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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, for the further development and expansion of South Lee Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47766/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 81. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to develop a primary care centre and day care centre in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49075/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the policy with respect to the establishment of housing developments with self-contained apartments for older people, similar to a development (details supplied); the supports put in place by his department to encourage such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49074/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (9 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is a need for an increase in the number of changing places and toilets for people with severe disabilities; if his Department has considered the establishment of a fund to enable these facilities to be installed in public and private buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47471/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I will go first. I welcome the witnesses to the committee meeting. It is good to meet the team and I thank them for the work they are doing. Because this is the committee on enterprise, trade and employment, we are interested in how the work the representatives are doing has an impact on business and enterprises. This is hugely important, as the witnesses have said. I will ask Mr. Healy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: The two things we are interested in when it comes to business are decarbonisation targets and the cost savings involved. The witnesses might come back to us with figures in that regard at some stage. They probably do not have them with them today. The submission indicates that Skillnet Ireland provided training supports to 24,747 businesses and 92,000 trainees in 2022. It also states...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: How did Skillnet support 70 people to become fully certified wind turbine technicians?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: Is there an unpaid placement as part of the training, which can go on for quite a while?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: To encourage people to take part in programmes, they have to be supported financially. I have come across one in particular which involved an unpaid placement. That was a major disincentive for the individual concerned to carry on with the training. I will leave it at that and the witnesses might come back to me on it. We are also interested in hearing from the SEAI about safety, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: Is Dr. Sharkey telling me that the SEAI checks on a regular basis with Safe Electric to ensure that all the people registered with it are currently registered with Safe Electric?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: SEAI only does a sample. Why does it not check all of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: If somebody drops out in the meantime and is deregistered for whatever reason by Safe Electric and the SEAI only checks a sample, is it possible that it could miss out on people who may be deemed not suitable to do this work by Safe Electric?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: Is Mr. Meally saying that Safe Electric informs the SEAI if it deregisters somebody from its list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: The SEAI may anticipate that but my understanding is that this is not the case. I am quite worried about somebody who may be unsuitable doing certified electrical installations through Safe Electric. I will leave it at that but it is an issue I wanted to raise with the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: Perhaps he can talk to Safe Electric as well, because it is hugely important. There are companies on the register. I commend the SEAI on the form, which is very comprehensive and detailed, with 49 conditions and so on. The SEAI says that it checks insurance every year to make sure that cover is in place and I think the amount is more than €6 million. I am asking these questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: That is good to hear and I thank Dr. Sharkey for that. I am sure our witnesses are familiar with the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. It provides a 40% grant on a solar PV investment. The Teagasc website indicates that young qualified farmers can get up to 60% in grant aid and that PV installers need to be on the SEAI register of installers or the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: According to the TAMS application form, there is a list of contractors. It is almost a mirror image of the SEAI application in that there is a list of contractors and a list of installers. I just wanted to know if the SEAI was aware of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: The bottom line here is that the person who does the work and signs off on it is an installer who is registered with the SEAI. That is hugely important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: The business owner has access to that list, can double check it and is advised to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I will be brief. I will turn to the safety side of things, which I am interested in. The Teagasc website says PV installers need to be on the SEAI register of installers or on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine approved list if targeted agriculture modernisation schemes, TAMS, grants are to be issued. Does the SEAI have a formal arrangement with the Department of...