Complaints Procedures: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (7 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce an independent complaints mechanism for prisoners here. [6528/12]

Local Government Reform (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when Dáil Éireann can expect to see local Government reform proposals including devolving control on transport, traffic, economic development, education, responses to crime and local health care needs to local communities. [6021/12]

Local Government Reform (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress made in the Programme for Government's commitment to abolish the position of County Manager. [6022/12]

Local Government Reform (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: As it is her first time to take questions since being appointed, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, on her appointment and wish her well.

Local Government Reform (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: We will not always agree but it is to be hoped we will have healthy exchanges. Question No. 34 is similar to Question No. 7. I would like to tease out the issue with the Minister but it is bit like the position with the septic tanks in that it is a case of trying to read the Minister's mind on this issue. That is the problem.

Local Government Reform (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: When coming into power with a huge majority, the Government said it would involve the Opposition and take reviews on board. However, the Minister comes in with a fait accompli and throws it on the table. The majority in the House will push it through while we are like bystanders with our mouths open and unable to do anything about it. I ask the Minister to take a different approach on this...

Local Government Reform (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: All parties, whether of the right, left or centre, have a great interest in local government. With regard to the powers, I ask the Minister to shift the balance back in favour of the elected members. I listened carefully to what he said about the elected members being the board of directors. That is the way it should be but it is not the way it is, and I ask him to change it. The Minister...

Community Development (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the way in which the €8 million in cuts to the local and community development programme have been made; and the impact these cuts will have on service delivery. [6035/12]

Community Development (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: I have one brief point. The programme is essential. In his reply, the Minister stated he would deliver key services and we agree with that. It is important for these groups to have some certainty around funding in order to maintain services. One finds with many of these groups that they have multiple sources of funding. Some of them have suffered a range of cuts. When one adds all the...

Environmental Policy (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 9: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the erection of over ground cables such, as EirGrid is subject to environment impact statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5908/12]

Environmental Policy (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: The issue of the erection of overhead power lines is causing huge angst across the country. There is a planned overhead power line in Ratheniska in County Laois, for example, causing concerns. If a power line is over 15 km, it is mandatory for an environmental impact statement to be provided by the developer. What are the Minister of State's views on undergrounding electrical power lines?...

Water Services (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will outline in detail, county by county, the programme for the installation of water meters; and the programme for the introduction of water charges. [5907/12]

Water Services (2 Feb 2012)

Brian Stanley: The consultation process will offer people the opportunity to make an input into this process. I will be sending in a submission. Has the Minister considered the issue of road-openings affecting the installation of water meters? Hundreds of thousands of these will have to be performed on footpaths and in housing estates. What will happen in an estate that has not been taken in charge by...