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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: I want to refer to section 4(3) of the Bill, which provides for commencement three months after enactment. As I outlined earlier, the Government may bring forward amendments to reduce the impact on private and public sector employers and small and large businesses, and to allow time for the conclusion of negotiations on the EU draft directive on work-life balance and paid parental leave. In...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: I will wait until then because it is a serious issue.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: There are other policy implications here that are wider than this. For instance, parental leave can be shared or not shared as the case may be. We have to be careful the mother does not end up taking the bulk of parental leave, jeopardising chances of promotion later. There are many other issues such as this. The debate is useful and important, but I want to draw the attention of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: I know.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: The Government is in favour of extended parental leave. We are talking about the first year of a child's life. We are talking about going way beyond this and bringing in paid leave. As I said, there are implications for the EU work-life balance directive and there are other nuances. These must be introduced properly after consultation where people, particularly small businesses, can be...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: We are not opposing the legislation.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: I will bring forward amendments on Report Stage, as I indicated earlier.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: There is one small issue that Deputy Shortall brought up at the start of proceedings. She indicated that this Bill would cost some money. I know that a money message was not requested by the committee. I want to note that the Deputy made the point that it would cost some money. I wrote it down.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: Even so, it is something I am concerned about because a money message was not requested.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: Again, the Deputy made the point that is would cost some money. I am a little concerned about that because I do not want to act outside of the rules.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

David Stanton: Any costs at all may be a problem.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (15 May 2018)

David Stanton: I take it the Deputy is referring to the proposal in relation to a Call for proposals with respect to the future provision of Garda Youth Diversion Project (GYDP) services. I am very conscious that GYDPs deliver valuable services for young people who have committed a crime or may be at risk of offending as well as providing important support for An Garda Síochána at local...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 May 2018)

David Stanton: The organisation referred to received funding of €1.385 million per year from my Department in 2016 and 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (15 May 2018)

David Stanton: The organisation concerned received €1,212,133.40 in funding for 2016 and €1,333,346.75 for 2017 from the Vote of the Department of Justice and Equality subhead D.7 Traveller Initiatives.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Accommodation Provision (15 May 2018)

David Stanton: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have no responsibility to the Dáil for housing matters. Such matters are the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. The Irish Refugee Protection Programme falls under the ambit of the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration (OPMI) within my Department and this office has a coordinating...

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

David Stanton: I thank Fianna Fáil colleagues for giving us all the opportunity to participate in the debate on this significant issue. The Government is not opposing the Private Member's Bill sponsored by Deputies O’Callaghan, Jack Chambers and Rabbitte. However, we are debating a Government general scheme of a gambling control Bill, published in 2013, which the proposers have essentially...

Seanad: Civil Law (Costs in Probate Matters) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 May 2018)

David Stanton: I am pleased to be here on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, who asked me to convey his apologies. He was here earlier for quite a while on Second Stage of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill. The Government considered this Bill at its meeting this morning and agreed to the Minister's recommendation not to oppose the Bill but to accept the merits...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter: Statements (8 May 2018)

David Stanton: The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Charles Flanagan, cannot be here and sends his apologies. He has asked me to make a statement on his behalf in terms of the Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill that has been introduced by Senators Mark Daly, Robbie Gallagher and Lorraine Clifford-Lee. I thank the Senators for providing me with an opportunity to restate again the Government's...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter: Statements (8 May 2018)

David Stanton: I believe so. I thought they were with the ushers.

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter: Statements (8 May 2018)

David Stanton: It might be worthwhile at this stage to summarise the key issues as outlined in a letter to Senator Mark Daly. The Bill creates a new offence of corporate manslaughter and a new offence of grossly negligent manslaughter causing death. The expert legal advice confirmed that the following main issues would need to be clarified and addressed: the range of public bodies to which the Bill would...