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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...told they had to go with the DBO approach or they would not get funding for new plants. By involving a private company, they were able to get the money. We now find that local authorities owe €460 million to the Housing Finance Agency for these loans. That is a huge sum of money but it may not be the full story. An issue also arises with public-private partnerships, PPPs....

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Brian Stanley: I did not raise this issue to put the cat among the pigeons but it has put the cat among the pigeons. I heard the Minister mention a figure of 1.3 million and it did not sit right with me and has led to a long debate. I am concerned about that because between the 1.65 million and the approximately 2 million are the holiday homes, the vacant houses and second homes. People who work in one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Water Tariffs: Commission for Energy Regulation (21 Oct 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...as a whole and in terms of costs throughout the organisation? In regard to 2016, it is estimated that the full economic cost of providing water per household is somewhere in the region of €586 to €590. What is likely to happen in 2016, two years away? Will the full cost be levied? Do the witnesses agree that full compliance with the EU directive on these matters will...

Topical Issues: Accident and Emergency Departments Closures (23 Sep 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...the previous speaker said of its workload, it is one of the busiest accident and emergency, maternity and paediatric units outside Dublin but it has one of the lowest budgets. Its budget is €10 million lower than that of Naas General Hospital. I am not asking the Minister of State to rob the hospital in Naas. I do not want her to rob Peter to pay Paul. Despite having a bigger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)

Brian Stanley: When did the commission request the pricing policy from Uisce Éireann? In excess of €185 million is earmarked to be spent on the establishment of Uisce Éireann as a corporate entity. The commission’s role is like that of county councillors in monitoring water services and their improvements while the executive role has been handed over to Uisce Éireann. Public...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Brian Stanley: ...the local elections next Friday, even Government Deputies, including the Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, acknowledge there is a significant need for local authority house building programmes. Sinn Féin’s figure of 6,502 houses being built from a €985 million investment is actually quite conservative. In many parts of the country, homes can be built for as much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: Is it €5 million or €500 million? What is the approximate cost?

Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State, but the problem is that she is only scratching the surface. There is a major housing crisis. The Minister said 185 council houses were built last year. There are more than 100,000 people on the waiting list. Housing need has doubled. In County Laois the housing waiting list has more than doubled over the last four years. Fewer than 500 NAMA properties have...

Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (5 Dec 2013)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. There has been progress on the unfinished estates on which people live. If the money allocated is used in the same way as the €5 million already used, it will go a long way to sorting out some of the bad cases. The no hope ghost estates are part of the legacy of the economic illiteracy in the State for many years. They blight the landscape and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (22 May 2013)

Brian Stanley: 180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €5 - 9 million savings that is maintained will arise from Putting People First with the merger of Waterford City and County Councils under the headings payroll, tendering, procurement, services and other. [24581/13]

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2013)

Brian Stanley: ...Government has indicated it wants to sell off. The new company will be given the power to install meters and charge families. Crucially, the Bill repeals the prohibition on water charges. Denmark, with 5.5 million people, has a population similar to Ireland's. Denmark has water metering and in 2007 the average cost per household was €715. The Bill before the House does not take...

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: The budget brought forward by Fine Gael and the Labour Party on 5 December has been branded anti-family, anti-children and anti-women. The cuts to the respite care grant in particular give credence to the claim that there is an anti-women agenda. The statistics speak for themselves in that 64% of carers are women. As such, the reduction in the respite care grant will impact...

Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: ...be elected to local government, after which time it will be safe to increase them. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has again cut funding to local government by 25% and this will further strangle the provision of local services. The local authorities' housing budget has been cut by a massive €46.7 million. This comes at the time of an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (6 Nov 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €5 to €9 million savings that he maintained will arise in Putting People First with the merger of Waterford City and county councils under the headings payroll, tendering, procurement, services and other. [47708/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: ..., we have many indicators of how life has deteriorated for ordinary people in the past 19 months. Since the Government came to power, unemployment has continued to rise and is at a staggering 435,200, according to the September figures. This does not include up to 100,000 people who have emigrated since 2008 or those who are not entitled to sign on. We all know such persons who are...

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)

Brian Stanley: ...and how we achieve an agreed definition of responsibility. If passed, the Bill will not allow general Government debt to exceed 60% of GDP. If this happens, the Government must reduce that debt by 5% per annum. However, the stark reality is that Ireland's ratio was 108.5% at the end of the first quarter in 2012, one of the highest in Europe, with the average in the eurozone being...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Brian Stanley: ...it. It will impose greater levels of austerity on ordinary citizens for an indefinite period. One economist has estimated that it will require a further €6 billion of cuts and tax hikes post-2015 at a minimum. Since our structural deficit is expected to be 3.7% in 2015, which amounts to almost €6 billion, compliance with the balanced budget rule set down in the treaty will mean...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)

Brian Stanley: ...bondholders, as I will explain in a minute. To put it in perspective, the Government has slashed the Local Government Fund by a massive 84% and expects the public to come up with €160 million to fund services at local government level. This makes no economic sense. It is both political and economic piracy. This cut will bankrupt local authorities. Councils are struggling to fund...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Brian Stanley: ...matter. The report on infrastructural and capital investment is a wasted opportunity to invest in the green economy, jobs and sustainability. Next year's capital budget has been cut by €755 million to €3.9 billion. This report locks the State into economic stagnation and increased unemployment, and it will result in the loss of 7,500 jobs, which is significant. The Government, like...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Brian Stanley: ...imposed by the Government in the forthcoming budget. Unlike the previous Government and the current Government, Sinn Féin values the community and voluntary sector. This sector is worth €6.5 billion to the Irish economy, employing up to 50,000 people. I take the opportunity to acknowledge the ongoing work being carried out by the community sector. This sector provides the services...