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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister of State might give me a response on the bus service.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (24 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to provide funding for domestic abuse services, on the basis of population; and the way this will impact in County Laois. [7692/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (24 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will address the funding crisis affecting domestic abuse services, including the County Laois domestic abuse service. [7691/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (24 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used by the Revenue Commissioners, before calling in the sheriff, to pursue taxes owing. [7704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount spent on agency staff at Portlaoise hospital, County Laois in 2014; and the anticipated spend on agency staff, at this hospital in 2015. [8257/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Secondment (24 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to limit to five years, retrospective to 2010, experienced advisers on secondment to schools to provide continuing professional development to teachers; and the reason for same. [7672/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (19 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply and welcome the fact that for the first time, there will be one consolidated national budget because in the past, there have been difficulties in terms of how the schemes and funding are administered. The committee which oversees Laois Domestic Abuse Services raised more than €12,000 voluntarily last year. I refer to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (19 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to raise this matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, around funding for domestic violence services. I know most of the services across the country are under pressure. Demand is increasing, whether that is because people are more willing to come forward or because the incidence of domestic violence is increasing. I hope it is not the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: That is because the Minister is wearing blinkers. He should take his blinkers off.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 looks like it is doing a certain amount of tidying up. It is tidying up some loose ends and endeavouring to comply with EU directives. That seems to be the main purpose of the Bill. No doubt the legislation is necessary to address certain anomalies in current laws and address the matters outlined. However, there are other more important...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: He will be busy.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: What about child care?

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Ours is a 32 county party in two states.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: Given the length of time left, I ask that we leave the debate until the afternoon, after the Order of Business. It would be better than starting and stopping.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I express my admiration for Roseann and Chris Brennan, their family and supporters whom I met for the first time today. I was very impressed by their determination when I recently saw them on television. They have been protesting outside Leinster House since Sunday, only eight short months after Jake’s unfortunate death. That alone indicates their determination. When I spoke to...

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: He is misleading the House.

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: To continue where I left off, section 6 proposes the appointment of a person who is not an officer of the Commissioner of Valuation or attached to the valuation tribunal to carry out valuations. It needs to be made clearer what the intention is in the Bill. The concern my party has relates to the possible outsourcing of that to a company involved in the property sector. This poses...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: No answer.

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome that we have a Bill, however late and imperfect. The system is from the 1800s and I have had many difficulties with it as a public representative, even before I came near this building, because of the problems experienced by constituents. It is clear that something does need to be done with rates, and this legislation represents an attempt by the Government to do this. It was...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Brian Stanley: We have given enough donations to that. Giving donations to Trócaire or Concern is fine and dandy, but we have a responsibility to those countries in terms of climate change, and the Bill is short in that regard. While I welcome the Bill's publication, it is not fit for purpose. It must be amended and changed. I welcome the three key areas the Minister changed, on the advice of...