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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: It is very good to see Ms Cregg again and I thank her for her presentation. I also thank Dr. Doody for his attendance. I was around when the pilot projects were initiated and I am glad to see they are ongoing. Earlier, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth noted there had been problems due to Covid. I ask the delegation to give an overview of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: I think Ms Cregg has said that the pilot projects have been successful so far, bearing in mind the interruption caused by Covid. Has the use of the restricted timetable been diminished? We have spoken about this issue previously because we are very concerned. I ask the delegation to comment on homework clubs as well. Have homework clubs been tried? I have visited a few of those homework...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: I thoroughly agree with Mr. Doody's comments on the after-school clubs. At some of these clubs the children get food also when they go there, they have fun and they learn beyond the curriculum and their homework. I fully endorse what he said and I support that kind of activity, which is brilliant. There is an add-on that parents are able to go to work because they do not have to mind...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to further assist Irish agri-food producers in developing markets and securing new business opportunities in 2022 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60750/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of support and number of recipients of the trading online voucher scheme in the past year by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60748/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: I thank our guests for coming in and for their presentations. This is a big change for Ireland and we are pleased to have the opportunity to discuss this with all the actors involved because we want to get it right. Ms McElwee spoke about the sectors that have been most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. She might expand on that and explain what those sectors are. She also mentioned in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Generation (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken by his Department to ensure security of electricity supply this winter and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61273/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Generation (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister of State the steps that are being taken by his Department to ensure security of electricity supply this winter and beyond, given the fact that there was a danger of brownouts and blackouts earlier this year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Generation (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. On a calm winter's day like today, what is the typical electricity demand? On a day like today, when there is very little wind and it is cold, how much of that is produced by renewables, and how much is produced by the thermal suite of coal, oil and gas?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Generation (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. If the demand is 6 GW per day, what is the supply? Is the supply matching that? What amount over and above that 6 GW is available? Does the Minister of State agree with me that the cutting-edge way to store wind energy is through the use of green hydrogen? How close are we to seeing the production and availability of green hydrogen become a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if natural gas will be considered as a transition fuel to help ensure energy security as part of the transition to a low carbon future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61274/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 565. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 12 November 2020, if the procurement strategy for future supplies of PPE to the health service has been fully developed; if it includes a strategy for indigenous supply; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61214/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: That final point was well made. We do not want to have a situation where we have ambiguity and uncertainty with respect to schemes. That needs to be very clear. I am not sure if Dr. Bambrick wishes to come in on the question I asked with respect to the 10%. I am just curious about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: I have an additional question for Ms McElwee. She said in her submission that additional costs are involved in the replacement of skills with little or no notice which are lost during a period of sick leave. If a person is sick, he or she will not be able to go to work regardless of whether we have schemes in place or not and that will have to be replaced anyway. Can Ms McElwee tease out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: Perhaps I am missing this completely but if somebody is actually sick, he or she will not be there and all that moving around and replacement will have to happen anyway. Whether or not we introduce a sick scheme of any sort, if a person is sick he or she cannot go to work and should not be there. Am I right in saying that introducing this particular scheme should not have an impact in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: If a person is out sick and is not being paid, the employer will have to replace him or her, regardless of sick pay. Okay. The other question is, with respect to the current sick pay schemes in operation by the companies Ms McElwee cited earlier, are there any reports of abuse of those schemes? Would that be a concern? Would Ms McElwee give us an indication of what that is? I have looked...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Sick Leave Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

David Stanton: I thank Ms McElwee. She might come back to us later and let us know if they have carried out any research with respect to abuse. I ask Ms Bambrick, in light of what Ms McElwee said, to outline the position of the trade union movement with regard to abuse of schemes. If a person in a company is abusing a scheme and we do not know to what extent that might be, that other workers actually...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the fulfilment of the programme for Government commitment to develop hydrogen as a fuel for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Policy (16 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the use of biofuels in the transport sectors; if there are indicators of the rate at which the usage of biofuels is reducing the use of fossil fuels in the different transport sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62067/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if research is being undertaken by his Department regarding the potential impact on motor tax revenue arising from an increased take-up of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62068/21]