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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I hear what Mr. Carroll is saying about where we want to get to and how the national mitigation plan identifies the problem. The point I am trying to raise is that we are not even going to go a quarter of the distance we need to go in reducing greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2020. According to the EPA, and the Department agreed with the appraisal today, at best we will reach 4% to...

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: -----and dumping large amounts of rubbish. To catch those people we need the active involvement of citizens. Drones are being used. They are becoming cheaper. We should encourage more use of drones. We have to stop this dumping. What I see on roadways and in hedgerows around the countryside is an absolute disgrace.

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the issue of plastics. I wish we were speaking about it with a better record in terms of reducing litter, reducing illegal dumping and reducing the volume of plastic we are producing. I commend the Sick of Plastic day initiative that will take place this Saturday. The fact that this is happening and that people will be encouraged on Saturday to hand...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I want to hear the Minister confirm it. He holds the purse strings.

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: It is very important.

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is confirming it.

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 10. To ask the Minister for Health when the consultation process on the Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise involving local clinicians and the community will begin; and the expected timeframe for completion [16238/18]

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: When will the consultation process for Portlaoise hospital begin? At our meeting in December the Minister told the other two Laois Deputies and me that he would begin this process early in the new year and that he would discuss the matter with clinicians and representatives from the local community.

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the fact the pause button has been pressed and that we have moved away from the Dr. Susan O'Reilly plan. Consultations, however, can go on and on. I agree with the Minister that the consultation process needs to be extensive and meaningful, but it was announced five months ago. In answer to a parliamentary question that I asked in January the...

Other Questions: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I am hearing the right vibes from the Minister but now we want to see the action to back it up. On his previous visits to Portlaoise hospital the Minister heard loud and clear from the clinicians and GPs that we need a plan for the future. I acknowledge that the Minister came down to meet these people. Certainty is needed for recruitment. Will the Minister confirm the announcement made by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (19 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the groups and organisations he will meet on the consultation on Portlaoise General Hospital; and if he will meet a group (details supplied). [16239/18]

Statement by Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (18 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: No.

Statement by Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (18 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: That is very disingenuous.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. We have a national crisis that was flagged way back. We had a very bad autumn which resulted in a very bad harvest and the signs were there that the situation would be difficult unless there was an early spring, which did not come and still has not come. The west and the north west were mentioned but today, 17 April, cattle are still in...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It is welcome that the project group has been established because we were told at the meeting I attended earlier this year that it would happen in quarter 1. This was reiterated in replies to parliamentary questions I had tabled. It is also welcome that the first meeting of the group will be held on 4 May. Which interests are represented on it?...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to address this matter directly with the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath. The paralysis in Abbeyleix hospital is very serious. In 2011 there was a plan to close the hospital. A court case involving two of its elderly residents and a mass campaign locally were instrumental in stopping the closure, or putting the brakes on it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Influence of Social Media on Elections and Referenda: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the witnesses. Will the new data protection regulations protect us from what happened with Cambridge Analytica? What about the legalities in terms of domestic law and European law? Will those regulations be enough to protect people, given the transnational nature of what is described as the platforms? In her presentation, Ms Dixon stated there is no certainty with how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Influence of Social Media on Elections and Referenda: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: My last question was not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Influence of Social Media on Elections and Referenda: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Brian Stanley: The last question I asked was in relation to the example of INM. Are there other workplaces from where the commissioner has had complaints? Are there examples of data being collected or harvested by companies, or people within other companies, about workers?