• 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, Dental Services, Departmental Expenditure, Planning Issues

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Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

“After 78 years of occupation, with Palestinians driven off their land, hounded and subjected to exile, murder, torture and apartheid - the list goes on - in the past 24 months, we have seen levels of depravity never witnessed by my generation. There have been aerial bombardments, slaughter on a scale that words cannot describe, starvation and neighbourhoods bombed out of existence and...”

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2025)

“I welcome the proposals set out in this motion. I must say there have been many promises regarding improvements to the insurance industry but these have not happened for the customers. The costs of motor, business and home insurance are up. Insurance costs for community and sports groups are up sky high. Health insurance is out of reach and causing significant problems, especially for...”

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

“I welcome the families of those who are on the flotilla. I express my solidarity and my support for what they are doing. What Israel has got away with over the past 80 years is nearly beyond words. Within the past 23 months, it has illegally bombed Iran, it has bombed Qatar, literally blowing up the negotiating table, it has bombed southern Lebanon, levelling large parts of it, and, of...”

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• Has spoken in 100 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 247 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") 844 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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