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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Solar Energy Guidelines (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding available for the solar electricity grant in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51335/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I might come in again later but I will be very brief. I am from an area where there are a number of fishermen and I am concerned about the general impression that might be given about the industry generally, for example, that abuse is widespread. I ask Mr. Kelly and Mr. O'Brien to comment on that. I am worried about the owners of boats and people who are doing their best to comply, who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman. I join with Deputy O’Reilly where she pointed out that there are employers who are trying to do the right thing and we have to be careful that we do not give the impression that every employer is breaking the law. I take what Mr. Kelly said earlier on that there are some contraventions that are administrative and so forth but there are also some that are very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Apart from the fishers’ sector, has Mr Kelly encountered trafficking in other areas of employment in his work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Kelly. I will return to Mr. O’Brien with other questions in respect of citizenship. We know that after five years on the atypical scheme, workers can apply for citizenship. Is he aware whether this is known or whether many people have done that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Has Mr. O’Brien any comment on that, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Can I come back in there, Chairman, please, because my time is very limited? My apologies for interrupting. Turning to Mr. Kelly, with respect to those who are involved in serious infringements in the fishing industry, is it the policy of the WRC to name and shame these employers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: Can we go beyond that to make it even more public? I ask because I have been contacted by a number of employers who are very angry at the small number of people who are involved in the major infringements that we have mentioned. One suggestion is that they be named and shamed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Resourcing and Capacity of the Workplace Relations Commission: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: The employers who are compliant and are doing their bit would welcome that in respect of the serious infringements. Finally, we probably are all aware that there is a major review into the atypical scheme with regard to the fishing industry. This hearing is timely today and I thank the witnesses who have come before us because they have given us some very interesting information. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional funding of €105 million earmarked for disability services in Budget 2022 will help to provide greater independence for those in a post-school setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50832/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which young persons with disabilities, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, can be further supported once they leave second-level education and start attending adult disability services with respect to transport to these services or centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason only homeowners including landlords, whose homes were built before 2011 can apply for the solar electricity grant in order to help with the installation of solar PV panels; his plans to allow owners of houses built since 2011 to apply for this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount expended on the solar electricity grant in each year since its inception; the number of installations completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Erosion (19 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group, chaired by his Department, is examining the potential impacts on coastal areas of a predicted rise in sea levels, as outlined in a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50628/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (14 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to further encourage the establishment of remote working hubs in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50049/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (14 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support to be provided by her Department in 2021 for the development of remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50048/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister to examine the issue of people with intellectual disabilities in rural areas getting to the centre of further training, education and so on. It can be a massive challenge. They do not qualify for the second-level school transport scheme. Their parents are quite often working and they cannot get to the centre, which may be many miles away and very often, the distances...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to further expand the range of apprenticeship schemes in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49751/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I tabled this question to give the Minister an opportunity to explain the further expansion of apprenticeships across the country. We have seen many new ones coming on stream in the past number of years. What new ones are being planned? Are there strategies in place to retain apprentices in position once they are employed?