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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 21 January 2021, to clarify the post-primary schools mentioned in the response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6575/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 706. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the reopening of mental health day care centres such as the Owenacurra mental health centre in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (10 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 1041. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2021 CLÁR programme will be launched; the new measures being considered for inclusion in the 2021 programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6577/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and this legislation. This is one of the areas that has proven to be very frustrating, chunky and difficult to administer. For both employers and prospective employees coming from abroad, it has often been a source of huge frustration so I welcome the proposal to make the system more nimble, flexible and user-friendly. I will focus on intra-corporate transfers. EU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: I am happy to hear that. I note that in the last three years, there were 1,000 people, on average, involved in the inter-company transfer. Obviously, in most cases they would have had partners or spouses as well. Rather than splitting families up or having people here and not allowing them to work or having to go through a very difficult process involving critical skills, as Ms Ward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019 (16 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Ward.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on allowing the resumption of click-and-collect services for clothing and footwear retailers to facilitate the sale of winter stock to make space and develop cash flow for the purchase of summer stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8631/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (17 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that has been carried out by his Department to date with respect to the introduction of a beverage container deposit and refund scheme; if there are plans to introduce such a scheme in the near future; if so, the details and timelines of such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (24 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding late returns filed by businesses with the Revenue Commissioners for corporation tax; if the Revenue Commissioners are applying surcharges once again; his views on whether as businesses continue to trade during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic that they should be afforded more time to make their returns without the imposition of a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarity will be provided in relation a query (details supplied) regarding debt warehousing and the reduced rate of interest for outstanding non-Covid-19 debts. [10398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

David Stanton: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation with regard to the initial teacher education programme and the Gaeltacht learning period requirement for students who are in their final year of training; the associated costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (3 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a VAT registration application made by a company (details supplied); when he expects the VAT number will be issued to the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11033/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (3 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work has been carried out by her Department to ascertain if a new second-level school will be required in east County Cork in the next number of years, especially in the Midleton area; if so, the details of projections for such a development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals made to her Department in each of the respective categories under section 29 of the Education Act 1998, as amended, in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of appeals upheld in each of these years by respective category; the number of section 29 appeals received to date in 2021 by respective category; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (3 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that every pupil who has applied for a place in second-level schools in east County Cork for September 2021 will be offered a place; if her attention has been drawn to the waiting lists that still exist at the various second-level schools in east County Cork; the action she plans to take to ensure that a place will exist...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 898. To ask the Minister for Health if persons entering Ireland who have received vaccination against Covid-19 in another country will be required to self-isolate or quarantine if they have proof of vaccination; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which persons living in Ireland have been offered the opportunity to avail of an earlier vaccination in a different country; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: Engagement with Non-governmental Organisations (9 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests to the meeting. I thank them for being here and for the work they are doing. We should always at this time think of all the people who have died in the past ten years in the conflict and the suffering that has gone on. It is important that we have this meeting because, as Deputy Brady said, this has gone off the political radar here. It is important that we refresh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: Engagement with Non-governmental Organisations (9 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: We have spoken about the physical dangers, issues, tribulations and terrible things that have happened. Would any of the witnesses comment on the psychological and psychiatric impact of what is going on there now and into future?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the renewable electricity support scheme involving 82 solar and wind projects, seven of which are community based; the level of support provided and envisaged for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1371/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Resources (10 Mar 2021)

David Stanton: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review by his Department of the security of supply of Ireland’s natural gas and electricity networks; if he is satisfied that the adequacy of supply is sufficient to meet current needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/21]