Results 601-620 of 14,127 for speaker:David Stanton
- Veterinary Practice Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: Amendments Nos. 25 and 26 are related and they will be discussed together.
- Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I am pleased to make a contribution on the Bill and that the Minister of State with responsibility for driving standards is present. It is probably one of the most important subjects we can discuss in the House. It is a matter of life and death and absolutely essential that we all work together to ensure regulations are in place to considerably improve the standard of driving. The standard of...
- Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I welcome that news and urge the Minister to use his influence, authority and position to get something done. He only has another year and a half before being turfed out of office.
- Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: There is interference from Radio Luxembourg behind me. It is rare for people to be taught how to drive at night, on ice or in bad conditions, which is when most accidents occur. Driving instruction must incorporate driving at night and in the rain. At this time of the year, when days are long, young drivers in particular think everything is fine. However, it is a completely different...
- Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: He will probably need instruction when he is no longer in office.
- Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: The Bill has been criticised by consultants Farrell Grant Sparks for its limited functional remit in its report to the Department. The report called for centralised responsibility for all aspects of road safety, including vehicle and driver testing enforcement and road planning, within a road safety authority. This wider remit would offer a more focussed approach to limiting the causes of...
- Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I fully agree with the Minister of State.
- Poverty Levels. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on relative income and consistent poverty as measures of poverty here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23746/05]
- Poverty Levels. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: Does the Minister agree he is massaging the figures and that he has ignored the number of children in relative income poverty who live in households where the income is less than 60% of median disposable income? Does he agree the number of these children is estimated to be an additional 240,000 on top of the between 60,000 and 120,000 children whom the Minister says are affected in some way...
- Poverty Levels. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: The Minister says he will ignore relative income poverty and he will not answer the question about what he will do to address poverty. Does he agree that 148,000 children are in consistently poor homes â 14.6% of all children â according to the latest CSO data from 2003, as reported in the most recently published ending child poverty policy document produced by the Combat Poverty Agency?...
- Poverty Levels. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: It is 14.6% according to the CSO.
- Poverty Levels. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: So is the CSO wrong?
- Poverty Levels. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: The Minister is doing nothing about it.
- Social Welfare Code. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the social welfare system here gives adequate recognition and support to women and to the role of women in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23747/05]
- Social Welfare Code. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: Perhaps the Minister did not read the question, but I asked whether the social welfare system gives adequate support and recognition to women. I take it the answer is "Yes". What percentage of women over 65 get a State pension based on their own PRSI contributions? What percentage of women in employment are covered by an occupational personal pension and is the Minister happy with this...
- Social Welfare Code. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I am referring to the role of women in society and asking whether the social welfare system gives adequate recognition and support to them. These questions are based on an article by the National Women's Council. I am told that 95% of all qualified adults are women. Does the Minister agree that the social welfare system reinforces women's dependence on men? In its programme for Government,...
- Social Welfare Code. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I asked how many of them receive payments based on their own PRSI contributions.
- Social Welfare Code. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I ask for more details on the Minister's plans regarding the qualified adult allowance and the promise to bring it up to the full allowance. He has said this will happen over a number of budgets. Given that the promise was made three years ago, how many budgets will it take for this to happen? While I am glad the Minister has acknowledged that women, particularly older women, are at risk of...
- Pension Provisions. (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have taken out PRSAs since the scheme began; the breakdown of the number of new PRSAs opened each year; the percentage of PRSA holders who are making a sufficient level of contribution to allow them to maintain a similar lifestyle on retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23527/05]
- Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Jun 2005)
David Stanton: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this quite important legislation. At the outset I wish to declare a possible interest in that I am a counsellor. I am not sure how I would fit into the required qualifications for a psychologist, who according to the Bill should have "A recognised university degree or diploma obtained with first or second class honours in which psychology was...