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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Parole Board Annual Report 2014: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

David Stanton: We saw that in the report. Would Mr. Costello like to read it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Parole Board Annual Report 2014: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)

David Stanton: He spent quite a while in prison. I thank Mr. Costello for being here today and for his engagement with us. I wish him and the board every success for the future and a happy Christmas.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, for coming to the House to deal with the need for a specialist heart failure unit in Cork, an issue I have raised a number of times in recent weeks. Last Tuesday, 15 December, I attended the launch of the report entitled, The Cost of Heart Failure in Ireland, which was produced under the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (17 Dec 2015)

David Stanton: The Minister might let me know, now or another time, if funding was available in the past for this particular unit and, if so, why it was not spent. If it was not spent, that is another story. The Minister has admitted that this service in CUH is very limited. The whole of the south of Ireland does not have the kind of service that is available in Dublin and that is quite worrying. In...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (13 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if all arrears due in respect of disability payments have been paid to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1246/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: 816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will supply further information to Cork County Council to allow for a planning application for a school (details supplied) in County Cork to be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1310/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Road Safety (13 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on special speed limits in the vicinity of schools and primary schools in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1570/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (19 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has or will consider excluding the carer's support grant, formerly the respite care grant, from reckonable income for applications for student support grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1906/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will provide a communications support as an aid to a profoundly deaf person (details supplied) in County Cork who has no access to sound via technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2906/16]

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: I move amendment No. 56:In page 9, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:"9. Where in respect of a person who has a conviction which is, in accordance with this Act, regarded as a spent conviction, a state other than the State requests information in respect of a citizen's criminal record, any conviction which is deemed to be spent shall not appear in the response of the State,...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: One country recognises the spent convictions of another country. I wonder whether efforts will be made to engage with other jurisdictions in order that spent convictions here can be recognised in other jurisdictions and vice versa. That would be useful to know because, if that were the case, it might make these amendments redundant. A friend of mine in another jurisdiction contacted me...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: Which amendment?

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: I know that even if a person has a conviction, it does not automatically mean he will be barred from entering or working in another country, but it might slow things down. That is where these elements are coming from. It is simply a matter of putting on record the concern over whether, and at what level, there is any intention to engage other jurisdictions in order that spent convictions...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister. It is a significant move. The issue arose during Committee Stage, and at that stage such a provision was not envisaged. It is a great breakthrough at European level. I am curious as to whether it is intended to open discussions with other countries, such as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, to which many Irish citizens like to travel. Could some...

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: I compliment the previous speaker on her positive, well-researched and well-presented contribution. It was constructive, as always. I have been a Member for almost 19 years and was involved for quite a while in the Dáil reform committee. For 14 years under Fianna Fáil there was no Dáil reform, except for Leaders' Questions. When I came in, Michael Noonan was leader of Fine...

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: We must explore-----

Standing Orders: Motion (28 Jan 2016)

David Stanton: This is more of it. If the Deputy wants me to give way I will do so, but we must examine ways of getting more attendance in the Chamber. Why do Members not come to the House? I believe it requires shorter speeches and more positive interaction between Members.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his appointment and wish him well. He has made a good start. I spent 15 years on the Opposition benches, and in that time one reform occurred, namely, the introduction of Leaders' Questions, which were kind of happening anyway, but they were formalised in Standing Orders. There was nothing else, zero, zilch. Once reform occurs, it gets built in and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Marriages of Convenience (6 Apr 2016)

David Stanton: 426. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 20 October 2015, the progress made relating to the issue arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5418/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Apr 2016)

David Stanton: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the policies he has developed regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if an Ehlers-Danlos syndrome task force has been established; the membership of this task force; the number of persons he estimates to be suffering from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/16]