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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Health Services Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue and that the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is in the Chamber to take this debate.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Health Services Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: We met representatives of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, ABI Ireland, last week when they gave a presentation to Oireachtas Members and staff. The excellent presentation outlined the scale of what we are dealing with in Ireland and what is needed to provide a proper response. ABI Ireland estimates that 19,000 people acquire a brain injury each year. These injuries can be caused by strokes,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Health Services Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I note his point in respect of co-operation and partnership between the HSE and ABI Ireland. I do not dispute that. The case being made by ABI Ireland is that its funding is stretched. Its budget is approximately €13 million and HSE funding for ongoing operational costs this year will amount to €12 million. ABI Ireland is a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: 17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if counties Laois and Offaly will receive a fair share of funding in the next round of rural regeneration and development funding. [43660/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Climate Change Policy (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has been briefed on the recommendations in the cross-party report on climate change specifically relating to a just transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43657/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: 37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on LEADER and its underspend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43661/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Service Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: 42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural communities, including the role of his Department in the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43658/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (24 Oct 2019)

Brian Stanley: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the special weight allowance for waste collection services will be put in place for those households that have a person with incontinence. [44041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allowing qualified school teachers that have worked abroad to buy teacher pensions credits for their time spent abroad (details supplied). [45280/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 499. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be put on a priority list for adequate home help hours. [44502/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 944. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the intentions behind and intended implications of the European Council Directive 2017/159/EU concerning the implementation of the Work in Fishing Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45045/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 945. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the range of proposed changes to be made to the existing legal and regulatory framework and requirements imposed on the fishing industry (details supplied) under the implementation of the European Council Directive 2017/159/EU by his Department. [45046/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: 946. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes to be made in the area of protection for workers in relation to EU Council Directive 2017/159/EU (details supplied). [45047/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome Ms Tacon and Ms Williams and thank them for their presentation. Ms Tacon's main role is to protect the end customer or shopper and she spoke about a proposal to extend her role. We are just coming out of a situation where beef farmers were looking for protection. It is an ongoing problem in other European countries as well, where farmers feel the price they get for their produce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: If I am hearing Ms Tacon correctly she is saying that she would not try to do this through one office. She advises keeping two separate operations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: I would like to ask Ms Tacon's opinion on issues that keep coming up in discussions of beef prices, the share the primary producer gets and the markup charged by supermarkets and big retailers. I read Ms Tacon's opening statement before I came down. It refers to 13 regulated retailers. I have introduced a Bill to provide for price indexing in order to get some transparency in that area....

Early Exit from Peat for Electricity Generation: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Being from the midlands, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. We all accept that the move away from brown energy to green energy is happening, but it must happen in a way in which workers and communities are not left behind but are respected and have a future. There must be a just transition. When the committee was putting together the report for the Government, this is one of the...

Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: Sinn Féin fully supports the Bill. We supported the "Yes" vote in the referendum on this issue last October. The inclusion of blasphemy in the Constitution has become outdated. It was an undue restriction on freedom of speech. It is outdated that blasphemy be an offence which is punishable by law. Freedom of speech is a central tenet of republicanism and is valued by all. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome Free Market, Cappoquin Community Development, the Castleblayney Regeneration Committee and Clarecastle Community Development. It has been interesting to hear their insights. I have a couple of questions. A lot has already been said about these issues. A couple of things stand out. The picture our guests paint does not surprise me. They referred to funding from various sources,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Power Plant Closures (12 Nov 2019)

Brian Stanley: The closure of the two power stations is devastating news for the midlands. It comes on the back of redundancies over the past 20 years in Bord na Móna. There has been much talk about a just transition for the midlands. The midlands includes Laois. The former workers of Bord na Móna and the communities they come from have had no just transition. I want the Minister, Deputy...