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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed date for the start of construction on the new community hospital in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 31 March 2022, if he will provide details of the European Union regulation governing the use of CAP funding through TAMS whereby the electricity generated is solely for farm use and not for payment; the plans, if any, to amend this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the research and development tax credit rate from 25% to 35%, up to a reasonable threshold; the estimated cost of doing same up to a threshold of €500,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26785/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: I thank our guests for their presentation. I just have a few questions. On page 5 of Mr. Boland's presentation there are two graphs that indicate the portion of injury claimants who settled through each settlement channel from 2015 to 2019. The percentage of claimants who chose litigation is quite high compared to the percentage who took the PIAB route, which is quite low. From the other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: It seems that people do not realise they are better off sticking with PIAB. Are they being advised, in Mr. Boland’s view, to go down the litigation route? Will this legislation before us do anything to change that? What more can be done to encourage people to stick with PIAB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: I want to follow up on the issue of InsuranceLink. Could Mr. Boland explain, for the benefit of people who are watching this today, what InsuranceLink is and why he wants it transferred to PIAB, or PIRB as it will be? How would that work? What would the advantages of that be? I will leave it at that for the moment. Could he explain to people what is involved here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: I note on the InsuranceLink site that there is a statement which states that “the cost of falsified, exaggerated and-or duplicated claims in Ireland has been estimated to be in excess of €100 million annually, which ends up being paid by honest citizens”. There are therefore huge issues. We are looking at the proposal under head 24, that the alliance calls on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: Am I right in saying that Insurance Ireland creates this database and that it is in existence because the claims keep coming in? Would Mr. Boland see it continuing in that regard? Would they continue to create it, gather the information and then pass it on to the PIRB? How would Mr. Boland see it working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2022)

David Stanton: Can I ask Ms Murdock about one particular point that came out in her statement? She said that Ireland has the fifth largest market for insurance in the EU and that it is the biggest exporter of insurance services. Could she expand on that and tell us how that is the case?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, for being here to respond on it. Last Friday, I attended a seminar in Cobh organised by Cobh and Harbour Chamber. There were some serious people there representing the energy sector. The focus was on renewables and the great potential that exists in Cork Harbour in particular...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: We could probably have a longer debate on this issue. Is there a signed agreement between the UK and Ireland in respect of Ireland's interconnectors and the flow of gas to which the Minister of State referred? It is all very fine stating there is excellent co-operation but what is the nature of that co-operation? Is it a signed agreement between the two countries? As all present are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the objectives of her Department’s community safety policy; the timeframes for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.112 of 29 March 2022, when the recruitment competition for the Garda Reserve will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26136/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has issued a decommissioning notice for the Kinsale gas pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25678/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Women, Peace and Security: Engagement with the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (24 May 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. I welcome our guests. I am sorry I am not in the room with them, but I have another meeting to attend straight after I speak. A number of years ago, I was honoured to deliver the statement by Ireland at the 63rd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, CSW, as well as the session prior to that. I join our guests in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (19 May 2022)

David Stanton: 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there will be a public consultation on the living wage; the approach to be taken for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

David Stanton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 8 March 2022, his Department’s plans for the continuing development of Local Training Initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

David Stanton: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is considering measures to improve the career pathways and ensure the continuity of contract for staff working within Local Training Initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25351/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. I refer to head 14, relating to the requirement for employers to have a formal remote working policy. Do our guests agree that there are many employers, some of which are small employers employing a small number of people, whose workers will not be able to work remotely? Some of the employees may be working remotely in an unusual...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (17 May 2022)

David Stanton: The Minister of State referred to the Courts Service identifying a space in Youghal Town Council to which people can go on any Friday if they need assistance. Reference was made to court users preferring to have their issues dealt with at a main centre rather than locally. However, people are being asked to go to a very public place to deal with a most intimate matter. The woman who...