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The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I acknowledge the fact - this has been mentioned a few times already - that I was very anxious when I was the Minister of State that we would have a strategy and plan. We pulled together the experts in 2019. There were 26 people who worked extremely hard on the strategy for more than a year I acknowledge their work. They were led by Deaglán Ó Briain, a very impressive official...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests. It is very nice to see the former Senator, Ms Margaret Cox, again. Almost 25 years ago, one of the first parliamentary questions I asked related to Sunday trading. Tom Kitt was the Minister in the previous Government. While in opposition, he brought forward a Bill to regulate Sunday trading and I was anxious to see whether the Bill would progress. Obviously, it did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I need to do more research into how it works in nursing. Nurses are already producing 110% during the time they work. If they reduce their hours further, I do not know how they would be able to produce 100% given that they are already at that level, are working extremely hard and are very tired at the end of the day. The debate is quite good. I ask Mr. O'Connor to explain and expand on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: That is fine. On the issue of the future of work, where do our guests see this going? Obviously, there is a pilot project. I note that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform stated that if the public service went to a four-day week it would add €4.2 billion to the public service pay bill. Are our guests aware of that? Do they know anything about it or how it is calculated?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I have an open mind on it. In 1908, when people moved to five-day week, it was revolutionary, so this too would be a paradigm shift. With the impact of AI, flexible working, remote working and so on, much is happening and many changes are occurring. This proposal is certainly worthy of debate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: If I heard him correctly, Mr. Barnes introduced another line of argument in which he suggested, quite correctly, that many doctors, nurses and others are working extremely hard and are burned out at the moment. His line of argument is that we should reduce their stress and the amount of work they are undertaking by bringing in a four-day week. However, as I said, for many professions, such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Four-Day Working Week: Discussion (6 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I understand that because I know certain people in the childcare and nursing sectors who went on reduced hours and were very happy to do that. What I am getting to is the argument put forward by Mr. O'Connor and others that pay stays the same, time goes down but productivity stays the same. Mr. Barnes is now saying that it is not just productivity but that it also has to do with improved...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans of her Department to showcase objects from the national collections in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Commission on the Future of Media in Ireland; when the report of the Commission is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question number 139 of 28 September, when he expects all vacant homes officers based in local authorities will be full-time posts; the action he plans to take to make this happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48315/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: 450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a secular body is defined as one with 50 members or less with respect to the definition of a body permitted to apply for additions to the Register of Solemnisers under the Civil Registration Act 2004; her plans to amend this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47840/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Force: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I am in Leinster House. I again welcome our guests. I met some of them a number of years ago. It is sad to see things have not progressed very much since then. In fact, they have gone the other way. As the Chairman said, I was a member of the RDF, which was called the FCA for 23 years. When I got elected to the Dáil, I got a letter from the President saying my services were no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Force: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

David Stanton: I have two brief questions. The last time training camps were held was in 2019. I guess they were probably not held this year or last because of Covid-19 but perhaps I am wrong. Mr. Gargan might be able to give us an outline of the last training camps in terms of how many people attended, how they went and so on. Is it still the case that members of the public service can take time off...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Missions (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s plans to establish diplomatic missions which will incorporate business and further promote the generation of trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has reconsidered the ratification of the Antarctic Treaty System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46851/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46864/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cybersecurity Policy (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role of the Defence Forces in the preservation of cybersecurity; the number of personnel involved in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding converting to an Irish driving licence for a person in receipt of an existing ten-year EU driving licence but whose original first licence was issued in Ukraine; if such an EU licence is reckonable as an E- issued licence for the purposes of exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to an application for a refund of PRSI and USC reliefs by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (30 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include illness benefit as one of the qualifying payments for a springboard+ course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47317/21]