Results 21-40 of 219 for going forward speaker:David Stanton

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Climate Change Policy (14 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...states, like the Marshall Islands and elsewhere, from the rise in sea levels. Those states are very concerned that they may be completely wiped out because of rising sea levels. Does the Government accept that sea levels are rising? Has the Government got any projections as to how much they will rise? I have been reading some material on this issue recently and one report indicates that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Quality (30 May 2023)

David Stanton: ...has there been an update from Irish Water with respect to when it expects this to be lifted. The costs and inconvenience to people having to drag water into cars, drive to shops to buy it, bring it back and so on has been going on for months; in fact, it has been going on for years in this particular area. People are losing patience. I look forward to hearing what the Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I notice that the UK is bringing forward similar legislation. The UK is our near neighbour. There is such an overlap between what it does and what we do, but it is not in the European Union anymore so this legislation will not affect it. A lot of the stuff it does comes across here. How will that relationship work under this legislation or going forward?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: ...from a family in which they state that their daughter, Orla, who has Down's syndrome, will complete her secondary school education next June. Orla is a wonderful, fun-loving girl who is looking forward to moving on with her friends to the next level of education. Due to her learning disability, however, Orla is unable to use public transport safely. She has no numeracy or literacy...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: ...significant impact on members of Civil Defence, who are highly qualified, and they are very worried about it. We are discussing the Civil Defence Bill, which is why I raised it here. I may bring forward an amendment on the issue on Report Stage unless the Minister of State has a response for me by then, whether from himself or his colleagues. This issue has been going on for three years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Outcomes of COP27: Dóchas (6 Dec 2022)

David Stanton: ...on that and talk about the other 98% at some stage. I would be interested to hear how that happens. There is a worry when people give that funding that it does not get to where they want it to go. What can we do to ensure that money gets where we want it to go and has the greatest impact? We have corruption and climate in conflict. We mentioned climate in conflict but corruption is...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2022)

David Stanton: ...jurisdictions where people come into one area, stay there for a short period and switch to something more lucrative. They are then possibly displacing workers as well, so there are other issues going on. We have to be careful of that happening. The 12-month time period might actually help there. It needs to be thought out in case of unintended consequences such as I have described. ...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Swimming Strategy (17 Nov 2022)

David Stanton: ...is trying to find a site. Part of the problem is to get the local authority to buy-in to it. The population growth is projected to be significant. There is a local group established to put this forward but it is running into all kinds of obstacles. Can the Minister of State offer them any assistance, guidance or advice as to how they can proceed with the putting in place of a swimming...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: ...he lives on the bright side of Ireland. Long may he continue to enjoy that. I agree with him that the main stumbling block is having two time zones on the island of Ireland. A number of years ago there was a Private Member's Bill in the House of Commons proposing to maintain summertime all year round. It ran out of time but there was much support for it. If time had not run out on it,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: ...issue in these Houses. Numerous reports have been carried out here and abroad on this. The fact of the matter is that approximately 12 days from now, winter will have arrived. The clocks will go back one hour and we will have dark evenings. One week from now, sunset will be at 6:20 p.m. and two weeks from now, it will be dark just after 5 p.m. Many arguments have been put forward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: ...with senior staff from the RDF and supporting the PDF? Will it be established pretty soon? There is an urgency to all of this. I know the Minister agrees. We want to support him in driving this forward as best we can. There is talk of a clear and focused recruitment plan for the RDF with milestones and annual reviews. Where is that? It can take a long time from when a recruit...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: ..., for being here to respond. I think this issue is fairly simple to rectify. It should not cost any money. I have been approached on behalf of students working on ships who are required to go to sea in a training capacity. Many of these companies operate in Europe and are not registered here, but they require police certificate clearance. Police certificates state whether somebody...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: ...one we have. We know the adage about having all your eggs in one basket. Having all your gas in one pipeline might not be the wisest thing either if anything happens there. I know a review is going on, which will possibly be brought forward to the end of September when the work will start. However, we are into winter then. If anything happens with this gas from the UK, we are in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Covid-19 Vaccines: Discussion (11 May 2022)

David Stanton: The US has changed its stance on the waiver but some of our guests said that it did not go far enough. The US trade representative, Katherine Tai, announced in 2021 that the US would support the waiver of IP protections in the context of Covid-19 vaccines that were introduced by the governments of India and South Africa. That is a major step forward. Jorge Contreras, from the University of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Amnesty International's Report on Israel's Apartheid against Palestinians: Ireland Israel Alliance (5 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: I will make a few points. First, obviously, it is very welcome that work is going on to normalise relations between Israel and certain Arab states, which has been mentioned. We always welcome that and look for more of it to happen, if possible. Second, it possibly goes without saying but it might need to be said that we reject violence from every side. Something we have always done in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (9 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: ...and that child is put on a waiting list, that is tantamount to a refusal. The next step is to appeal that to the board of management. If that is refused, under section 29 of the Education Act it goes to the Minister and the Department. If that is refused, the child is entitled to school transport to the next nearest school. This is challenging and because parents do not know this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: ...I brought it up was that a number of people in growing communities had contacted me because, now we have come out of the pandemic, many youngsters in some of these communities have nowhere to go in the evening time. I acknowledge a huge amount of work has been done, but the issue is that there are primary schools in these communities that are closed every evening at 3.30 p.m. My argument...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: ...that people were walking through the Owenacurra centre, which was the home of residents. Various people were walking into the centre on various days. Physically separating the two services is a good idea and I look forward to our guests letting us know where that day care centre will be located and whether planning will be needed for it. There will be a centre where people can go during...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: ...accounted for and needs to be paid. Is that funding in addition to other such funding that has already been made available in this regard? I am interested in the investment fund. There is a lot going on there. It is quite good and will crowd in a lot more funding from the private sector. The Minister of State may not have the answer to this here and now, but it has been brought to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (11 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: ...area and I congratulate the Minister of State and her team on the work they have been doing since she took up office. I am quite impressed. When children leave special schools, they often go into adult services. The transport arrangements to special schools are good. They have escorts and services and so forth, even though sometimes the special schools are too far away from the young...