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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Is TII funding that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: How much is it putting towards it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Can Mr. O'Neill let me know at some stage, please? He might give the information to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: In my brief remaining time, I wish to raise two other projects. This has been a most interesting discussion. Part of the greenway from Midleton to Youghal will open on 7 March, and well done to everyone concerned, while the rest of it will open at the end of the year. It is a major project that will make a massive difference. Nevertheless, given we have been told the bypass from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Walsh. I have been focused on the final issue for a long time, although it will not be in my area anymore because of the constituency boundary reviews. It relates to the famous Mallow relief road, which will make a massive difference to Mallow and open up the whole town. It will mean trucks and so on that have no business being in the street will not be spewing out diesel and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for their work and their time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: We could tease it out further and argue that Government policy at a certain level could be equated with criticising the Government. Is there a thin line there that we have to be careful about? The first part of the paragraph contains the phrase “make a public statement or comment concerning a political matter”, and it then goes on to the next part that Mr. King is concerned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Earlier, Mr. Guinan used the phrase “outside malign actors seeking to influence and voice concerns of members”. Has he had experience of that or why did he bring that in? Where is it coming from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Such as?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thought that was what Mr. Guinan meant. I thank him for clarifying that because it was just hanging there. The ICTU statement said that the eventual bill must “not disproportionately limit the capacity of an individual member of the Defence Forces from participating in wider civil society.” The word “disproportionately” is defining certain things. Will Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome Mr. O'Rourke and his team and congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him well with the work ahead. I will follow up on Deputy O'Reilly's comments on AI. Last week, I attended a global parliamentary seminar at which we heard AI being described as the fourth industrial revolution following on from steam, electricity and the computer age. It is that important. The seminar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: The committee did a lot of work earlier on remote working, the right to request remote working and so on. Recently I have noticed that some companies pushing back on remote working and trying to get people to come back into the office more. What is Mr. O'Rourke finding in that particular space?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: One of the terms that is also used is that we are beyond full employment, which is fantastic to see. There is actually pressure getting workers. I read somewhere yesterday that there are over 200 vacancies for high-level construction workers at the moment which just cannot be filled. It is a big issue. I notice the IDA is a member of the Open Doors initiative, of which I am also a member,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Is it part of the IDA's strategy to engage with the companies in its portfolio to get them to look at that particular space? People who are marginalised can, with a little assistance, become productive employees, with all that goes with that for the individuals themselves, the company and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: The IDA has eight overseas offices in the United States - in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, New York, northern California, southern California and Seattle. It has one in Canada, in Toronto. I have been promoting the idea of having one in, for instance, Calgary, which is a big centre and Canada is a massive country. Does Mr. O'Rourke envisage the IDA expanding and opening more offices...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: The Speaker of the Senate of Canada is visiting at the moment. We have done some work with the friendship group. We looked at Canada as a case study for trade because this committee has responsibility for trade as well as enterprise. We took that as a case study and have done some work on it. I have met representatives from Calgary who are interested in engaging with the IDA and others. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: There you go. In my county, as part of the old Amgen site in Ballyadam, 153 acres have been sitting fully serviced with a rail line at one side and a motorway on the other. It has been idle for years with nothing happening. Is Mr. O'Rourke aware of that site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I just wanted to bring it to his attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I take every opportunity to bring it up here because I think the road infrastructure is the problem. I just wanted to bring it to Mr. O'Rourke's attention.