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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Re-enlistment is another issue. If people leave and want to come back in again, what are the terms? There is also the issue of people who want to join who are part of the military establishment in other jurisdictions and who want to come here and join at a certain rank and level. Is that something the body would see as part of its operation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I brought up an issue with the Tánaiste recently when he appeared before the committee. I said to him that it was a bit of a curveball and he agreed with me but I will nevertheless bring it up again. When I was in the Department of Justice, I visited Mountjoy Prison from time to time and I visited a jobs fair there where young prisoners who had been through training and rehabilitation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister. I urge her to move that along as quickly as possible, given it has been ongoing for some time. On the issue of employment permits, we are an outlier in the European Union and, indeed, in much of the OECD world in that there is no direct access for dependants of those with intra-company transfer employment permits. We are the only ones who do not give that access....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister's commitment to this. The Department of enterprise is on the same playing field as her on this, so it is a matter of the two Departments getting together and making it happen. The Minister might write to me setting out what is required to make it happen. The spouses and partners of those with critical skills visas can work automatically. There is no issue there. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work her Department has undertaken in designing a solution to integrate immigration permissions and employment permits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8274/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to report to Government with an implementation plan and associated timelines for the development of a fully integrated single application process for immigration permissions and employment permits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8275/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister to tell me her plans to integrate the immigration permissions and employment permits system. How advanced is that work and when will we see a decision and action on it?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way his Department is encouraging and supporting farmers to put solar panels on their farm buildings to generate electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (22 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the situation with respect to BALAMI funding for the dredging of Ballycotton Harbour, County Cork; his Department’s role in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8387/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: It has been four months almost to the day since Storm Babet devastated my part of the country. The Taoiseach and Ministers visited and offered huge support, which was very welcome. What we did not see at the time was the devastation caused to roads. There was approximately €60 million worth of damage. I am told that the Department of Transport can only give €13 million at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome Mr. O'Rourke and his team and congratulate him on his appointment. I wish him well with the work ahead. I will follow up on Deputy O'Reilly's comments on AI. Last week, I attended a global parliamentary seminar at which we heard AI being described as the fourth industrial revolution following on from steam, electricity and the computer age. It is that important. The seminar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: The committee did a lot of work earlier on remote working, the right to request remote working and so on. Recently I have noticed that some companies pushing back on remote working and trying to get people to come back into the office more. What is Mr. O'Rourke finding in that particular space?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: One of the terms that is also used is that we are beyond full employment, which is fantastic to see. There is actually pressure getting workers. I read somewhere yesterday that there are over 200 vacancies for high-level construction workers at the moment which just cannot be filled. It is a big issue. I notice the IDA is a member of the Open Doors initiative, of which I am also a member,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Is it part of the IDA's strategy to engage with the companies in its portfolio to get them to look at that particular space? People who are marginalised can, with a little assistance, become productive employees, with all that goes with that for the individuals themselves, the company and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: The IDA has eight overseas offices in the United States - in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, New York, northern California, southern California and Seattle. It has one in Canada, in Toronto. I have been promoting the idea of having one in, for instance, Calgary, which is a big centre and Canada is a massive country. Does Mr. O'Rourke envisage the IDA expanding and opening more offices...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: The Speaker of the Senate of Canada is visiting at the moment. We have done some work with the friendship group. We looked at Canada as a case study for trade because this committee has responsibility for trade as well as enterprise. We took that as a case study and have done some work on it. I have met representatives from Calgary who are interested in engaging with the IDA and others. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: There you go. In my county, as part of the old Amgen site in Ballyadam, 153 acres have been sitting fully serviced with a rail line at one side and a motorway on the other. It has been idle for years with nothing happening. Is Mr. O'Rourke aware of that site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I just wanted to bring it to his attention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I take every opportunity to bring it up here because I think the road infrastructure is the problem. I just wanted to bring it to Mr. O'Rourke's attention.