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- Electricity Generation (19 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: I had a short space in which to speak the first time.
- Electricity Generation (19 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Are specific steps being taken with regard to the planning process? Another question pertains to NewERA. While it has not been specified, it is envisaged that NewERA will be involved in it.
- Electricity Generation (19 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Involved in rolling out wave and wind energy projects. Does the Minister envisage a role for NewERA in this regard? Overall, this sector has huge potential for job creation if the technology can be developed, as well as for the finances of the State, because it would reduce the amount of money leaving the State as we import most of our fuel requirements. Moreover, it also has huge potential...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: It was an untrue allegation.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: The Taoiseach-----
- Tourism Promotion (18 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans in cooperation with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to maximise the attraction of the cultural institutions during the proposed Gathering tourism initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29863/11]
- Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Turn down the volume on "The Muppet Show" over there.
- EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Taoiseach for attending the Chamber in advance of the EU Summit. It gives Deputies such as me the chance to address the issues that will arise. My colleague, Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn, has raised the issues relating to the financial crisis. However, the summit will also finalise the European Union's position for the Durban conference on climate change to be held on 28...
- Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (11 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: I move: That Dáil Ãireann: â recognises that the community sector is estimated to be worth â¬6.5 billion to the Irish economy, three times the size of the State's investment, proving that the community and voluntary sector is a cost-effective medium for the provision of many vital services; â notes that the delivery costs of many of the services currently provided by this sector would...
- Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (11 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Five.
- Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Over the years workers have gained certain hard-won employment rights but, unfortunately, conservative governments have consistently chipped away at these rights. We must uphold our commitment to the core republican objectives set out in the 1919 Democratic Programme, which asserts the right of every person in Ireland to an adequate share of the produce of the nation's labour. Within...
- Fishing Industry Development (6 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his plans to safeguard, develop and promote fishing and allied industries here in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27916/11]
- Social and Affordable Housing (6 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the matter of home loans acquired through local authorities to buy a house under the shared ownership scheme, the annuity scheme and the affordable housing scheme. Typically, these were, to use the awful term from America, sub-prime borrowers. They were people who could not get loans from building societies, banks...
- Social and Affordable Housing (6 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. There is a problem with contacting the finance section of the local authorities. We can talk to them until the cows come home, but if someone should be paying â¬150 per week in mortgage repayments yet is only earning â¬230 per week, then that person can only pay â¬40 or â¬50. That differential of â¬100 is mounting up in the local authority...
- Written Answers — Licensed Moneylenders: Licensed Moneylenders (5 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned with the reports that legal moneylenders are now going door to door seeking custom; and his plans to regulate this behaviour and to further reduce the interest rates that these legal moneylenders can apply to their customers. [27672/11]
- Fiscal Policy (5 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if any staff from his Department or within the National Treasury Management Agency, Central Bank of Ireland or other agencies have assessed or are currently assessing the impact of a collapse of the euro on the Irish economy. [27671/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain the current level of services at Portlaoise Regional Hospital; and his plans regarding whether the hospital will be a model 2 or a model 3 hospital. [27181/11]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Oct 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health the stage of development of his plans for a new maternity unit at Portlaoise Regional Hospital; if the funding is still in place for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27182/11]
- Public Transport (29 Sep 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport his views on public transport and the State role in its provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26573/11]
- Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (29 Sep 2011)
Brian Stanley: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to secure adequate levels of funding for sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26504/11]