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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I again thank the Minister for her response and acknowledge the Cabinet decision today and all of the work that has been done, but there is more to be done. Hundreds of cars were destroyed beyond use on streets and in garages. One man told me that he could have lost €800,000 worth of stock. We need to start thinking about that. Midleton needs to be underwritten because, as my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: Midleton town and other parts of east Cork have experienced utter devastation over the past while. I have never seen the likes of it. Hundreds of homes, businesses and roads were destroyed. The bridge in Water-rock and Moore’s bridge need to be replaced. Walls have been knocked down. In Gleann Fia, Mogeely, 30 houses were ruined. Killeagh, Youghal, Castlemartyr, Rathcormack and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way her Department supports the National Employability Service; the outcomes of any such supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has carried out, or intends to carry out, any evaluation of the wage subsidy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46449/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (19 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the way she is supporting community radio stations across the country; the community radio stations that she has supported in the past; the amount of support each has received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45047/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (19 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way she is supporting traditional Irish music across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45031/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken by his Department or by any agency under the aegis of his Department to better understand the trends and to consider the causes and effects of grade inflation on further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (19 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the way PhD students are to receive extra support following Budget 2024; if he anticipates an increase in the number of PHD students as a result; his targets, if any, with respect to the number of PhD students in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45030/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: During his budget speech, the Minister for Finance said that the residential zoned land tax was "an important initiative to activate suitably zoned and serviced land for housing." He also went on to say that he was "extending the liability date of the tax by one year to allow for the planned 2024 review of maps to take place and to afford affected people with a further opportunity to engage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the work they are doing. The reports of the Low Pay Commission are interesting and I would like to see publication of the other work that it has commissioned and that was mentioned in the submission. The submission states that the Low Pay Commission estimates that 148,100 people earned at or below the minimum wage in 2022. I am not sure whether it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: That is useful to know. The submission also states that consideration should be given to how employers of a significant number of low-wage employees can be supported during the progression to a living wage. Can the witnesses outline the areas and categories of employment that it is referring to in that sentence? Are we talking about retailers or other kinds of employers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: That is interesting. How soon would those recommendations be available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: There is a section on board and lodgings in the commission's report. There are maximum rates of €1.01 per hour for board only and €26.70 per week for lodgings only, or €3.91 a day. They came into effect on 1 January 2023. The report referenced that these are reviewed annually. In the context of the commission's current recommendations, where do these figures stand?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: My question related to the report's statement that, "These rates came into effect from 1 January 2023 and are reviewed annually in the context of recommendations on the National Minimum Wage rate." Are those rates part of the current recommendations we are talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: Are these the current rates? Do we expect reviewed or revised rates to be produced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: When will those be available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The report also mentions that one in six older people is in low-paid employment. The other issue is that of the youth rate. What is the commission's thinking with respect to the youth rate? It is preparing a report for the Minister on that, but where does it stand at present? What is the commission's thinking on the youth rate? Should it be abolished completely and brought up to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I respect the commission's position. When does it expect this issue to be presented to the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Recommendations on the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: By the end of this year?