Results 101-120 of 20,010 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: I wish to raise the issue of the relief road for Mountmellick, which is long-promised. It has been promised for years. Traffic volumes have increased. More than 8,500 vehicles go through the centre of the town every day. A lot of that traffic is HGVs going from the west of Ireland and the midlands to the port of Rosslare. A feasibility study has been carried out at a cost of more than...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the IDA regarding the serious lack of IDA-backed jobs in Laois. [6512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will raise with the IDA the absence of any progress on businesses locating to the vacant 50-acre, IDA-owned site in Portlaoise, County Laois. [6513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will immediately engage with the board and senior management of Bord na Móna to halt its sale to a private company. [6510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to enhance the role and capacity of Bord na Móna to play a leading role in the provision of renewable energy and recycling and re-use of waste. [6511/25]

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: Comhghairdeas to the Minister and Minister of State on their appointments. They have a big job ahead of them and I wish them well in it. The right of every child to access an education system is a fundamental one and the children in Laois and those attending St. Francis School in Portlaoise are no different from those anywhere else in the country. The school has 119 children with complex...

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: New speed limits were introduced on 7 February. We all hope this will be a significant step in the right direction, particularly in introducing improvements in road safety and, most important, reducing road fatalities and serious injuries, most of which can be life-changing. All one has to do is take a look at the number of people being sent to the National Rehabilitation Centre in Dún...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: The proposed sale of Bord na Móna's recycling and waste management businesses, including the facility at Kyletalesha, Portlaoise, to a private company must be halted. If it goes ahead, it will mean the transfer of a large recycling and waste recovery business, which will go from public ownership into the hands of a private investor. That will create a whole new situation for the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: In County Laois, too.

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: I welcome this very important motion from the Labour Party. What we have had is the Government hoodwinking and misleading the people during the election campaign on a number of issues but spectacularly on housing. People were told that 40,000 homes would be delivered in 2024 when in fact the number was going to be 30,000. The facts were there to prove that. We have to increase supply. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 584. To ask the Minister for Health to provide confirmation of required documentation for an S1 application (details supplied). [4010/25]

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: I will focus on health in the short time I have. I read the programme for Government document with interest. As the area of health is obviously extremely important, I want to focus on that. The programme for Government references a universal healthcare mission but from reading the pages attached to that, it is anything but universal healthcare. It cannot be delivered based on what is on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: The programme for Government commits to a review of the school transport scheme. The biggest obstacle within that scheme at the moment is the ban on drivers over 70. We have the ludicrous situation where such drivers cannot drive a minibus bringing ten pupils to school under the school transport scheme but later in the day they can drive a 72-seater bus full of children to the local...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline what steps that have been taken by Government to have the vacant post in CDNT filled; the steps that have been taken to improve staffing levels in the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3838/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (6 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 215. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff in the Child Disability Networks Teams in County Laois; the percentage of posts filled in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology and other disciplines, in tabular form. [3839/25]

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: The occupied territories Bill must be passed as a matter of urgency. We need to stop the fooling around about it. The terrorist State of Israel has carried out a campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people. There are almost 50,000 dead in Gaza alone, an estimated 10,000 buried beneath the rubble, hundreds of thousands of people injured and lives ruined. Most of Gaza lies in ruins,...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: The effects of the storm in County Laois were severe, with hundreds of roads blocked and trees down. I acknowledge the work of the ESB staff, the outdoor staff of Laois County Council, the volunteers in Laois Civil Defence and all the others who played a role in dealing with the emergency situation. Lessons must be learned. The grid needs to be upgraded but some parties in this House are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (5 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department and the Government will facilitate the passage of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 that crucially incorporates a ban, not just on imports of goods from these areas, but also bans the import of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Projects (5 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make sure that funding is finally provided for the construction of the long-awaited relief road (N80) for Mountmellick town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (5 Feb 2025)

Brian Stanley: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if those over 70 years of age with satisfactory medical reports will be allowed to drive school busses given that currently this is not possible and is resulting in bus operators having problems with the recruitment of drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/25]