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

David Stanton: Yes, but the question is whether there is a formal arrangement between the SEAI and the Department? This is serious stuff.

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

David Stanton: Does the SEAI have any involvement in the TAMS grant approval process?

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 interesting. I wonder why the Department mentions the SEAI list then.

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

David Stanton: It seems to have its own register also, 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: It seems to have two, in the same way as the SEAI - one for companies and one for installers. The one for installers is not accessible on its website. I cannot find it anyway. The SEAI's one is. I wonder whether it uses the SEAI's register and whether there a formal arrangement.

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

David Stanton: There is a difference between installing solar PV in domestic settings and houses with timber, tiles and slate, and installing it in industrial and agricultural buildings where there is steel, water, iron and other electricity conductors. Stray electricity can leak. Are there different specifications for domestic versus industrial and agricultural? I am familiar with technical...

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 have been told that some of these safety codes and specifications are not at the standard they should be and need to be upgraded. Does the SEAI have any plan to upgrade 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: It is quite concerning, when we are dealing with electricity in particular, that some of the standards may not be where they should be. We are dealing with safety issues.

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 thank Dr. Sharkey.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (8 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered increasing the current limit of €5,000 of unearned income over which a person is deemed to be a "chargeable person" and is liable to pay the PRSI charge at 4% on all their unearned income; the date when the current limit was set; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48909/23]

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 know this is very technical, but I ask Dr. Sharkey to bear with me because it is quite important. I am aware of a number of cases where shoddy workmanship was done by people who may not have been on the register. Solar installation is expanding throughout the country. We really need to be cognisant of this and we need to clamp down on it. The earthing of domestic facilities, for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I know her heart is in the right place. Perhaps she will send me on the figures she says she does not have in front of her regarding the unmet need and the research behind that to find out what the unmet need is. I welcome the fact that a PA review group is working on this in the Department. When does the Minister of State expect this review...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which a young college graduate with very severe physical disabilities can secure adequate and appropriate personal assistant support to enable them to become gainfully employed, pay taxes and participate as a fully functioning member of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47470/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: My question highlights the need for adequate and appropriate personal assistant, PA, support for a college graduate who worked through college and now wishes to get a job but is finding it very difficult to get adequate and appropriate, including age-appropriate, personal assistant support. What does the Minister of State have to say about the personal assistants support and service? Does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I commend her and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on their work in this area. Is the Minister of State aware of what the unmet need is for personal assistance, PA, services in the country? Has any work been done on that by any agency, her Department or anyone else? We know how many hours are being provided, and I am delighted to see an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: When will the legislation to enable ratification of or the holding of a referendum on the Unified Patent Court be published? Has a date for the referendum been agreed?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 80. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he is supporting people with disabilities, especially wheelchair users, to attend medical and other appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 June 2023, when a premises (details supplied) can expect to be connected to the NBI network now that it has been reclassified for inclusion in the NBP intervention area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been notified of vehicle recalls involving category M1 vehicles that occurred to date in 2023; if so, to provide, in tabular form, the number of recalls, the manufacturer in each case and the reason for the recall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the relationship he has with the Automotive Market Surveillance Authority; the number and grade of staff working in the authority; the funding, if any, he has provided to the authority in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48426/23]