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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: Both the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach have agreed with me on the floor of the Dáil that we need to change this. A review has been carried out by the Department of Transport. That is now complete. The Government is now talking about an independent assessment according to a parliamentary question reply I received this week.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: The Government has the review done.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: That should be enough. We need to fix this and sort it out because we have only 13 weeks left to do it. We have 13 weeks until 25 August.

Committee on Defence and National Security: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: I congratulate Senator Wilson on his election as Vice Chair. I know that with the Senator and Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh, the committee is in good hands. I know that they represent the interests of the members, which is the most important thing, and will make sure the committee plays a full a role in terms of defence and national security. I wish both of them well and look forward to working...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new area of professions for apprenticeships delivery he plans to bring forward for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25529/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to expand the number of apprentice opportunities available to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25528/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the viability report on the provision of two modular classrooms for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26385/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 358. To ask the Minister for Health to review the decision not to grant access to the HSE approved medication for, those who have spinal muscular atrophy who were over 18 years at the point where it became approved by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs providing community care, per population ratio, in County Laois, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26567/25]

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: The level of death and destruction in Gaza demands us not just to talk but to act and to do everything possible. What is happening is genocide and war crimes. Gaza is not just a warzone; it is a horror zone. The State of Israel is a terrorist state. Its Government has stooped to a level of depravity never seen before. It is shameful, and that Government will never be forgiven lightly for...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Brian Stanley: We need to pass the occupied territories Bill, step up efforts at EU level and use our position as a neutral State on the international stage.

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-----