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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 (23 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: Another consideration SIPTU had concerned the time limit for the historical employer-deemed insolvent application. It recommends extending the time limit to six years. Does Ms Breathnach have a view on that? Has she seen that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 (23 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: Maybe a compromise can be reached in this regard. The current time limit proposed is two years, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 (23 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: Maybe a compromise can be reached to extend it to three or four years. How many employees does Ms Breathnach envisage will be impacted and benefit from this new measure per annum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 (23 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I want to get back to the €600 cap. I have seen some stuff from SIPTU, for instance, where it talks about awards from the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, or the Labour Court. It reckons that the reason the salary cap awards are disproportionate compared to other such awards is that when one applies for the awards, it is because it was not the intention of the Act that it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2024 (23 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Breathnach and the Cathaoirleach.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Solar Energy Guidelines (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: Does the Minister of State agree a convenient grid connection will lead to many applications for solar farms at a particular location? As a result of that, a whole region could be converted into a super solar farm. Does the Minister of State agree there should be guidelines in place nationally to ensure this does not happen? If you live in an area with nothing but grey glass as far as the...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: Local authorities can identify houses that are derelict and go down the compulsory purchase order, CPO, route. Does the Minister have any indication of how many houses might be eligible for the vacant property grant? Is there any link between what the local authorities are doing in identifying vacant properties and the vacant property tax, which might act as an incentive for people to avail...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Solar Energy Guidelines (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce national guidelines to manage the development of large-scale solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41434/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Solar Energy Guidelines (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: This question relates to the possible need to introduce national guidelines to manage the development of large-scale solar farms. In my part of the country, we are seeing hundreds of acres being earmarked for solar farms. As the Tánaiste stated last week, we are talking about 40 shades of green turning into 40 shades of grey.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Solar Energy Guidelines (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response, but I put it to him that the development of large-scale - I am talking about hundreds of acres - solar farms is very new. While we have national guidelines on the production of renewable energy that seem to dictate planning guidelines, there are no guidelines on large-scale solar farms. This involves the transformation of whole townlands and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Fifty Years of Irish Aid and Perspectives on the Crisis in Sudan: Department of Foreign Affairs (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Gaffey for that and for the work he and his team are doing on this. I understand that about half the country is experiencing severe hunger at the moment. The figure I have seen is 25.6 million. What is his estimate of the number of people killed? Officially, 20,000 people have been killed but I have seen figures stating 150,000 may have been slaughtered so far. With the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Fifty Years of Irish Aid and Perspectives on the Crisis in Sudan: Department of Foreign Affairs (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I am sorry; I thought there were others before me. I welcome the witnesses. It is great to see the anniversary of Irish Aid's 1974 establishment. I was doing the leaving certificate that year, which was a long time ago. A lot of work has gone on in that time but, looking at what is happening in the world, you would despair and wonder if we are going backwards or forwards. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant property refurbishment grant applications received to date by each local authority; the number processed and approved; and the most recent figures his Department has on the number of vacant properties per local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42941/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 9 September 2024, if the review for a driving licence exchange agreement with the Canadian province of Nova Scotia has been completed; if so, the decision made; if not, when he expects a decision to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43273/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (22 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person on a full driving licence from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia can avail of the shorter essential driver training of six lessons and the fact that they do not have to be a learner for the usual minimum of six months before taking a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43293/24]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister of State and her officials. I, too, associate myself with the condolences to the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, on the recent passing of his mum, which is not easy. Looking through what we have been presented with, I am struck by the huge amount of work by officials going on in the Department. A huge amount of positive stuff is going on and businesses are being...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: When does the Minister of State expect it to start?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: As an aside, and maybe I am stretching it a bit raising it with the Estimates, there is going to be huge potential in the development of offshore wind. A lot of jobs will be created in that sector. A lot of new skills will be required and there will need to be a lot upskilling. A lot of the landing jobs will be onshore but many will be on ships. What strategies are being put in place to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: I agree with the Tánaiste about engagement with employers. As many employers would value the training I and others got in the Defence Forces in the past, I encourage the Tánaiste to go down that road and work on that. The Tánaiste may not have the information with him today but could he let me know about the thinking about the tax-free gratuity that used to be paid? I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

David Stanton: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the organisational structure of the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, including its geographical spread and strength in respective locations; his future plans for the further development of the RDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41892/24]