Results 41-60 of 219 for going forward speaker:David Stanton

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests. It is very nice to see the former Senator, Ms Margaret Cox, again. Almost 25 years ago, one of the first parliamentary questions I asked related to Sunday trading. Tom Kitt was the Minister in the previous Government. While in opposition, he brought forward a Bill to regulate Sunday trading and I was anxious to see whether the Bill would progress. Obviously, it did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Force: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I am in Leinster House. I again welcome our guests. I met some of them a number of years ago. It is sad to see things have not progressed very much since then. In fact, they have gone the other way. As the Chairman said, I was a member of the RDF, which was called the FCA for 23 years. When I got elected to the Dáil, I got a letter from the President saying my services were no...

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: ...in the municipal districts. I know it is up to the Garda Commissioner, and he has a major role here, but it would be very beneficial if that happened and it would fit in very well with what is going on here. This is a technical Bill and it is understandable that we are changing the operating model of the Garda, that the divisions are becoming paramount and the districts per se as legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: I received an email last night from a constituent. It looks like one of these emails that is going around. We probably get many the same ones. It made two points. One was on climate. It referred to the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issuing a code red for humanity, fossil fuels emissions being the main culprit and so on. The argument was made that, should CETA...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: ...Cork Harbour, the second largest natural harbour in the world, Cobh Harbour, which is steeped in history, Ballycotton Harbour and Youghal Harbour, where the film "Moby Dick" was made not that long ago. The coastline along that area is maritime and it is inhabited by fisherfolk, which is a dwindling community, one that needs our support. For many generations, we have treated the sea as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jul 2021)

David Stanton: I was involved in driving the recognition of ethnicity five years ago and it is disappointing, as was said earlier, that more has not progressed since then. That was a major step and I remember the night in the Dáil when everybody stood up and applauded. It was seen as a big step forward and we can still build on that. We should all take serious note of what my friend and colleague,...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

David Stanton: ...until September so he could have an Oireachtas committee examine the provision before the Dáil returns in the autumn. We can then have another debate on it at that stage and see where we are going. We are all getting emails from constituents and citizens who are concerned about the powers the State has. These include the power to require people to remain in their homes, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

David Stanton: ...on there was an equality there. There was also the opportunity to move on. As Senator Craughwell said, it acted as a recruitment body for the Permanent Defence Force. Many members of the RDF got a taste for military life and joined the Permanent Defence Force afterwards. The Naval Service is based very close to my own area. Members of the service in particular and the Defence Forces in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting today. I also thank Deputy O'Reilly for putting forward this matter as it has provided us with an opportunity to examine and tease out this issue. Who is doing the RIA, and when will it be finalised? Dr. McGuinness said the Health and Safety Authority receives weekly data reports on Covid-19 workplace outbreaks. These are based on medically...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (11 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: ...have been dealt with by the principals and we still have a situation where in some schools there are up to 40 students who have not applied to any other school and who are on a waiting list to go to one particular school. The principals are working hard, their staff are working hard and I pay tribute to what they have done over the Covid period but this is coming up fast and we need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: ...-company transfer. Obviously, in most cases they would have had partners or spouses as well. Rather than splitting families up or having people here and not allowing them to work or having to go through a very difficult process involving critical skills, as Ms Ward outlined, it would be beneficial if they could work as well, as happens in many other European countries. There may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

David Stanton: ...somewhat distort that upward trend. Efforts to improve processing times have been impacted upon by the current COVID-19 pandemic which has reduced the output of cases considerably. The IPO’s main focus going forward is to get its processing system functioning as effectively and efficiently as possible, while adhering to all measures in place to combat the spread of COVID-19. It...

Report on Examination of School Costs, School Facilities and Teaching Principals: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2019)

David Stanton: .... Should I have said "their long careers"? I am sure they will, at least, be productive. I note the presence of a former student of mine, Deputy Buckley. I do not know where I went wrong. It goes to show how time flies. Like the Acting Chairman, Deputy Breathnach, my career in education dates back a long time; to the 1960s in my case. There is no comparison between the situations...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

David Stanton: ...are using that to discredit all asylum seekers. Much work has been done in recent years to improve the system, the McMahon report, the right to work and the Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Children going to the centres. Conditions and standards were published recently which will be binding from 2021 on. All the centres coming into play now will have to abide by those as well. Any of us who...

Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: The proposed section 21 put forward by this amendment is taken from the Parental Leave Act 1998. An equivalent provision is not included in the Adoptive Leave Act or the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act. Instead, these Acts rely on provisions similar to section 20 of this Bill. Section 20 gives the employee the right to return to the same job he or she held before going on leave. Where...

Seanad: Parent's Leave and Benefit Bill 2019: Second Stage (9 Oct 2019)

David Stanton: ...one or both of them could be regarded as adopting mothers but the law clearly needs to be reformed to address the situation of both genders. I had strongly hoped to be in a position to bring this forward at this time but the urgency attending this Bill and the desire to introduce parent's leave by 1 November meant that we ran out of time. It is my strong intention to address the issue in...

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

David Stanton: The Minister, Deputy McHugh, was present for most of the debate, but he had to leave to go to the Seanad for another debate and asked me to respond in his stead. I started teaching over 40 years ago. I know - I do not look it. At the time many of the conditions of which we are aware today were not recognised or known. Dyspraxia, dyslexia, dyscalculia, autism, ADD, ADHD, various forms...

Seanad: Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Sep 2019)

David Stanton: ...were expressly excluded, from the beginning, from the statutory review of the Defamation Act, which was mentioned in the debate also, because they deal only with the offence of blasphemy and the Government had already committed to holding a referendum on the constitutional reference to that offence. The Department of Justice and Equality is completing the review of the Defamation Act. I...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...that we must set up an authority comprising perhaps 100 people. It will be very expensive and very complex to make sure we have all the right skill sets in place. Work on both these aspects is ongoing. There is no point in passing legislation without having the regulatory authority in place to enforce it, regulate it, research it and so forth. I hope to have the heads of Bill prepared...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...regulator, that will assist problem gambling to a significant extent. If a person has an addiction, it is a health issue and we must focus on it from that point of view. A regulator will only go so far. If a person has an addiction, no amount of regulation will help; rather, he or she needs treatment. I agree that we must seek to better understand the issues involved and obtain...