Tag: Brian Stanley
Laois among nine counties still awaiting domestic violence refuge centre amid...
Laois, as well as neighbouring Offaly, remains among nine counties in Ireland still without a designated centre for victims of domestic violence.
Figures provided by...
Dáil told ‘private waste collection operators want to hit everyone in...
"The slogan in this country for many years has been, reduce, reuse, recycle; and when the people of Ireland do the right thing, the...
Government urged to address youth funding in upcoming budget with Laois/Offaly...
A local TD has brought before the Dáil the issue of acutely low funding for the Laois Offally Educate Together Board (LOETB).
Sinn Féin's Brian...
Planning permission expected to be granted for new 1,000-student secondary school...
Coláiste Dhún Masc / Dunamaise College Portlaoise has applied to Laois County Council for planning permission to build a brand new secondary school in...
HSE’s Financial Management Project deemed ‘unacceptable’ by Public Accounts Committee
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticised as "unacceptable" the 20-month delay, and €40 million budget increase, for a crucial integrated financial management project...
Local residents group meet with Office of Public Works amid growing...
A local residents group has met with Senior Staff of the Office of Public Works (OPW) and management of Laois County Council (LCC) to...
Calls for increased funding as primary schools in Laois see continued...
A Laois TD has called upon the Government to provide increased funding for primary schools in the county as their costs continue to rise...
‘Good progress’ made on €18 million Flood Relief Scheme for Mountmellick
A Laois TD has said there has been "good progress" made on the €18 million Flood Relief Scheme for Mountmellick.
This follows on from Chairperson...
Laois house prices ‘out of reach of what a lot of...
Sinn Féin TD for Laois/Offaly Brian Stanley has said that Laois house prices "have gone out of reach of what a lot of workers...
Mountmellick and Portarlington Flood Relief Schemes under spotlight at Dáil’s Public...
Laois took centre stage in Government buildings last week as the Mountmellick and Portarlington Flood Relief Schemes came under the spotlight.
Chairperson of the Office...
Laois TD urges government to ‘revert funding cuts to special needs...
Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley has spoken out in the Dáil regarding 'funding cuts to the special needs services as well as the summer...
Several new ASD classes announced for Laois primary and secondary schools
Six Laois primary schools and four secondary schools have been approved for additional ASD classes.
These classes will help children with autism integrate into the...
Election Diary: Rail beds retained, Emo solar farm, and €2.4 million...
Sinn Féin has confirmed that the rail beds connecting the three bogs that Bord Na Mona owned in Laois will now be retained for...
Sinn Fein TD hits out over ‘lack of affordable homes in...
Laois and Offaly TD Brian Stanley has highlighted the need for more affordable homes in Laois in the Dáíl Eireann.
He said: "The CSO residential...
HSE approve funding for primary care centre at St Fintan’s Campus,...
The HSE have announced that progress is underway in the form of funding for a significant development in Laois.
The funding has been allocated for...
Sinn Féin TD urges government to improve dental resources for Laois...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the government to lift the embargo on oral health staff.
Stanley has said that the situation...
Local TD says Government has ‘failed the 1,752 carers in County...
A local TD has hit out at the Government, who he says have "failed the 1,752 carers in County Laois."
Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley...
Laois TD says cancelled hospital appointments are ‘a Government made crisis’
A Laois TD has revealed that appointment cancellations reached 571 in Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise last year, according to new data from the HSE.
Sinn...
‘Laois has been left behind again’ says local TD
A local TD has said “Laois has been left behind again" regarding National Roads funding, as the County has been allocated just 1% of...
Laois TD says Public Accounts Committee ‘no-shows’ must stop as student...
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has said that “late notice no shows by bodies called before...
Bord na Mona ‘very open to proposals’ for tourists attractions in...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has led a Sinn Féin party delegation in a meeting with the senior management team of Bord Na...
“People of Laois deserve better than what this Government has to...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that house prices in Laois are 'out of control thanks to bad Government policy and decision...
‘Government must intervene to support local health services’ says Laois TD
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the Minister for Health to intervene and relieve pressure on local GP and community health...
Update provided on progress on long awaited Mountmellick Flood Relief Scheme
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has raised the issue again of Mountmellick Flood Relief Scheme.
Mountmellick was devastated by flooding with dozens of homes...
Laois TD says ‘Ordinary workers and families remain crippled under the...
Laois Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has called on the Government to urgently address Ireland’s stubbornly high electricity prices.
The publication of the Household Energy...
‘Children in Laois deserve better mental health services’ says Sinn Fein...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley has said that "children in Laois-Offaly deserve better mental health services and should not have to wait long...
‘People are fed up with the pantomime over RTE, and so...
A Sinn Fein Bill will place RTÉ's accounts under the oversight of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
So says Laois Sinn Fein TD Brian Stanley...
‘Long-awaited’ legislation to allow CCTV use to combat illegal dumping of...
"Long-awaited" legislation to allow County Councils to use CCTV cameras to combat illegal dumping of waste in local areas is "on the way" according...
Laois TD calls for TV license fee to be replaced and...
Local Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says that the current TV license system is not working, with over 350,000 households not paying.
Deputy Stanley is...
Prospect of “long awaited” progress for Driver Test waiting times and...
After a prolonged period of Laois TDs and County Councillors raising the issue, there is finally the prospect of progress on both Driver Test...