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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Tánaiste. I welcome that support for the International Criminal Court. It is important. The international order is under attack, without a doubt. The Tánaiste's reply has caused me more concern due to the feedback he got last week. It is important Ireland and other countries continue to support the International Criminal Court and not allow the United Nations to be...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome our guests. It is useful for us, as lay people, to get their perspective on the Bill. However, the committee has several members who were formerly military people, including Deputy Callaghan and Senator Craughwell. I read the witnesses’ opening statements very carefully and noted some of the issues raised. It is very disappointing that there has been not only a lack of...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I understand that one is moved or shoved out of the picture. When somebody is put on gardening leave, for example, is it for years?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: One or two years.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I am happy enough with that answer. I realise the witnesses are anxious to answer, for which I thank them, but there are a couple of other areas in the Bill I want to refer to. We have thrashed out at length the idea of deployment as part of a regional force with witnesses both for and against it. It is clear it is provided for within the proposed Bill. Where 100 or 200 Irish troops are...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I understand that, but from Mr. King’s experience and knowledge-----

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: The senior Irish officer could refuse if he or she felt that what was being asked for was outside international law.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: Could I have a yes-no answer to one more question? Has the restriction whereby only 12 members of the Defence Forces may be deployed overseas without the approval of the Dáil inhibited or stopped a rescue mission or similar type of mission? I do not have any great problem with the proposal to increase the number to 50 or fewer. What is the number required? A platoon is 32 or 33.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a timeline for the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (10 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the further areas of north-south cooperation being raised by the Minister and his Department in discussions with the British Government and also at north-south Ministerial meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37867/25]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. By and large, the Bill is necessary. Some would say there is a magic wand for solving the housing crisis. I certainly believe that a whole lot of magic wands are needed. There are a number of components that are needed, and this is certainly one of them. In general, I welcome the Bill. Some of the proposed amendments might set things...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I also welcome the visitors in the Gallery. The HSE has stated that the assessments of need for 15,292 children are overdue, meaning they have gone past the legal timeframe of six months. Legally this should be completed within a six-month period. A total of 13,002 have been waiting for more than nine months and 418 of these are in counties Laois and Offaly. This is totally unacceptable....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: While I know there has to be procedures, I want the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health to put some urgency on this and get the HSE to shorten the procedure period to get these private clinicians in place to provide the services. Nine months is too long.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the single-stage approval. The lobbyists have been calling for that here for years. I welcome the measure to identify urban development zones. That is the easy bit. I turn to apartments for a second. Has the Minister ever lived in an apartment that was 32 sq. m? I have not. I lived in a two-bedroom house that was 56 sq. m, which had a small back garden, a very small back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Brian Stanley: We need standardised plans rather than just designs. Mr. Graham Doyle keeps repeating that to me. We need standardised plans that we can copy and paste. Give the architect royalties for using their plan each time.