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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: The proposed route will go through it and buses will be stuck in traffic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome everybody to the meeting. This is a very interesting conversation. I ask Mr. Redmond about the following from Mr. McDonnell's written submission: We must also recognise that it has become government policy in recent years to pass more of the burden of the “social wage” to employers via the higher minimum wage, domestic violence leave, statutory sick pay, etc. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I have met a number of relatively small business owners and they all feel the same pressure coming on them from these measures. They are good measures. I am not saying they should not be introduced and have yet to meet an employer who says that, but they are bringing on extra costs. This is in the context of another change coming down the tracks with this particular one. We have three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: What number is that roughly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Is it 45% of the 15,000 mentioned earlier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: A number of reasons have been mentioned by ISME, the first being the extra cost. It has been said that if somebody does a job and an older person does the same job, then the productivity is equal and they should be paid the same. That argument has been made and I do not see why it should not be the case. They have the same productivity and make the same profit for the company. The next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Of course, it could also be argued that another staff member's time being used to train a new person is time that worker is not producing work for the company, so there is a double-whammy there. Did Mr. McDonnell want to come in on those issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Mr. McDonnell mentioned students and seasonal work. Does ISME have any quantification of how many of the 15,000 we spoke about earlier are students who come in during the summer time and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Is that in line with the ESRI's figures of 80% comprising students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Will Dr. Redmond comment on the seasonality of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Of the 15,000, therefore, roughly 12,000 are students.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: Of the 80% who also work in accommodation or retail, is that about the same number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: The figure, therefore, is about 7,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: On the issue of productivity, Mr. McDonnell might take this question. If two people, regardless of their age, are performing the same job with the same productivity and output, should they be paid the same wage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: The point remains, however, that if two people in the same job with the same productivity do not require different levels of supervision and so on, they should be paid the same rate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: About half of them are women. Is that correct?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. It is great to see a Minister from the Department here. I congratulate him on his promotion and wish him the very best in the weeks, months and hopefully years ahead. This is an issue I have been raising for quite some time. I am lucky enough to represent a constituency that is growing rapidly. A lot of houses are being built...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Passport Services (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the documentation received to date and currently outstanding on two passport applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30300/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any time limit exists between the enactment of a Bill to change the constitution and the holding of a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: 176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports in place for those who are self-employed who are unable to work due to illness or injury; her future plans, if any, in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30295/24]