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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funds
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 7: The Housing Agency’s Revolving Acquisition Fund (26 Jan 2023)

Brian Stanley: ...chair of a strategic policy housing committee. People who elect local representatives expect them to have some hand, act or part in the decision-making. It is unfair and unworkable. We are destroying local democracy. That is all I want to say. We will take a break for ten minutes sharp and we will resume prior to 11.20 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: ...which are significant, adding €200, €300 or €400 to the average mortgage. Mr. Hogan correctly said the housing market is a significant part of the economy, and it was the part of the economy that destroyed it the last time round, 14 years ago. It was allowed to destroy the overall economy and we are still paying heavily for that. Is there concern in the Department...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Brian Stanley: It was reported some time back that buildings, homes and structures that had been financially contributed to by the Irish State were demolished or destroyed by Israeli forces in the West Bank. Does the Department have an assessment of that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

Brian Stanley: According to the UN, in 2020 alone 689 buildings were demolished, most of them homes. In 2021, it was reported that Irish aid to Palestine had been destroyed, including solar panels and tents. It is appalling that this would happen to people who are suffering already. That is the human aspect of it. The aspect we are discussing at this meeting is the Irish money and other EU funds that...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...on behalf of Sinn Féin which sought to bind future Governments to reject the EU-Mercosur deal on free trade. We know the implications of that deal. It would see the Amazon rainforest depleted and destroyed for the sake of selling German cars to South America. The Government must respect that motion and I call on the Green Party Deputies here to ensure the intention express in that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Food Industry (29 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...and Employment. That is essential. I also urge that the Department of Social Protection provide a liaison because there are 90 households without an income today and this week. Everything is destroyed, including offices. Those people will need every assistance in the short term and hopefully the company can get back up and running again. Glenisk is exactly the kind of company that...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...will have seen the slaughter that took place. Nine primary healthcare centres, six hospitals, a Covid lab, ministry of health buildings, a university, a library and the offices of the media were all destroyed by bombs dropped from Israeli warplanes, which is in breach of the Geneva Convention. A long-term solution is now required to bring justice and freedom to the Palestinian people....

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: ...to decide its future. An all-Ireland economy has the potential to be stronger than any negatives we could face from Brexit and we need to move in that direction. The attempts by Boris Johnson to destroy the Irish protocol must be stopped. I welcome the election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. As the Minister knows, that strengthens our hand in negotiations and we should use that to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: ...area, where previously there was a town council. Granted, the town council did not have enough power and there were other problems. One could say that the abolition of the rates system in 1977 destroyed local government, but we are where we are. A lot of these questions can be answered through the reinstitution of strong local government. When the legislation passed in 2014, a door was...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: ...by accelerating the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest which is currently at its highest rate in a decade, where last year alone there was a 13 per cent increase in Amazon deforestation and just last month 739 square kilometers were destroyed, the equivalent to two football pitches every minute;further notes that:— the far-right President of Brazil has shown a complete disdain...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: ...a beef income but they also have an income from slurry because they are joined together in co-operatives and the slurry is being dried. Rather than having huge tank loads of wet slurry going out and destroying land and land drainage pipes in the middle of winter, and anybody who knows anything about farming will know about that, they simply spread dry fertiliser. They use the anaerobic...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Brian Stanley: ..., John Laing Group plc and others have pulled out so we have the unbelievable position where the one remaining bidder is completely different from the original entity. Two actions from the Government destroyed the national broadband plan and the cost will be borne by the taxpayer and particularly the 542,000 households and businesses still waiting for a service. The first was to rely on...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: First Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Brian Stanley: ...is two years away. What is happening? We have increased them by 7% over the past two years. In terms of our 2020 targets, we are not even at the races. We are falling way short. Not alone are we destroying the environment and adding to global warming, but we will face substantial fines in two short years. We are one of the most dependent countries in the European Union on fossil fuel...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Brian Stanley: ...We need to move away from the throwaway culture in our society and towards a more environmentally economical system. We need to face the problems that exist in parts of our countryside which have been destroyed by illegal dumping and litter. It is left to tidy towns committees, local community groups and ad hocgroups of people in the countryside to come together to pick up the waste that...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: ...moves on. The existing gap is not in anyone's interest, be they angling clubs, tourism interests or environmentalists. It is not in anyone's interest to allow a situation to continue where people destroy fish stocks and cause harm to the rivers that affects local bailiffs and local fishing clubs. This matter has caused problems throughout the country. We must push on with legislation...

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Apr 2017)

Brian Stanley: ...in the Department. That was very helpful. A good deal of damage is done by illegal fishing. This includes wilful damage, flouting the law and flouting regulations. It causes many problems by destroying fish stock in inland waterways and canals. In my constituency, we want to try to ensure that the waterways of the Barrow and the Nore and their tributaries, such as the River Erkina...

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Brian Stanley: ...the powers it needs to do its job effectively. As we have seen in the past, it was not an absence of power but a refusal of the CER to exercise its powers that allowed market forces to run rampant and destroy the lives of many people. I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, on his appointment. This is my first opportunity to address him formally in the House in his role...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: ...the new meters one just does a half turn and the water goes on full force. The contractor turned the water back on, blew the middle out of the filter in the water softener in the utility room and destroyed the utilities in the room and the entire house. I tried to get a resolution for that widow but failed because it has bounced back and forth between the contractor and Irish Water and...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: ...in the countryside. They are not always people who are on the breadline. Some people who are on the breadline are more conscientious about these things. Unfortunately there are people who are unscrupulous and they are destroying the countryside. We need to deal with it in environmental legislation. What is there at the moment is not up to the mark. The Government will have to take...

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

Brian Stanley: ...a reduction? The water coming in is not of a quality which should be going into a house with regard to electrical appliances. It costs hundreds of euro to deal with electric kettles, showers and washing machines and other appliances which are being destroyed. With regard to projected increases, a €240 average is envisaged for the first two years. On the first day of a sale one...