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Topical Issue Debate: Adoption Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: They cannot.

Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak to this Bill. I commend Deputy Halligan on bringing it forward. It is important we debate these issues in the Chamber. I recognise the amount of work that has gone into preparing it and I listened to his speech and agree with a great deal of what he said. Unfortunately, there are technical issues with the Bill, as were mentioned by the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any Government or State agency under his aegis including local authorities have any responsibility to dredge the bed of the Womanagh River in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the responsibility, if any, that local authorities have to dredge the beds of rivers, as happened in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Control Act (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have applied to be registered as architects under Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 since its introduction; the number that were accepted onto the register of architects as a result of a successful application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12832/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: 930. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the way her Department and the Health Service Executive define and classify post adoption trauma or incidences of post traumatic stress disorder as a result of adoption; the research, if any, carried out by her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department into post adoption trauma; and if she will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Apologies have been received from Deputies Niall Collins, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and John Paul Phelan and Senators Ivana Bacik, Denis O'Donovan and Martin Conway. The purpose of today's meeting is a discussion with representatives from Alcohol Action Ireland and Professor Tim Stockwell in relation to a possible solutions-based approach to public order offences from an alcohol misuse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Costello for her presentation which focused on the crime and justice elements of the issue. I now call on Professor Stockwell to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Does Deputy Farrell want to ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I thank Professor Stockwell. Does Professor Barry wish to make a contribution?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: Thank you, Professor Barry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: The Deputy also inquired about the drinking of alcohol on trains and in public places.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: That is stretching it a bit. We do not want to encroach in the health area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: In some companies, if an employee arrives to work in the morning hungover, he or she is told to go home. Perhaps universities should start operating in that regard as well. If a student arrives in in the morning and is unable to perform in the laboratory or lecture hall, he or she should be told to take a hike.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: We have discussed alcohol availability, promotion and price, which is a significant issue. On the other side of the coin, we have the consequences of alcohol use such as a person deciding to become inebriated to the extent that he or she engages in serious violence on the streets, intimidating others in the early hours of the morning, taking up Garda time and so forth. Are the penalties in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: We have given it a good run. I thank the delegates for attending and for their time. We will certainly take on board what they have had to say. I wish Professor Stockwell well in his visit. When is he heading back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: I hope he has had a productive visit. I thank him for his time today. We really appreciate his being here this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Public Order Offences from Alcohol Misuse Perspective: Discussion (25 Mar 2014)

David Stanton: The same applies to Professor Barry and Ms Costello.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Energy Conservation (1 Apr 2014)

David Stanton: 115. To ask the Minister for Health the strategies being developed by his Department to encourage and promote energy saving in premises owned or operated by his Department and the Health Service Executive; the targets in place to gauge the success of such strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14902/14]