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Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome our guests in the Gallery. I know that some of them have spoken out publicly about this. Sometimes, that is not very easy to do. I welcome the fact that they are here. Hopefully, with their support and that of others we can get legislation in place. I hope it is this Bill. I hope we do not have to wait for 12 months or two years or any longer, because this is overdue. I thank...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that it has been reported that the Air Corps is to end 24-hour operations and reduce its service to an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., five-day week from June 2025, as a crisis in air traffic control has reached a critical point; and if he will ensure that this will not be the case and that operations will be remaining in place 24-7 yearly....

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses - Dr. Devine, Professor Maguire and Professor Murphy - for their presentations and the papers they submitted, which we received and read. I want to focus on the speech given yesterday by the Minister of State for European affairs and defence, Deputy Thomas Byrne. He was speaking at an event hosted by the Institute of International and European Affairs. At the...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Can Dr. Devine see this being challenged in court?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Is that in the Supreme Court or High Court? Is it similar to the Crotty case in 1987? Can Dr. Devine see it being challenged?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: As an internationalist, I am certainly not Eurosceptic. I have had to listen to many comments down the years. I have been accused of being isolationist. What is happening in Gaza or any other part of the world is of much concern to me as what is happening in Portlaoise, Kerry or anywhere else. I see a significant need to improve our defence capabilities. There is a sense that because we...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: It was about the episodes in 1956 and 1964 when the UN General Assembly gave the mandate. What was this about? Did it come into effect? The General Assembly gave the mandate. What was the mandate for and was it put into operation?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: I understand that. In our job, in seeking to amend the legislation, if there is a limit, I can see a logical argument as to why 12 is too restrictive, as somebody who passionately supports military neutrality.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: What about narcotics?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Does the professor see a reasonable argument for increasing it to 50 or 100 to deal with the issue of narcotics operations?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Will Dr. Devine comment on 1956 and 1964? What was that about?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Was that mandate put into operation?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Was it used?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: What about 1964? There are a lot of songs about that year.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: The issue I raise is what the number should be. I am in favour of retaining the triple lock. I am in favour of multilateralism and the UN mandate. Professor Murphy set out that under existing law, we can deploy more than 12 in certain circumstances, in rescue missions but not in the case of narcotics. I can see an argument, as somebody in favour of neutrality, for increasing that number...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: That is my point. That is the very reason I put it to the witnesses, because I think that.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: Will the Professor please come back to us?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Jun 2025)

Brian Stanley: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for construction to begin on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31317/25]