• Independent TD for Laois
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Brian Stanley speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Services, Health Services, Planning Issues, Departmental Expenditure, Dental Services

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Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (12 Nov 2025)

“This Bill keeps those who are on low pay and those who are compelled to live on social welfare in further poverty for another year. I will first deal with the auto-enrolment system, which leaves out those earning below €20,000. It may be the case that they will not accumulate a huge pension over their working life, but people earning below €20,000 are entitled to have the same...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

“I raise the issue of the Fastway workers. There is a large section in the programme for Government regarding enterprise and employment. The Fastway workers have been caught in an awful mess and treated disgracefully. One of the main depots is in Portarlington. Hundreds of workers and contract drivers are affected. Some workers who are owed wages got no warning whatsoever and cannot apply...”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

“Fastway had tangible assets of €5.2 million at the end of 2024 and €28 million, also at the end of 2024, in intangible assets.”

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• Has spoken in 117 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 259 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 6 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Brian Stanley speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 857 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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