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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this item and the Minister, Deputy McEntee, for being here to respond. I think this issue is fairly simple to rectify. It should not cost any money. I have been approached on behalf of students working on ships who are required to go to sea in a training capacity. Many of these companies operate in Europe and are not registered here, but they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: We are all aware of the pressure on gas supplies in Europe. As winter approaches, this will probably get worse. The oil and gas strike in Norway is thankfully over, but it shows how precarious our one connection to Scotland is. We have no contingency for gas supplies or for gas storage. We depend on it to cook our food, heat our homes, power our industry and generate electricity. Many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and thank them for their contributions and for an interesting and important debate. Ms McElwee mentioned both in her submission and her presentation that there may be constitutional issues involved in making the changes that are suggested. Could she go into more detail on how she sees that working out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: How does that impact on the Constitution or how does the Constitution impact on that, as Ms McElwee is suggesting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: Ms McElwee might come back to us with some detail and find out exactly which section of the Constitution she is concerned about because I am not clear on that, but I hear what she is saying. I notice that the wage cap for calculating statutory redundancy has not changed for a long time. Would it make a difference if that were adjusted? Our friends from the trade unions or Ms McElwee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: May I ask about the suggestion that has been made to set up a stand-alone fund to handle ex-gratiapayments in insolvency situations such as these? Will either side comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: A suggestion has been made that a stand-alone fund to handle ex-gratiapayments in insolvency situations be set up. Will the witnesses comment on that? What are their views on that? Would it be a good idea? How would it be done?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her words earlier. I want to commend her on the work she has done with respect to the increased number of refuge places. I ask her again to redouble the work on the availability of violent pornography. I agree with the Minister that it has a pernicious effect. I have been reading some reports on it recently and it is very scary and frightening. I ask that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: I agree with my colleague that we need gardaí on the beat, out on the street and visible. A lot of them are tied up with paperwork and filing reports and so forth. What is the situation with respect to the other branch of the Garda that has not been mentioned, namely, the Garda Reserve? I understand there are moves afoot to recruit members to it. What are the plans there and when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: I compliment the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, on the work they are doing in this area. As my colleague, Deputy Michael Moynihan, has just said, it is of great importance. How is the youth joint agency response to crime, which is related to this question in many ways, going? Are there plans to expand it?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the prosecutions for coercive control since the commencement of the Domestic Violence Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35952/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date on the implementation of the national youth justice strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35953/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on local community groups working to keep their own areas litter free through the organised collection of litter; the measures being taken by his Department to support such groups; if he further intends to assist and encourage such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 323 of 1 February and 341 of 8 February 2022, if it is now possible for tenants in unsold affordable properties which have not been added to the local authority housing stock to purchase these properties following the deliberations of the working group which convened in September 2021;...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 327. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 28 June 2022, the number of permanent Defence Forces personnel who left the Defence Forces in 2022 up to 31 May; the reasons for leaving, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35555/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider exceptions to age grounds pertaining to the access and inclusion model in pre-schools; if there is any avenue by which a case can be made for such an exception to enable a child who is a few weeks too young under the current criteria to be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements to be met by Ukrainian nationals in order to qualify to access third level and-or further education courses in Ireland; if those in such circumstances are eligible to apply for SUSI grant support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 Jul 2022)

David Stanton: 881. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the Irish fishing fleet is being supported under the emergency provisions of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund to help with rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35262/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2022)

David Stanton: My colleague Deputy Carroll MacNeill sends her apologies. She asked me to raise this issue about a decision to re-evaluate a school and its grounds.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (30 Jun 2022)

David Stanton: The Minister has answered all my questions in that comprehensive and positive response. I thank her for that.