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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: No Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I will suspend the meeting if this keeps up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I apologise if I offended Senator Mullen in any way; that was not the intention. My difficulty as Chairman is that we often have a problem getting a quorum. You are an official member of the committee. We have a problem quite often-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: That is not true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: You are being disorderly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: You are being disorderly, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I have suggested to you-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: -----that if there are substantive issues you want to raise-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: In fairness to the commissioner who came here today for an engagement with us, if we want to raise serious issues we should give notice and have a specific meeting on those issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: Very well. I am unsure whether Ms Logan wishes to respond to anything at this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I will ask one question at this stage. What does Ms Logan perceive her role to be as chief commissioner? There also are all the other commissioners but I refer to Ms Logan's specific role. Perhaps she could outline it in a few sentences.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I thank Ms Logan for her attendance and for her engagement with the joint committee. On behalf of my colleagues, I wish her and the commission every success for the future. I remind members not to forget the launch of the Garda report tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. The joint committee will now adjourn until Wednesday, 15 October for a private meeting.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been further progress in securing a site for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if the project is still on target to go to construction in 2015/2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38935/14]
- Other Questions: Industrial Development (16 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State supports available, from his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department, to support the establishment of micro-breweries, in particular, with regard to the growing of hops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39093/14]
- Other Questions: Industrial Development (16 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: My question concerns micro-breweries and I note that in the budget some assistance and encouragement was given in that regard. It has been drawn to my attention, however, that the feedstock for micro-breweries are hops, which are expensive to grow. We are currently importing them but they could be grown quite easily here. I therefore want to know what supports the Minister's Department or...
- Other Questions: Industrial Development (16 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for that response. I note that the industry maintains there could be over 100 micro-breweries in a number of years. It is a growth area. The hops issue is a problem, however, because it is extremely expensive to cultivate them. We are currently importing virtually all the hops required. I ask the Minister of State to revert to the Department and its various...
- Other Questions: Industrial Development (16 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: I welcome the positive response of the Minister of State. I approached the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the response was that it had no supports. Perhaps we can make contact at European level. I am told ten people might be working seasonally, with two or three full-time staff in each of these hop growing facilities. It is worth exploring. This is an issue for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (16 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 8 and 11 of 13 March 2014; the strategies and policies in place to encourage enterprise and employment in regional towns; the progress in the development of a regional enterprise strategy to better integrate the efforts of enterprise agencies and regional stakeholders and the development of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Surveillance (22 Oct 2014)
David Stanton: 130. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 17 June 2014, if the Health Protection Surveillance Centre has established a lyme borreliosis sub-committee; the details of the membership of same; if not, when this sub-committee will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/14]