Results 81-100 of 1,329 for does speaker:David Stanton

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (14 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...of Transport be able to provide the funding to allow the council to get on with the work? I ask that given the fact that the council's funds in this financial year are expended or committed. The council does not have the money to do it, yet the people need the roads to be repaired.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (14 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...made and for how much? He might let me know what it is. It is also disappointing and a bit alarming when the Minister tells us it is expected that road grants will be issued in early 2024. What does that mean? Is it January, February or March? Does that mean that many of the roads which are still closed and that are damaged and dangerous, as the Minister has acknowledged in his...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...not to say. That probably causes a problem. Could Mr. Collins elaborate a little more on what he means? It is happening already in local authorities, which have to do it under the 1998 Act. What else does he need for this particular request?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...the legislation, which is at a pretty early stage. That would be up to the people on the housing committee to bring forward the amendment. This committee could draft an amendment, if the clerk does not kill me for proposing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...I have seen some documentation on this, with the advent of scanning machines - somebody of my age would find these things hard to work sometimes - a person goes up to the scanning machine and it does not work and they pop the thing in the bag keep going. I have seen evidence from the UK and other places that these scanning machines actually encourage theft from shops by people who would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Dunne. He presented that very well. My time is getting short. Does Mr. Jennings want to come in on any of those questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shoplifting: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...? I note that there is a national retail crime strategy group in the UK. Is there anything like that here? Should we have such a group? Mr. Jennings mentioned the sharing of information. There does not seem to be a sharing of information and data between the police, business and public in the UK, which he suggested is happening in Belfast. We might be able to do something on that. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: 18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which older people who have a right of residence in a property that they do not own or that does not involve tenancy or lease agreements can be assisted to improve insulation through the various energy upgrade schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55739/23]

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...loan for a social house. They pay rent and the house is allocated, and the same should apply here. I agree with the witnesses that it is discriminatory. I do not see why it is done like this; it does not make any sense. Maybe we could ask the Department for the rationale as to why it is doing it like this and why it does not have an actual social provision as with the overall social...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...would be important. Everything else has been said. This is extremely difficult politically and I know councillors all over the country come under terrible pressure from constituents. The issue does not just concern councillors but goes beyond that when there is a proposal to put in place accommodation for Travellers or whatever. The issue is bigger than just councillors who are...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...are dealing with electricity. I understand, however, that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has a list of companies but not a list of individual installers. I double-checked this, and it does not have one. Farming safety is a huge issue but this means that if a farmer wants to put up a photovoltaic solar panel on a cattle shed or wherever, he or she cannot find a list...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: .... It might be useful for us to get a detailed note at some stage on the kinds of programmes being supported with this funding. It sounds good but the overall heading of emigrant support programme does not tell us a whole lot. I ask the Minister of State to send us a note at some stage. I am intrigued by subhead A9, for which I note the Minister of State is not seeking extra funding....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Supplementary)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: Does the Department have a policy for reaching out to the diaspora, as other countries do? This would include people of Irish descent who may be interested in investing in or contributing to Ireland in some way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: .... The Minister of State said that according to the excellent Jim Power report, commissioned by the ICBA, Irish exports to Canada could double in the next five years, given the right conditions. Does he agree with that sentiment? Where does he see the exports coming from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...Canada is Calgary. The Minister of State might outline our presence there. It is a long way from Toronto or Ottawa to Calgary. It is really in the centre and it is growing. From looking at the map, does the Minister of State agree we could increase our presence there? Having feet on the ground, including those of the State and its agencies, is important. Has the Department or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...and interest that even though the trade issue is growing and all the other relationships are very strong, this still remains on the table and needs to be resolved one way or the other. Where does the Minister of State see it going, and how soon will the Attorney General come back with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State, and I hope he does not end up like St. John the Baptist.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...Bantry? There is no equivalent of the Shannon Estuary economic task force, SEET, report there to pinpoint where investment in DMAPs is needed. Could he talk about that situation as well, or if he does not have the information, could he revert to me later?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...proposal published last July. There was a public consultation and a lot of work has gone into it. I commend the Minister on it. Can the Minister outline the timeline for the next DMAPs? When does he envisage that the finalised decisions will be made and published, and his Department sufficiently resourced to deliver on any such timeline?