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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Developments at Hinkley Point C Power Plant: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: What specifically resulted from the EPA's reports on radioactivity in those parts of the Irish Sea close to Sellafield? Dr. Lehane referred to the commission and said the results showed that the population of another state was not likely to be harmed by exposure. What is the effect under normal operating conditions? An accident may not happen under normal operating conditions but under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Developments at Hinkley Point C Power Plant: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: Which central government?

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: My question relates to promised legislation. The Dáil ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 7 March last. It is an important element of any international agreement that those who do not receive proper treatment by the State under the agreement have a system of recourse at international level. The Government has failed to ratify the optional protocol...

Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: What is the timeframe for that?

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion here tonight. It is an important motion. We have to fix our sick health system. Despite the best efforts of many staff right across the health services, parts of the system are totally dysfunctional and in need of radical reform. They suffer from political neglect and little direction over the years. We now need to build a national...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (10 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided toward homelessness in 2017; the amount allocated to County Laois and the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/18]

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the motion tabled by the Rural Independent Group. We all know that the health service is in need of radical reform. The HSE is more or less dysfunctional as it is organised. There are long waiting lists; there is a two-tier system and there has been a range of scandals, the most recent being the cervical screening scandal. The HSE's response has been nothing short of outrageous....

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: To take it that there will be no environmental implications from the development of the five nuclear plants is a big leap of faith. There is waste from these plants. They will be close to the seafront. There is huge potential for damage to the Irish Sea. The Minister quoted the principal Act. We have looked at the principal Act and believe the amendment should stand. I had tabled...

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: It is in east Galway, which is the same constituency.

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Minister to extend that scheme in fairness to other parts of the country. There are high-risk areas in north County Offaly, Laois and many other counties. I ask the Minister for a sample of the homes in those areas to be taken in order to inform the situation. He and I know that anything built before 2005 was built without a radon barrier. As a result, the people in such homes...

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:"(iv) in paragraph (k), by the insertion of "including safety implications arising from neighbouring states nuclear programmes" after "fit",". We are seeking to amend the principal Act. We need to have in place a reporting mechanism on the safety implications of neighbouring states' nuclear programmes,...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I the need to move on the project for a new building to replace the Kolbe Special School at Block Road, Portlaoise. The school badly needs new accommodation. Good progress has been made in accommodation in the county with many mainstream schools having been built in the last six or seven years. However, the Kolbe centre urgently needs the same. There are 39 pupils with severe and complex...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. I can assure him that Laois County Council is very active with school applications and does everything to move them quickly, so I do not foresee problems in the planning process. I welcome that the Department has completed the acquisition of the site. That is very good news as it is often the problem in other areas. However, the reply is disappointing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak to Mr. Conway and Mr. O'Donoghue about the price monitoring group. We have been waiting for nearly a year to look at what is happening in the waste collection market. I have read the report in detail and it is clear there is very little transparency in household waste collection and there is almost no regulation of it. It looks to me like a bit of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There is a housing estate in Portlaoise which does not have it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There is a population of 23,000, according to the most recent census.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: I have a query about the bill being detailed for the householder to some extent, presumably in terms of the volume. Can there be a detailed breakdown to let citizens and householders - I cannot use the word "consumer" - see exactly what their dry recyclables, the composting part and the non-recyclables are costing? It would be a good thing in terms of incentivising people to try to move...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: There are many examples to be seen in northern Europe.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans will be approved for additional housing in County Laois incorporating social housing, affordable housing and private housing in the event of the county council bringing proposals forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department approves new affordable housing schemes in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19637/18]