Results 21-40 of 20,657 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: It is helpful to have a figure. My next question is for the Department officials and it concerns the former County Hotel in Portlaoise. Ms Lawler will recall this one. It was a derelict site for 30 years. Laois County Council then compulsorily purchased it, I think, and an AHB was going to develop it by putting 11 apartments into the existing building, which I always thought was daft...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: But the cost per unit of these would have been astronomical. I can tell Mr. O'Reilly it will be cheaper to level. The masonry can be used for road-building.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Longford County Council has dealt with a lot of dereliction, so the officials might give an answer on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Has Longford County Council had any sites where it levelled a building and put in a new street?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: You get a better quality house if you build new.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 329. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget allocation and full contract cost for construction works and refurbishment of Portlaoise Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the other capital works on Garda Stations in Laois which will be funded in 2026, aside from Portlaoise Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department, and the Prison Service, will consider extending the mandatory retirement age for prison officers beyond the current 62 years. [56612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 745. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacant post for assistant director of nursing in Kildare-West Wicklow Mental Health Services will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 746. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of director and assistant director of nursing positions within the HSE that have been filled since 1 January 2025 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 747. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of director and assistant director of nursing positions within the HSE that remain vacant to date; to provide a timeline for when these positions will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: 807. To ask the Minister for Health if she will initiate formal consultation on extending independent prescribing rights to physiotherapists with the appropriate postgraduate training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56890/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to prioritise new wind farm guidelines. Wind is important and it is important we are able to utilise it as part of the solution to moving to cleaner energy. Last week I got a reply to a parliamentary question on it. The reply from the Minister stated that the 2006 guidelines remain in force and that the Department of Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: -----no proper set-back distances from homes and no protection from shadow flicker and noise. Residents feel powerless and very frustrated by this-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: -----and it is disgraceful. I will conclude on this. Every one of the past four Governments promised to do this. Who is putting the brakes on it? I have a Bill before the House, if the Tánaiste wants to support that-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: -----or if he wants to bring in his own guidelines, that is fine. When will we finally have up-to-date wind guidelines that are fit for purpose with these huge, almost 600 ft. turbines?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: It would be great if it was before Christmas.

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the witnesses. I want to concentrate on the Civil Defence. I acknowledge the upgrade of the equipment. I can see in County Laois where it has gone from a very poor situation to a very good one. I do not know if Ms Carty has seen the new accommodation. I acknowledge the work of the county council in helping to put that in place and the Civil Defence...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: Ms Carty is saying the Department is buying centrally rather than each unit buying this equipment.

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Brian Stanley: That is fine. I completely get that.