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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister and his officials and I am thankful for the presentation. I would like to pick up on what Deputy O'Reilly mentioned about the proposed CSDDD. We had a hearing on this issue. We had representatives from the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights, ICBHR, with us at one stage. That organisation has presented us all with an interesting set of questions which the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: Just a few weeks ago, we had witnesses from the Irish Exporters Association before us. They told us that many small- and medium-sized companies are not yet aware of, let alone ready for, the CSRD. I put this information out there because that organisation is concerned that companies are not even aware of this directive, which means they cannot be ready for it. To move to a different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: We had a presentation from businesses concerning the Unified Patent Court. I understand we will need a referendum to ratify the agreement on this. We were told ratification could be worth between €0.5 billion and €1.5 billion to the Irish economy. Could the Minister update us on the Government's plans to hold a referendum on the court? How important is it? Does he agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: I encourage the Government to hold it sooner rather than later. It is important that we get this done as quickly as possible. The Minister is correct about getting it done properly in respect of the court. We need to have a debate on it and inform people on what this matter is about. For entrepreneurs and small businesses, in particular, it is important to address this. Quite often, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: I understand all the work has been done but it has been put in abeyance through a lack of resources in the Department. That is what I was told in response to a parliamentary question a while ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: I do not have much time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: Last week, we were told that the National Training Fund has a surplus of €1.5 billion. IBEC made six recommendations to us: introduce a national training voucher scheme; support dual investment in technology and talent; invest in industry-academia collaboration; incentivise more SMEs to take on apprentices; leverage the fund to implement lifelong learning; and future-proof...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: To date. We have the national offshore wind delivery task force. There is so much to be done to get the other ports up to speed between planning and everything else. A lot of work went into the one in Belfast. We were told about that. A lot of infrastructure work took place to make the walls stronger to take the weight of the wind turbines, for instance. We need to move on in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: It would be wrong of me not to raise the issue of the Ballyadam site in Carrigtwohill, the largest IDA Ireland site in the country, or one of the biggest. It is fully resourced. The Minister, who passes it quite often, is well aware of it. It has been sitting there for ten or 15 years. I am told there have been no site visits in the past four years. I am aware that IDA Ireland is looking...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: New Economy and Recovery Authority (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the National Development Finance Agency in working alongside the New Economy and Recovery Authority and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to find innovative ways to finance, build and maintain required capital investments at national ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce orthodontic treatment waiting times for children, with particular reference to those whose current estimated treatment referral date is beyond school-going age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21998/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Hybrid Threats and Threats to the National Infrastructure: Institute of International and European Affairs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: The witnesses are very welcome, and I thank them for a very interesting presentation. If we thought about it for long enough, it was probably one of the most frightening presentations we have received since our committee was established. War is spoken of as boots on ground, but this war is fingers on keyboards. It is invisible and extraordinarily dangerous. We should almost have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Hybrid Threats and Threats to the National Infrastructure: Institute of International and European Affairs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for their responses, which are very interesting. Grant Thornton maintains that in 2022 the cost of cybercrime in Ireland was €10 billion, which is an enormous. Some of these state-sponsored actors have their own helpdesk and if they get into trouble, they can actually get help - there is that level of professionalism and sophistication. The witnesses...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the application of the relevant contracts tax instead of the application of the professional services withholding tax to high-turnover contracts with a margin of less than 20%, such as archaeological contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Paternity Leave (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by his Department to encourage the take-up of paternity leave in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that provided the summer programme in 2022; the number of primary schools that are expected to provide the Summer Programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to early years education staff with experience in special need education, who do not hold teaching qualifications, being eligible for employment under the summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to early years children with special needs or additional needs who are not enrolled in a full day care setting such as a sessional ECCE service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request from Bus Éireann to provide a school bus service on a route (details supplied); the number of students who are involved in this request; if she will accede to this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21735/23]