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- 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?
- Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I will comment in due course on the Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025. The Bill is obviously being brought forward to raise more money. I wish to raise a couple of points to provide context. The abolition of rates by Fianna Fáil in 1977 completely removed a sustainable source of funding for local government. While the election that year was...
- Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: This a very important, timely motion. As a group of TDs on the left, we were party to it. The situation is a housing emergency; everybody accepts that now, with 15,500 plus in homeless accommodation and huge waiting lists for social housing. County Laois, which has a fairly good record for social housing, still has a housing waiting list of 1,600 households. Low Government targets and...
- Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the eight proposals in the motion put forward by Deputy O'Gorman. They are very welcome and timely. The very important ones are to further reduce fares and to further accelerate the Connecting Ireland rural bus programme. The all-island rail strategy was mentioned. It is important, as we move towards the reunification of the national territory, that this is stepped up as a...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: The slaughter in Gaza continues this week. We still see innocent men, women and children mowed down by tank fire and massive aerial bombardments while they queue for food, but also in camps where people are trying to shelter, who have been displaced for the one hundredth time in the past two years. There is a moral and political responsibility on us to do all we can to put pressure on the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: The decision is with the Dáil.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: He said we could provide a legal basis to do so. He said that he agreed to look closely at it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: In his view, the Central Bank does approve the prospectus for the sale of bonds.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Brian Stanley: We must do the right thing.