Results 241-260 of 20,326 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion and commend the campaign team and Cara and Mark Darmody. They should not have to be here. This should have been sorted because people have been raising it for over two decades. The waiting times are scandalous. Under the Disability Act 2005, the waiting time is supposed to be a maximum of six months, so the law is clearly being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: Money.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, but we also need GPs. Mike O'Callaghan of the Irish College of General Practitioners said that we clearly have a deficit in our GP numbers and he listed out a number of counties, including Laois. The last time I checked, we were way below what is required. Primary care centres and health centres in other countries include a whole range of services -...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: Will his Government commit to the capital funding needed to construct a new primary care centre in Portlaoise? The site and the design are there. Will the Government provide the funding for new health centres for Mountrath and Rathdowney and upgrades in Borris-in-Ossory and Graiguecullen? Will the Government increase the number of GPs per county? There is a commitment in the programme for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: I, too, welcome Cara and Mark to the Public Gallery today. I will be speaking about the issue that concerns them later in the day. It is a scandal that Cara has to be here again to protest on the issue. The issue I want to raise with the Taoiseach is the absence of primary care. It is over eight years since the Sláintecare plan was agreed for a public health system by all parties...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: Will the Government start resourcing primary care in County Laois and other counties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: To clarify, I am not a member of People Before Profit; I am an Independent. I know the rota-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: In Deputy Richard Boyd-Barrett's absence-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: That is okay. I welcome Ms Leech and Mr. Taaffe and thank them for their opening statement. Obviously, delivery is key. I have some questions on this. The witnesses set out that we need a 50% increase in annual output, just to meet the Government targets. Some of us would argue that the Government targets need to go further, but we will not dwell on that for now. I wish to talk to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: And new members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: If you gave me three quarters of what Fianna Fáil got, I would be happy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: The house plan is exactly the same, outside and inside.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: Terrific. That is all I want to know. That is good news.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: What percentage of the overall cost is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: I know.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 116. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the advancement of work to prepare the nitrates plan for submission to Brussels by the required date in June 2025; if measures to protect the sustainability of Ireland's agricultural industry will be a priority in it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25499/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that staffing levels in the Naas District Veterinary Office are examined given the urgency of addressing the high incidence of bovine TB in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25498/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Agreements (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify the Government's current position on the proposed Mercosur deal; whether he is maintaining the position, as per the commitments given prior to the general election, to oppose the deal that's on the table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the feasibility study to allow for over 70s drivers to drive school buses, be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25875/25]