Results 181-200 of 550 for long speaker:David Stanton

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (18 Sep 2019)

David Stanton: ...community engagement, provide reassurance to citizens and deter crime. Last month, the Minister welcomed the Garda Commissioner's announcement of the new operating model for An Garda Síochána, long-recommended by independent policing specialists, including the Garda Inspectorate and the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. The new model will bring very...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (18 Sep 2019)

David Stanton: ..., with the exception of the Civil and Public Service, An Garda Síochána, the Irish Defence Forces and Embassies or consulates accredited to the State. The exclusion of these employments is largely due to their requirement for long-term residence in the State or EU/EEA citizenship. There is no minimum or maximum salary threshold associated with the permission, no language...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (18 Sep 2019)

David Stanton: ...accommodation and ancillary services to persons seeking international protection – an expressions of interest process to meet immediate short-term demand and a full tender process to meet medium to long-term demand. The expressions of interest process is advertised in the national media and seeks suitable premises on usually a one year contract. Any property offered to the...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...that the Government is taking with regard to sentencing policy. Senator Bacik mentioned the Judicial Council Bill, which provides for the drawing up of sentencing guidelines by the Judiciary, which has been long called for. The type of measure that the Senator wishes to insert here is, I believe, a change to sentencing policy. The Senator introduced a Bill on a similar theme in 2017 and...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...time for parole to those who served 12 years of a life sentence rather than the current seven years, which the Minister believes is a necessary and proportionate measure to balance rights of these long-sentence prisoners with the need to ensure that the issue of early release is not raised to trouble further the hearts and minds of victims and their families at a point where there is no...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...turnover is increasing every year and there is no convincing evidence that betting on lottery numbers undermines funding for good causes or that it threatens the profitability of the national lottery operator in the long term. As I said, it is now a private company. In addition, there is no evidence that I am aware of that betting on lottery numbers leads to a loss of revenue to the...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage (9 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...areas, including criminal law, probation, psychotherapy, criminology and policing. It operates on an administrative basis and makes recommendations on the granting of parole and the sentence management of those serving long sentences. The final decision on whether to release a prisoner is made by the Minister for Justice and Equality. It has been a long standing objective of successive...

Seanad: Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...challenging. As the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, stated, it seeks to take account of the perspectives of people who have felt the awful effects of the crimes committed by prisoners who have received a long sentence as well as those of people who believe that the worst of us deserve the opportunity to rehabilitate and, at least, the prospect of some daylight on the other side of the prison...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...and politics. These hearings promise to provide valuable insights on the current situation of Travellers in Ireland and on issues needing to be addressed. Those here will be aware of my long-standing commitment to improving the situation of Travellers, both as Minister and formerly as chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. I apologise as due to my...

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2019)

David Stanton: ...across a number of court jurisdictions. However, we are now at a point where it is clear from the current trend in waiting times that, without additional judges, the Court of Appeal, before too long, will be facing the kind of delays which necessitated its establishment back in 2014. Information received from the Courts Service confirms that, as matters stand, hearing dates for civil...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: .... The 2013 general scheme was just that. The legislation was never drafted. One of the things I have discovered even during the course of this Bill is that it is extremely complex to draft. It takes a long time. I was involved in the prelegislative scrutiny phase through a committee at that time. Since then, things have changed again. The legislation was not drafted. There was no...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...to the commission to carry out a study in this area and to report on it. The commission comprises nine members and they are independent. The commission came back with a good report, which was 66 pages long. I read all of it. Few colleagues referenced the report. They have only been rubbishing that report. I am not sure if any Member even read it. I recommend that my fellow Deputies...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...betting operators providing this betting option. There was no evidence advanced in the Seanad that betting on lottery numbers is undermining good causes funding currently or that it threatens the long-term profitability of the national lottery operator, now a private company. I have no proposals to repeal sections 12 and 13 of the 1956 Act, to end the requirement for a local authority...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (11 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: .... I have changed that from being an office in the Department of Justice and Equality to being an independent regulator. I beefed up the proposal and gained Government approval. We had a year long inter-departmental working group, which looked at every aspect of this. I can assure the Senators that it is extraordinarily complicated, and Senator McDowell has already alluded to that. It...

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (11 Jun 2019)

David Stanton: ...appears to be no particular evidence that betting on lottery numbers is undermining funding for good causes currently or that it threatens the profitability of the national lottery operator in the long term, which, I must point out, is now a private company. There is no evidence to show this other betting is having any impact on the good causes or the profitability of the private company....

Seanad: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (29 May 2019)

David Stanton: ...adopted by the national lottery licence holder, the report found no evidence that lottery betting, either online or via retail betting shops, was undermining good causes funding or that it threatened it in the long term. The report found that there are only six lottery betting providers licensed and active as remote bookmakers in Ireland. Based on the 2017 performance figures provided by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (22 May 2019)

David Stanton: The Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017,  as passed by both House of the Oireachtas, provides that parents may take any unused leave from their entitlement to parental leave under the 1998 Act, as long as their child is under the qualifying age of 12 years. I can confirm that parents will be entitled to apply to their employers to take any unused parental leave, from their original...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

David Stanton: ...I said earlier, with over 18,000 new homes built In 2018, which is a 25% increase on the previous year and the highest number of newly built homes any year this decade. In addition, more than 2,500 homes were brought out of long-term vacancy and almost 800 dwellings in unfinished housing developments were completed. That means the number of new homes available for use increased by almost...

Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

David Stanton: ...concerning the pay gap at the level of the firm is seen as important in improving understanding of the pay gap and incentivising employers to use whatever means they can to reduce it. The gender pay gap has long been an issue of concern at EU level. In 2014, the European Commission issued a recommendation on pay transparency and this Bill can be seen as a response to it. In 2017, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Naturalisation Applications (14 May 2019)

David Stanton: ...out one nationality could be considered preferential treatment. For this and the other reasons already outlined, granting a waiver of the naturalisation fee in respect of British citizens who are long-term residents of Ireland is not something the Minister is currently considering.