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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: I will participate in the second slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: The discussion has been very interesting. I remember when the national minimum wage came in first. It was under the Minister at the time, Mary Harney, if I remember correctly. It was a seismic change. It is now embedded, thankfully, and we talk about it as being normal. As Deputy Bruton said, we want it to be sustainable. We want people to get the most they can out of it. I notice in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: That is dropping.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: Obviously we are in dramatically changed circumstances since 2018 and none of us knows where it will go or end up. There is a huge amount of unpredictability here. The number of people on the minimum wage has been stated to be 164,000. There has been huge growth in employment. Walking around this city and many towns in Ireland, staff-wanted notices are visible in many places. Why has the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: -----has increased and maybe the number on low wages has increased as well as a reflection of the overall growth in employment. Is any statistic available about the growth in the number of people on the minimum wage? Has that been looked at by anybody?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Living, Minimum Wage Increases and Report of Low Pay Commission: Discussion (28 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: Where does this figure come from?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (29 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department's plans to offer additional supports to swimming pools, given the increased energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (29 Sep 2022)

David Stanton: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports in place to enable new swimming pools to be established in locations in which a need for such a facility has been researched and proven; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47583/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: I am sure we have all been contacted by many small businesses that are under considerable pressure because of rising energy costs. Could the Taoiseach tell me when these businesses will get the very welcome support that was promised in the budget? If the businesses are still under pressure following that, will there be a further avenue of support? Is this being planned?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 31 May 2022, if the joint application has been made by her Department and a third-party developer to Cork County Council to have the roads in question taken in charge; if not, when she expects the application to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49082/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48912/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: This question has to do with Myanmar and the awful situation there. It gives the Minister an opportunity to inform the House of what he and the Government are doing and what is happening at UN level.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and acknowledge the work he and his officials are doing at EU and UN level. Much has been done. Reading the reports from Myanmar is horrifying, as the Minister has alluded to. He mentioned the Rohingya. Will he comment on the plight of those people? I have met some of them here. They are gentle people. I think there are 1 million of them in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: Does the Minister agree with Tom Andrews, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, that what is happening to the Rohingya people is actually genocide? Will the Minister comment on the calls for a global arms embargo? Has he had any contact with states that may be supporting the military there to try to stop them from offering that support and from keeping this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister and his officials and thank them for the presentation. There is a huge amount of work to be done. As Deputy Brady has said, one of the issues involved is the timescale for what will happen. It would be useful for us to have an idea of what the targets are and when. Without targets, things can slip. I am anxious to know if the Minister can provide a date as to when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome the Tánaiste and his officials. I thank him for his very informative briefing. I remember a time when the talk was always about job losses and company closures but now we have virtually full employment, which brings its own challenges. I want to ask the Tánaiste about the pressures that companies face and how there is increased talk of corporate insolvencies. What does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently serving overseas by rank and Defence Forces branch in each respective location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48913/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: 115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 10 March 2022, if the engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the issue of employment protection for members of the Reserve Defence Force who may be engaged in voluntary military service in support of the Permanent Defence Forces has concluded; the number of virtual and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Oct 2022)

David Stanton: 322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who are assigned to the Cobh district and to the Garda stations in the district, by rank; if there has been an increase or decrease in these numbers in the past 12 months; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49152/22]