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Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is wishful thinking.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Government has spent €500 million.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Diagnoses (26 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have severe epilepsy designated as a disability for the purposes of the social protection system. [12391/15]

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: The desert is here.

Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: As Deputy Ellis is not present I will have five minutes. I want to be clear about our position on water. The first thing we need to do is to secure water services in public ownership. I brought a Bill before the Dáil recently to ensure that the control of water services into the future be kept in the hands of the Irish people, not whoever may be elected to this House, because the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: Where are the minutes of the meeting?

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: Sinn Féin welcomes the proposal to lower the age at which people can stand for the Presidency. It is a welcome move. However, the Government has missed an opportunity. It has missed a chance to extend democratic rights. The Government has reneged on its commitment to hold a referendum on extending the right to vote to 16 and 17 year olds by the end of 2015. It is said that people...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 97. To ask the Minister for Defence if genetic tests for the gene G6PD (Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency) were carried out on all Irish soldiers who returned from duty in Africa; and if so, if permission was given for the tests by those tested. [12300/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (25 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment scheme will be introduced in County Laois. [12301/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (24 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 690. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation compelling the Health Service Executive to have open disclosure when something goes wrong with patient care [11900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (24 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 863. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced. [11137/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 914. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a development (details supplied) in County Westmeath received more than €13,400 in Leader funding between 2008 and 2013; the reason an official has failed to reply to numerous registered letters from a public representative regarding same; the reason an unauthorised development could receive Leader...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (24 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works on the Sallins bypass-Osberstown interchange will commence; and the programme of works. [11157/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (11 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: Has recruitment started?

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (11 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: I will address with the Minister of State the important issue of hospice services in the four midlands counties - Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath. Hospice services are struggling in those four counties. We have excellent local hospice committees and local hospice groups. The problem is that those groups are carrying a significant proportion of the burden of trying to provide...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (11 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State addressed some of the issues I raised in my opening remarks. I was aware that there were plans for a second consultant post. The Minister of State confirmed that there is funding for it. When is that likely to happen? Is the recruitment under way or when will it begin? When can we expect to see that second consultant? While the consultant is to be based in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: I apologise for being late, as I had other business to attend to. My concern centres on Laois and south Kildare. Laois and south Kildare have been abandoned by Bus Éireann. The old N8 route through Abbeyleix, Durrow, Cullahill and south of Abbeyleix is now not served, and that applies all the way down into County Kilkenny. The old N7 route of Mountrath, Castletown and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: Will Ms Graham clarify what she said with regard to the free travel scheme and the fact that where new services are established, people will not be able to use their passes? What is the position regarding replacement services in circumstances where Bus Éireann provides a subsidised service? I accept that the company is constrained in the context of resources - Ms Graham and I have...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (11 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: 141. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts spent on emergency accommodation, by each local authority, for each of the past five years. [10673/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Mar 2015)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Martin is not a judge.