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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Should it be left to Google to decide what is harmful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: What, then, is the answer from Google to my question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Is Google happy that the proposed digital safety commissioner would decide what is harmful and what is not and what is acceptable and what is not? Is Google happy to go along with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Is Google happy for that decision to be made by the proposed digital safety commissioner?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of parking facilities at Portlaoise and Ballybrophy train stations, County Laois, and the need for upgrade and extension to encourage the policy of greater use of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45481/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that was drawn down in respect of community-based CCTV systems in cases in which there is funding from 2017 and 2018. [44964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has issued on the impasse of the data controller for rural community CCTV systems. [44965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism to reimburse a person (details supplied) for private treatment who was referred to Tullamore accident and emergency department with severe pain and subsequently had to seek private treatment due to ongoing pain and the long wait for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45333/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (6 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 870. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for delays in a Bus Éireann service (details supplied) which services County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44611/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: The key issue is that we do not want the midlands to become the rust belt of Ireland. Last week, when I met Bord na Móna’s chief executive officer, Mr. Tom Donnellan, and some of his staff, he outlined how the company has plans for waste to energy, horticulture and aquaculture. Bord na Móna has a site on the ring road in Tullamore. There is the Cúil na Móna site...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to address the Minister on this matter as it is a very important issue in Laois and Offaly. As a former employee of Bord na Móna, as were most of my family, I am very concerned about it. The effects of job losses and the closing of the bogs in the midlands is going to be devastating. I was in Edenderry last night, and people there are very concerned. People...

Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I propose the adjournment.

Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the fact that the Bill has come before the Dáil today. We support the principle of it. As Sinn Féin has made clear many times, we support the full abolition of the mandatory retirement age as we believe that the manner and duration of a person's labour should be decided by that person and that person alone, and not be based upon a decision of an employer. If a worker...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the Minister. It is his first attendance at this committee as Minister, and I wish him well. I also thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire, who has brought this Bill forward. The Minister discussed the interdepartmental group, and while it has a role, this has become a really big issue. I was here for all of the hearings with Facebook and other platforms. I welcome the Minister's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: Could I say-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I want to clarify briefly what I meant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Digital Safety Commissioner Bill 2017: Discussion (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: I do not wish to demean or diminish the cross-departmental work that is taking place. There is a role for this work. I do not question the Taoiseach's ability to hold people to account for interdepartmental and intra-departmental responsibility. Realistically, however, given everything else a head of Government has to deal with, the Taoiseach will not deal with the minutiae of this issue....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security Data (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: 307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of cyber attacks recorded here in 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these attacks that were successfully prevented; the number of these attacks believed or known to have been committed by cyber criminals; and the number of these attacks committed by State actors. [44266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security (25 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: 308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated to the National Cyber Security Centre as part of his Department's budget per annum since the publication of the cybersecurity strategy in 2015. [44267/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Brian Stanley: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital funding being provided for works in Mountmellick on flood relief. [43885/18]