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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for being here to discuss this important issue. I also acknowledge her personal interest and involvement in this issue since it arose last summer. Last June, the announcement was made that the Owenacurra Centre would close on 31 October and that in the interim all residents, and their families where appropriate, would be consulted. It was also promised that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: Will this task force will have any role in the security of mobile phones? How certain is the Minister that her phone, my phone and the Cathaoirleach’s phone are not being hacked or tapped at the moment, that someone is not listening into what she is doing and saying about where she is and who she is talking to, or the fact she is sitting beside the Minister of State, Deputy Joe...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: Is the community services fund open for new applications and, if not, is it intended to be? If so, how many a new applications would be accepted?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I recognise the work the Minister of State is doing in this area and his personal interest in it. With reference to Question No. 68, will he outline what supports are in place to assist communities that do not currently have a centre to develop one? Will he consider doing a national audit of towns and villages across the country to see where the deficits are and to encourage and support...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I agree with what the Minister of State said but I encourage him to engage with local authorities in this matter. They need encouragement, support and a policy direction. Does he agree that community centres can provide services, facilities and a place for people, young and old, to go at night and where communities can really develop? We need more of them and, where there is a deficit,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response. I particularly thank her for recognising the need of large-scale employers and the workers in those operations. Has a national survey been undertaken with respect to the need for hubs across the country? Are there areas where there are no hubs? Has the Minister consulted with her colleague, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her approach and I encourage her to keep it up and to, maybe, ensure a whole-of-government approach in this area. A number of Departments can contribute to this. I welcome her remarks with regard to students. Can we go beyond facilitating students to link up to lectures and so forth and allow for research and development to take place? Collaboration, innovation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the connected hubs network to provide remote or hybrid work arrangements for employees is available to businesses of different sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60193/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Government and Minister on this initiative. I suggest we have to scale this up even further to target larger employers who might employ hundreds of people, many of whom travel for many hours every day to cities and so forth when they could work in their own towns. We have, as has been mentioned, community centres and old buildings being repurposed. We need more than...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: 83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the connected hubs network is primarily focussed on providing remote or hybrid work options for individual use; if not, if the network is open to businesses seeking longer-term, formal work arrangements for company employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60194/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for both their statements and their work in this area. I notice from the report presented to us that France and Germany have introduced laws on mandatory human rights due diligence. I am interested to know what the witnesses think of these laws. How do they impact, if at all? I notice some improvements could be made. Has any other country introduced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (7 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: It is more a statement than a question. I am very pleased to hear that 105 investors have called for due diligence, as Ms Tunney said. I have come across that previously in the areas of diversity and climate change where investors and large corporations have learned that the bottom line can be impacted in a positive way by them doing the right thing. Diversity, for instance, can often lead...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services (3 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I concur with Deputy Griffin's final point. Throughout the country, there are youth organisations that have nowhere to go. Has the Department considered engaging schools that are closed? Some of them, which often have fantastic facilities the State has paid for, lie idle at night and on weekends, when young people could use them. Throughout the country, in towns and villages, they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (3 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: We are bringing in a sick pay scheme and it seems many of these workers cannot actually avail of that scheme because they have to sign on, and they do not build up enough time. Will the Minister comment on what are the plans to change that?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: Last June it was announced that the Owenacurra mental health centre in Midleton was to close on 31 October last. That has not happened. It seems there is no suitable place for the residents to move to. Obviously, this has caused a lot of angst, uncertainty and worry among residents and their families. There also seems to be an issue with the future policy on the mental health residential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I will not take the 14 minutes. I support the Minister signing the order. I read through the Labour Court report. As the Minister of State indicated, it seems there was quite a robust debate and discussion but at the end of the day, a good amount of work was done and I welcome the outcome. I have one question for the officials. I am concerned about the number of apprentices who leave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Coogan. I have finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I will not take all that time. I join Senator Gavan in welcoming this legislation. It is good we are discussing it and facilitating its scrutiny today. I have one question with respect to an issue around the date of 13 March 2020. I have been contacted by a number of people who were working in seasonal employment and prior to that time, they would not have been working. They would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Breathnach for that response. This is something that was not envisaged and many of those people were left high and dry. Because they were not working prior to that date and then they could not be taken on afterwards they were not able to avail of any of the payments. Because this sector and other sectors were closed and, thankfully, they reopened and people returned to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

David Stanton: In welcoming this small technical Bill, are there plans to make it widely known that this law will be in place in order that people can avail of the terms under the law? How are people to be informed about this?