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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: My final question is for Mr. Reidy. His submission refers to the need to seriously look at public procurement as a lever and tool to promote collective bargaining. He asked why taxpayers' money should go to firms which deny their workers access to collective bargaining should they want it. That is interesting because it implies there should be a methodology in place to ascertain whether or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I ask Ms McElwee to give the final word on that and I will stop then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory and Legislative Changes Required for the Transposition of the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Ms McElwee.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State. As he said, this all started in December 2015, eight years ago. That is a long time ago. Is he satisfied the OPW and the council have enough resources to carry on with the work and the planning and move it on? Do they need more manpower, expertise, engineers or planners to move this forward? He referred to insurance on several occasions. Several of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I would be very interested to know where that figure came from. Who came up with it? We have had flooding in 2015, 2018 and 2023. I am worried there might be another flood. I do not want to be wandering around the town in my wellingtons, helping people and pulling sandbags. I am getting too old for that. To be serious, this is devastating for the people affected. The Minister of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for choosing this Topical Issue this evening and I thank the Minister of State for being here. It is now over three months since Storm Babet, which devastated my part of the country, Cork, and Midleton in particular. The images from the town on the television screen were really frightening. There was water 3 ft or 4 ft high in houses, homes and...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: There are nearly 14,000 in homelessness.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason it is not possible to exchange a driving licence issued by the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia and be issued with an Irish driving licence; if there are any plans to allow such exchanges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2580/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 238. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering supporting owners of business properties who were not operational and not covered by flood insurance at the time of the flooding caused by Storm Babet so that the property can be repaired for future business use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2596/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 239. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if outdoor businesses which have not been able to secure flood insurance and who were subsequently affected by flood damage caused by Storm Babet will be considered for funding under the Red Cross emergency business flood relief scheme; if not, why such businesses are not considered for the replacement of business fixtures and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Ukrainian citizens who also hold Hungarian passports as a result of the 2010 Hungarian Citizenship Act and who were living in Transcarpathia, Zakarpattia Oblast, (reference the 1921 Treaty of Trianon), who travelled to Ireland as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine using a Hungarian passport; if these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Gaffey for his presentation, for the work the Department is doing and for the money that is being spent. Will Mr. Gaffey talk to us about the fund for loss and damage? How does the Department see that working? What tangible impact will it have on the ground? How much will it be and where will it be spent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Gaffey. He mentioned the issue of rising sea levels. This is something I am quite interested in. Deputy Cronin also mentioned it. I have been reading Moving to Higher Ground by John Englander, who is one of the global experts in this area. He maintains that some of the smaller island states will actually disappear completely. He mentioned a number of these islands on which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: The impact of sea level rise on fresh water was mentioned, which is another issue. If seawater infiltrates wells and natural watercourses, what can we do to adapt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I apologise for interrupting. Would Mr. Gaffey agree that both the State and the global community are long-fingering the issue of sea level rise? There is a perception that it will happen in the future and will not impact on us. It is not being taken seriously by governments, the UN or anyone else. I am talking about the actual sea level rise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: Getting back to our second strategy partnership with small island developing states, what is impacting sea level rise and the impact we just discussed?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (18 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 69. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to the HSE to develop a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (18 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 71. To ask the Minister for Health with reference to the current HSE recruitment pause, if permanent members of staff returning from career breaks will be facilitated to return to their previously held roles in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Work Supports (18 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of Youthreach centres; the number of students attending Youthreach centres, by county; if his Department has carried out any studies to ascertain areas in the country not served by Youthreach; if so, the details of same; his plans, if any, to open further Youthreach centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (18 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is supporting those from disadvantaged backgrounds and marginalised groups to access further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2047/24]