Tag: Brian Stanley

Laois-Offaly Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley says the announcement to be made by the Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien for an increase in the...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that figures obtained by his party, underline the need for increased investment in the education system in...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that children are again being turned away from school transport this year 'due to a failure by the...

Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that further delays in opening beds in the nursing unit and the Day Care Centre in Abbeyleix...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley is calling on the Government to improve the situation for Family Carers in the upcoming Budget. “This week I met with...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has confirmed that there are no plans to downgrade Portlaoise Hospital's A&E Department. The Minister was questioned on the subject...

The plight of those seeking to buy a house in Laois was raised in the Dail recently by Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley. According to...

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are to examine the case of Erkina House in Rathdowney. So says Laois TD Brian Stanley who is the chair...

Two Laois TDs say that the government’s back to school measures are welcome but one says 'missed the majority of working families who are...

Calls for a domestic violence refuge centre to be constructed in Laois have been reiterated following a government announcement. Just last week, a Council meeting...

A Laois TD has called on the government to change the means test which judges whether an applicant is eligible or not for a...

A Laois TD has called on the government to give extra funding to primary schools in the county as they emerge from Covid. Sinn Fein's...

The ongoing issue of the future of Erkina House in Rathdowney was raised on the floor of the Dail recently. Back in April, Deputy Brian...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has given a qualified welcome to the increased discretion on rent limits for Housing Assistant Payments (HAP) in...

Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley claims that producing a greater quality of our food locally would go some way to countering inflationary pressures. Speaking...

Laois-Offaly Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that the ‘Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill’ proposed by his party and passed unopposed through first stages...

Laois TD Brian Stanley has called on the government to remove the 'overly strict regulations' on Credit Unions to allow them to offer more...

€70,000 is to be spent on the construction of five bus shelters in three locations in Laois. So says Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley who...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that attempts to prevent the movement of harvested peat off three Laois bogs 'is illogical and will damage...

Audiology services are set to be returned to Laois before the end of the month - according to TD Brian Stanley. The Sinn Fein TD...

Government officials have contradicted each other with statements made about the potential banning of the sale of turf from September. Last night, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the HSE and the Department of Health to reverse its plans to close Erkina House in...

'We have one of the most expensive childcare systems in the European Union'. So says Laois TD Brian Stanley who was speaking on the issue...

A Laois TD has called on the government to put a ban on plastic packaging during a debate in the Dail. Sinn Fein's Brian Stanley...

Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley raised the absence of domestic violence accommodation in Laois and Offaly in the Dáil this morning. Minister of State at...

An agreement between Bord na Mona and an international company will see a plant in Portlaoise reopen. So says local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley...

Minister for Education Norma Foley has provided an update on the status of the new building for Kolbe Special School in Portlaoise. The Fianna Fail...

A Laois TD says that the planned cut in excise duty by the government will 'not go far enough' to help with rising fuel...

Laois politicians were happy following a meeting with HSE officials on the future of Abbeyleix Hospital which took place recently. The primary purpose of the...

Local Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley raised the collapse of the School Dental Scheme and the Medical Card Dental Scheme with Taoiseach Micheál Martin...