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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Brian Stanley: It has a great deal to do with ceiling height. The ceiling in a prison cell is much lower than in a house. That was done to psychologically damage the prisoners but they failed in that. I have raised another important issue with the Minister of State and the previous Minister, Mr. Hogan, and I would like the senior officials who are present to come back to me on this. There is an issue...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Brian Stanley: Plaster slabs can still be used.

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Brian Stanley: The amendments are mainly technical in nature relating to updating the system. We had the referendum on Seanad abolition and this Bill concerns the Seanad. It is a pity that we do not have more substantial reform. It was not done within the lifetime of the Government. Sinn Féin wanted substantial reform. In particular we wanted universal franchise, increases in the number of women...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Brian Stanley: ----- have served in the Seanad and they made a valuable contribution. We should open that up. Hopefully, in the term of the next Government we can turn it into a more democratic second Chamber that reflects republicanism in a deeper sense. It is outdated as it is. While the public marginally wanted to keep it, they made it very clear during canvassing for that referendum that they wanted...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Brian Stanley: I support the amendment. It is important that people comply with the Standards in Public Office Commission's rules for declarations of expenditure at election time. While the system is not perfect, it has brought a level of openness to it. It has also introduced a regulatory system for what election candidates can spend and what they have to declare. There are questions about the timeline...

Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: We have been at them.

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. Here we are, after seven storms and at the start of the new year, discussing this issue. What happened is unfortunate. The rainfall and storms we have experienced are not the Government's fault. There has been a good response in some areas but there have been problems. Many of these problems arose in 2009 also and, to a lesser extent, in...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: However, we should be making a case at Government level and to the European Commission to alter the threshold for emergency aid, if necessary, in order for the flooding to be deemed a natural disaster and an emergency. We are in a strong position to argue for EU funding. It would have been good had the House been sitting last week because we would have had a better opportunity to address...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Operators (13 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: 940. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid in annual subsidies and other payments to the company responsible for the new N7 motorway in County Laois in each of the past five years. [1340/16]

Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: I wish to ask the Tánaiste about the long-promised wind energy guidelines. They were promised over two years ago. Permission continues to be granted for wind farms with giant turbines. There is serious concern in Laois, south Kildare and Offaly about such turbines. According to one of the Tánaiste's colleagues, the Ministers who are responsible for this area, Deputies Kelly and...

Order of Business (14 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: This is the same answer I was given one and a half years ago.

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I heard Deputy Buttimer state that we spend just over €13 billion on health per year. That is wrong. That figure refers to the amount spent on health from the tax take. The Deputy did not include the money that is paid in private health insurance and out-of-pocket expenses to pharmacists, consultants and a range of other services....

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: The Minister needs to publish the report. It has been sent off to some official. The report on Abbeyleix and Shaen was sent to an official three years ago. It was to be announced after August 2012 and reported on within a couple of months. I have tried to get an answer on this from the previous Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, and the current Minister but we have not been able to get...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (20 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: 41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection how many persons are in receipt of the family income supplement. [2410/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (20 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: 123. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the Abbeyleix hospital and the Shaen hospital, completed in August 2012, will be published. [2407/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (20 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: 125. To ask the Minister for Health if the report on the accident and emergency unit in the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise in County Laois has been completed, and when it will be made available. [2409/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (26 Jan 2016)

Brian Stanley: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Electricity Supply Board has continued to deduct the pension levy from members of the Electricity Supply Board pension scheme after 1 January 2016, if this is legally correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2916/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (14 Apr 2016)

Brian Stanley: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors. [6381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Data (14 Apr 2016)

Brian Stanley: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid out in water conservation grants in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6505/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (14 Apr 2016)

Brian Stanley: 377. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of psychologist in the Spraoi Centre in Portlaoise in County Laois which has been vacant since 4 March 2016 will be filled. [6356/16]