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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: ...communal areas, there is no difficulty in people leaving literature and so on in them or meeting with asylum seekers or refugees. We would encourage that and we support it as best we can. A new long-term integration social fund to 2027 is being prepared. The debate is ongoing in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

David Stanton: ...obliged to provide it. A small number of people can stay with friends and relations already in Ireland, and a small number do, but the vast majority cannot. They are guaranteed a bed that night along with a shower, food, security, medical care and whatever else they need. That is what they are provided with immediately. We have streamlined the application process. Part of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gambling Legislation (29 Nov 2018)

David Stanton: ...it is intended to publish a Bill before the end of this Dáil session, which will be some progress. I am also frustrated at the lack of progress. We had five meetings, which I chaired. They were long detailed meetings and I was struck by the complexity and how far this area has developed in the last number of years. There were some very serious people around the table representing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Direct Provision System (27 Nov 2018)

David Stanton: .... I have outlined the services that are available. I have yet to see a better alternative. If the Deputy has one, he might tell me what it is. I would be delighted to sit down with him for as long as it takes to learn about it. To meet our obligations as set out in the EU directive, which lays down standards for the reception of persons seeking international protection, and which...

Seanad: Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage (21 Nov 2018)

David Stanton: ...feels it cannot support the Bill for a number of reasons. The Department received notice of the Bill last Wednesday only and, as a result, we have had only a week to examine it. Government Bills take much longer and the heads of the Bills must be sent to every Department for recommendations and observations. We must also submit Bills to the relevant committee for pre-legislative...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (7 Nov 2018)

David Stanton: ...the Government’s broader gender equality policy as it is expected that fathers, as well as mothers, will be encouraged to take time off work to care for their children if they are in receipt of benefits while doing so. For too long, the majority of caring responsibilities have been undertaken by women. It is time to put policies in place that encourage fathers to share more of...

Seanad: Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018: Second Stage (24 Oct 2018)

David Stanton: ...looking at it, up to 100 pieces of legislation are referenced in the Bill. I noticed one of them dates from 1540. When Senator McDowell mentions going back into the mists of time, he was not joking. It is a long time to reach back 478 years to do this. There is much work involved in this. The Department of Justice and Equality, but also other Departments, need to confirm its impact,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Oct 2018)

David Stanton: ...-exposed persons. In general these measures must be carried out before a customer opens an account. However, a bank can allow an account to be opened without first carrying out the measures as long as no transactions are carried out. This amendment extends that exception to all financial institutions in line with the directive.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Oct 2018)

David Stanton: ...loot boxes, which is a whole significant area again. I am aware that some other countries in Europe are seriously also looking at this. We are making progress on it. Our working group had five long, detailed meetings with intergovernmental Departments involved. There is a report being worked on now for Government to move this matter forward. I am determined to get it right and quite...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (11 Oct 2018)

David Stanton: ..., funding was granted to the Jesuit Refugee Service under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund Ireland 2017 - 2019 for the PATHS project (Providing Asylum-seekers in Transition with Housing and Support) which assists long-term residents with status to exit the Accommodation Centre in Clondalkin. In addition, funding has been granted to South Dublin...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

David Stanton: ...detail and got advice on it from the Office of the Attorney General and others, it was apparent to the Minister and me that the amendments required would be quite extensive and would extend to the Long and Short Titles of the Bill. One fundamental difference between the Bill and the approach we propose is that the Private Members' Bill would amend the Irish Human Rights and Equality...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Sep 2018)

David Stanton: ...) was established and utilised the additional available capacity of 200 places in Mosney as an EROC (Emergency Reception & Orientation Centre). Following the completion of a public procurement process, long term contracts for EROCs are being put in place. While the total contracted capacity including the EROC is now at 800, additional spaces remain available where an exceptional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (26 Sep 2018)

David Stanton: ...of residents in each accommodation centre at year end. The tabular format of the report details the family composition of each family unit and the number of children in the age ranges 0-4, 5-12 and 13-17 years but does not specify how long the children have been in residence in each centre.

Seanad: Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018: Second Stage - An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cion a aisghairm arb éard é ní diamhaslach a fhoilsiú nó a aithris) 2018: An Dara Céim (20 Sep 2018)

David Stanton: ...in this area. However, there are good, sound justifications for removing the reference to blasphemous matter from our Constitution and I will enumerate those reasons. It is an undeniable fact that for as long as it remains in our Constitution, we have in being a constitutional offence of publishing or uttering blasphemous matter. We cannot wilfully ignore this constitutional provision....

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

David Stanton: ...by persons has also been reported since Operation Thor was launched. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae and others referred to victims. Last year, we implemented the Victims of Crime Act. This has gone a long way towards supporting victims. It is not true to say that victims are not considered. I agree with Deputy Eugene Murphy who said that it is important to report every crime, no matter...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (21 Jun 2018)

David Stanton: ...scale resettlements in counties therefore only began in March 2017. It is too early to undertake an evaluation of the current resettlement programme as the resettlement process has not been underway for sufficiently long and the Programme remains in a heavily operational phase.  The IRPP constantly re-evaluates its operations and fine-tunes elements of the Programme as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (19 Jun 2018)

David Stanton: ...to individual rooms vary and in a very small number of cases it could be up to six persons. Statistics are not collated on the basis of room sharing and there are no available statistics to illustrate how long such persons have been sharing rooms.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

David Stanton: ...Last year we introduced two weeks of paid paternity leave. There has been a very good take-up. We must ensure we are in a position to extend it. I take the point made by Deputies that we have a long way to go in providing for childcare and parental leave. Several years ago I visited Scandinavia where I studied this issue. I met people and saw what they did. Even then they were quite...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

David Stanton: ...is an important piece of work in progress. I propose to speak to amendments Nos. 1 and 2 together. These are relatively straightforward and with them I propose a slightly cleaner approach to the Long Title of the Bill. The Title will still reflect that the Bill amends and extends the provisions of the Parental Leave Act 1998 but it will do so in a marginally neater fashion. Simply...

Death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2018)

David Stanton: ...made to it were answered. Some remain to be answered in the context of the ongoing GSOC investigation. I have no doubt that GSOC, in its usual thorough and meticulous fashion, will provide those answers before too long. I trust that every Deputy who contributed to the debate has carefully read GSOC's first report and the statement it issued at the time of publication. I share the view...