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An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: I commend the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, on drafting and introducing this Bill. It has been said many times over the last couple of days that this legislation is long overdue. Many people have been waiting for it. A Deputy who is a former social worker gave the House her first-hand experience of why this referendum is important. I have come across cases during my work as a county...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for greater support for persons with Huntington's Disease, including the provision of a HD neurology clinic, the promotion of increased awareness, the provision of medical cards for persons with the condition and all-Ireland cooperation in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41008/12]

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: I wish to extend my sympathy and support to the women who suffered abuse in the Magdalene laundries. I applaud them for maintaining their dignity and I compliment them on the way they managed their campaign to seek justice. They have been an inspiration to people throughout Ireland in the context of how they have conducted themselves. The abuse that took place in the residential...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: I wish to extend my sympathy and support to the women who suffered abuse in the Magdalene laundries. I applaud them for maintaining their dignity and I compliment them on the way they managed their campaign to seek justice. They have been an inspiration to people throughout Ireland in the context of how they have conducted themselves. The abuse that took place in the residential...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting of Personnel (26 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed to work directly with children by the Health Service Executive who have not been Garda vetted; the number of these employees who will be retrospectively vetted in the context of the National Vetting Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40709/12]

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: What is the status of the education and training boards Bill to allow for the reform of the VEC sector? In a slight deviation, I draw the Taoiseach's attention to an ongoing industrial dispute at Laois VEC-----

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: -----where the chief executive officer has torn up a 13 year old agreement on transfers which has served teachers, pupils and the VEC well.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: Teachers voted yesterday in favour of strike action.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: I am raising this matter because it has the potential to escalate. I am asking the Taoiseach-----

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: -----to ask the Minister for Education and Skills to intervene to prevent such an escalation.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: It is a minor deviation to raise an important matter. I have submitted a request for a Topical Issue debate on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: This committee has tried to deal with the question of the number of bodies responsible for these matters. The OPW does not have the final say over what happens in many water courses because other bodies, such as the National Parks and Wildlife Service, are responsible for them. This creates significant problems. Has the federation highlighted the issue to the Minister? Deputies have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: In regard to curtailing the National Parks and Wildlife Service, can the witnesses suggest any examples or experience from other European countries which would prevent us from walking into a situation in which we are paralysed? Local authorities and the OPW are paralysed and cannot act because of ridiculous restrictions placed on them by bodies such as the National Parks and Wildlife...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Allowances (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authority staff including city and county managers who are working for the Local Government Management Agency are paid an income separate to and in addition to their salaries; and if so, the amount of same; if local authority staff, including city and county managers, receive expenses for their work with the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Advisory Committee on Drugs Meetings (25 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Health when the National Advisory Committee on Drugs will be re-constituted [40526/12]

Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: On the pending local government reform Bill which is to be published this term, will the Taoiseach confirm the Bill will include protection for students applying for third level grants against the illegal action that has been taken by some county councils?

Order of Business (19 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: Does the Taoiseach agree the actions are illegal and is he aware that when it comes to tax compliance, only 52% of commercial rates are collected?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources he plans to allocate to the Family Court Service in order to deal with any increase in prosecution of child related offences as a result of mandatory reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39333/12]

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: The Minister should indicate the number of people who have registered as I have not heard an answer to date. In a similar question to the previous speaker, will the local authorities be penalised on a pro rata basis in this regard? I refer to the financial supports that will be available because people are taking a leap of faith in this regard. While they may not be happy to so do, some...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Brian Stanley: The last Boundary Commission report was published in 2008 and it caused problems for councillors, particularly a few in the Minister's party who were caught out on the wrong side of a boundary. Given the local elections will be held in June 2014, if the commission is to report earlier this time, it would have to do so late this year or early next year to improve on what the previous...