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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Has Mr. O’Brien any comment on that, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Can I come back in there, Chairman, please, because my time is very limited? My apologies for interrupting. Turning to Mr. Kelly, with respect to those who are involved in serious infringements in the fishing industry, is it the policy of the WRC to name and shame these employers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Can we go beyond that to make it even more public? I ask because I have been contacted by a number of employers who are very angry at the small number of people who are involved in the major infringements that we have mentioned. One suggestion is that they be named and shamed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: The employers who are compliant and are doing their bit would welcome that in respect of the serious infringements. Finally, we probably are all aware that there is a major review into the atypical scheme with regard to the fishing industry. This hearing is timely today and I thank the witnesses who have come before us because they have given us some very interesting information. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details regarding the operation of the new Community Safety Innovation Fund; the types of projects that are expected to be supported through the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51094/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2022 (21 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the extra €6.7 million in funding allocated in Budget 2022 to progress the provisions of the Youth Justice Strategy is likely to be invested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51095/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional funding of €105 million earmarked for disability services in Budget 2022 will help to provide greater independence for those in a post-school setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50832/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which young persons with disabilities, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, can be further supported once they leave second-level education and start attending adult disability services with respect to transport to these services or centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason only homeowners including landlords, whose homes were built before 2011 can apply for the solar electricity grant in order to help with the installation of solar PV panels; his plans to allow owners of houses built since 2011 to apply for this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on the solar electricity grant in each year since its inception; the number of installations completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Erosion (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group, chaired by his Department, is examining the potential impacts on coastal areas of a predicted rise in sea levels, as outlined in a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects a premises (details supplied) will receive a high-speed broadband connection under the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons and companies availing of the tax saver commuter ticket scheme; the amount saved by employees and employers, respectively on the scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 797. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) to secure a place in an adult training hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons diagnosed with long Covid will be eligible to receive the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54586/21]

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

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this Topical Issue matter this evening and the Minister of State for being here. This is a challenging 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...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her positive response and encourage her to keep working on this. Disability and intellectual disability are a continuum, as the Minister of State well knows. Some children and young people, as the Minister suggested, can be trained and taught how to use public transport and navigate the system and so on. There are others on the other end of the spectrum,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 28 September 2021, when he expects all vacant homes officer positions in local authorities to be filled on a full-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 22 June 2021, when he expects a tender to be approved for the water-rock development project at Midleton, County Cork; when approval of the construction phase of the project is likely to proceed thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54985/21]