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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I wish to raise the many problems in the National Ambulance Service. Staff are doing their best but there are problems beyond their control. I will outline some of those problems. There are not enough staff or ambulances. We have approximately 1,500 staff. Scotland, which has a similar population, has more than double that number. We have 675 operational ambulances in the service....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: The Taoiseach is correct about the investment, but we will not get the benefit of it because of the way the system is configured. The Taoiseach used the word "evidence". I will tell him what the evidence is. A county has no cover because the ambulance that is on call has to go to an emergency two or three counties away. That cannot be allowed to continue. That is the way Laois has been...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the witnesses. There is a lot of vagueness around the €800 billion provision. The only certainty, as was stated, is the €150 billion, which is made up of loans to member states. Mention was made in a vague way that the private sector may see opportunities for investment. I cannot help thinking that the €800 billion represents a huge shift in public funding...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Mr. O'Meara is taking things off in a different direction. I am asking whether he sees a contradiction in terms of squaring what I have outlined with our policy of military neutrality.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: No, that is not-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Mr. O'Meara mentioned deciding everything on an individual basis. At a high level in Europe, if the direction of travel is very much in that direction, will it mean, for example, possible involvement in EU battle groups and the deployment of Irish troops on the ground in Ukraine?
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I have heard a number of answers but my question has not been answered.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I understand that the fund is for companies to invest.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Defence Developments at EU Level and Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I am sorry but the question I am asking is this: could this lead to a deployment of Irish boots on the ground in Ukraine and possible engagement with Russian forces?
- Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Minister-----
- Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Could we stop any heckling, please?
- Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Micheál Martin says the time is not right. The Deputy will get an opportunity, I will use my opportunity. Micheál Martin says the time is not now. Full reconciliation has to a precondition but that will mean it will never happen. Yes, we need to advance reconciliation and we should promote it. Of course we should. I have met people from the unionist community in the past,...
- Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this important debate. It has been 27 years since the Good Friday Agreement was endorsed, north and south, and over 100 years since partition. A lot of us at the time of the Good Friday Agreement, if we are being honest, were reluctant supporters of it. I will read out one line in it. "The Government [meaning the British Government] of Ireland Act...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the witnesses, especially Ms Lawler, formerly of Laois County Council. It is good to see her again. She was good to work with when she was in the housing department in Laois for a good few years. My first question specifically concerns Longford, so Mr. Mahon might be best placed to answer. It is impressive that the vacancy rate has gone down from 7% to 2.4%. I read the papers...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: I am really just looking for a figure. I have a few more questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Is the difference in the range of 25% to 30%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: It is also a more efficient system because the council can get the work done when it wants it done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: Direct labour is working for Longford County Council; that is what I wanted to establish. In Mr. Mahon's experience, how long is it taking for CPOs to be approved by An Bord Pleanála?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)
Brian Stanley: What is the average waiting time?