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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: I thank the officials very much for being here today. How will the legislation impact dynamic pricing, or vice versa? Will that still be allowed, possibly? Will the officials give us a definition of what they understand dynamic pricing to be? How will the legislation affect season tickets, group tickets and multiple event tickets? Deputy Bruton referred to the offshore websites. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: I might come in on that again. I meant, for instance, how the GAA owns more than one venue. Is each venue designated or how does that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: Are there implications for private property rights in the legislation? Perhaps the officials will let us know what their understanding of dynamic pricing is. As I understand it, this has to do with demand in the market and that the primary seller can adjust the price of the tickets up or down depending on the demand. Is this going to be difficult to manage, monitor or control with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Sporting And Recreational Events) Bill 2020: Discussion (9 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: My final question was on private property rights.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (8 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the roll out of the national broadband plan in east County Cork with particular refence to intervention areas located in predominantly commercially serviced towns (details supplied); the timescale for the delivery of the plan to these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41923/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: Has the Minister had any engagement with opendoorsinitiative.iewith respect to employment purposes?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Unemployment (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: It is the Open Doors Initiative which works with disadvantaged people to help them with employment purposes. Has she engaged with it on a departmental level?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Public Service Numbers (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: I acknowledge the work and the courtesy of the staff in the offices around the country. They are great. A change has been made in PPS numbers. In the past, wives and husbands were linked with the same number. The only difference was that "w" was after the wives' number. That has been changed, thankfully and properly, and everybody has been given their own individual number. However,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: Question No. 30, in my name, is identical to Question No. 8 and I cannot understand why they are not grouped. With regard to the additional places that are being made available, what policy, if any, does the Minister have to include people with disabilities and those from disadvantaged areas, migrant backgrounds, the Traveller community and so on? Does he have any breakdown on the gender...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: Has there been any analysis of the hard cases for whom JobPath has not been able to secure employment? Has the Minister any figures on this? Has her Department had any engagement with the Open Doors Initiative or the Irish Association for Social Inclusion Opportunities?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the number of places on community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the increase in the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance will take effect; the number of persons who will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the health and safety leave advice being given to women in the teaching profession who are pregnant at a stage of 28 weeks or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40947/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit and Readiness of Businesses, Employees and Communities: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests to this meeting. As Senator Gavan has just said, the word chaos has been used. Tá sé uafásach, gan dabht. I have been alarmed over this for a long time. It has been obscured by the fog of Covid-19 but this is just horrific. There is no other way to describe it. A deal would be terrible but a no-deal outcome would be absolutely unbearable. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit and Readiness of Businesses, Employees and Communities: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: First, we should probably get a note from the Department on the export credit insurance scheme and what its thinking is on that, given that the issue has been raised more than once. I note that the Office for Budget Responsibility in the UK has predicted that a no-deal Brexit will lead to a negative impact over the next 15 years or so of about 6% of GDP. A no-deal Brexit would have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit and Readiness of Businesses, Employees and Communities: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: The other question I had, which was for Mr. O'Brien, in particular, concerned pivoting to Europe and beyond.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the intentions of institutions (details supplied) to address the concerns of students in both college-provided and private accommodation in view of current circumstances further to his request to higher education institutions to show flexibility with regard to student accommodation cancellations and refunds;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that there is sufficient personal protective equipment in stock and currently available to the HSE; the amount of stock available at present; the amount ordered and delivered each month to the end of July 2020; the further amounts ordered and delivered since; the associated costs involved; the procurement and tendering methods used in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (1 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses and midwives who qualified outside of Ireland that applied for registration in each of the respective divisions G1, G2 and G3 of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland for each month of 2020 to date; the number of these applications that have been registered; the average time taken from initial application to final decision for each...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Dec 2020)

David Stanton: 816. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the issuing of forestry licences in his Department; the situation regarding the key performance indicators in the project plan; the efforts he is taking to ensure that these key performance indicators are being met and even exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40398/20]