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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Okay. Excellent.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Yes. That is really good. I am very happy with that. This next question might be a bit of a curveball. I was at an event this morning organised by a group called the Open Doors Initiative. The Tánaiste might be familiar with it. The organisation encourages and supports people from challenging backgrounds in getting employment. I am on the board of the organisation, so I am very...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Of course.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Yes.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: No, but I worked in administering those tests. They have a role, not as a gateway perhaps, but to direct people into specific areas after they have attested, and to discover certain skills and abilities they might have. I agree with Deputy Crowe that they currently seem to be a barrier for many people. Even when they look at the test online, they give up and do not even try. I challenged...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: The Minister of State spoke about inter-company transfers, about which I made a comment earlier. I understand that spouses and partners of people who come here on critical skills employment permits are allowed to work. It is a small move, then, to allow spouses and partners of the others to work as well. This issue came up earlier and it is one about which I feel strongly. It is having an...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I wish to refer to an issue that was raised at the start of the debate with respect to intra-company transfers. Is it in order to respond to those comments at this time?

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: Intra-company transfers are something I have been raising from time to time. It is where a company brings in a worker from abroad under a permit. Very often such people are highly skilled, highly paid and highly valued and they are badly needed by the companies here. The contract often lasts for about two years. You will understand, a Chathaoirligh, that if one goes to a foreign country...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I will tear into it and see how far I get. I welcome the Minister and his officials. I have gone through all the headings, the various reports and the Estimates. There is a huge amount of good stuff going on. It is absolutely amazing. I congratulate the Minister on all that and thank him for the work he is doing. I take the opportunity to thank him and his officials for the speedy way...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: The grants for trade unions, heads C4 and C6. What did the unions get, and is there any consideration of giving grants to, say, chambers of commerce on the other side, which are also very often under pressure and could do with a bit of assistance? Can the Minister give me any indication as to whether any progress is being made under the casual and occasional trading licence legislation?...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I will make three very brief points.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I know. I have been here from the very start.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I will be very brief. I understand that the idea is to support a proposal to open a full border control post in the Ringaskiddy ferry terminal and that 2,000 containers per year could benefit. It could be worth a lot of money to the country. The Minister might tell me if he is aware of that and whether he is supporting that proposal from the Port of Cork to do that. That is one question....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: And the Calgary issue.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: The opportunities are enormous.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list, in tabular form, the number of Croí Cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant applications and derelict top-up grant applications received to date by each respective local authority; the number of applications approved and rejected; the total funding paid out to date; the number of applications that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her policy initiatives, if any, that strive to identify communities with no local community representative structure; the way she is supporting such communities to have a voice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3989/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Government policy to reach down into the grassroots of communities and ask people their views when projects are being envisaged and moneys being spent. That is hugely important. When I spoke earlier about community centres, the Minister of State said they should engage with the local authorities, which is correct. Sometimes, there is no land available, it is difficult and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am delighted with his portrayal of community animation, which is very visionary and forward-looking. How much funding is ring-fenced for community animation nationally? At a later stage, he might be able to give me a breakdown of how much is made available per county for community animation and local development companies. Community...