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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made by his Department to ensure that remote working remains a viable option for employees when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29904/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naturalisation Applications (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 1 permissions obtained by non-EEA fishermen employed under the atypical work scheme are eligible for transfer to stamp 4 permissions after a five-year period; if such permissions under the scheme are also reckonable towards naturalisation requirements; if not, if her Department plans to amend the criteria for stamp 4...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naturalisation Applications (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, is here because being from Wexford, he will understand the import of the question. It relates to the pressure the fishing industry is under at present and the difficulty of getting suitable fishers to work on boats at sea. The atypical working scheme has been in operation for a number of years and it is possibly time to re-examine and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naturalisation Applications (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his very positive response and for the information provided with respect to the work being undertaken by the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy English. The scheme has been in operation since 2016, over five years ago and there are people who have been here for that period of time because the permit can roll over...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naturalisation Applications (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: Again, I thank the Minister of State for his very positive response. I am very encouraged by it. I ask the Minister of State to let me know at some point how many people have been here under the atypical work scheme for two, three, four and five years and how many have been here for the full five years. It would be helpful if we could assist those people to get a stamp 4 permit. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the current operation of the Covid-19 online retail scheme; if further rounds of the scheme are being planned by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29903/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if reform of the Joint Policing Committee system is under consideration by her Department at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27649/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work of her Department to support an organisation (details supplied) in expanding the community text alert scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27650/21]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: I have three brief questions. Regarding the ICT issue, is the Minister happy that the Department is cyber-safe, bearing in mind the recent cyberattack? Has anything been put aside to deal with that issue? Could the Minister say a bit more about the Fulbright Commission? Specifically, could he comment on the situation regarding J1 visas, relating to international education between Ireland...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: Very briefly and I thank the Chairman, I support my colleague, Deputy Cowen, on his points about the Hazidi community. I have met some of these people in the past and what they have experienced is unspeakable in many ways. I support the Deputy in what he has just said there and I will listen with interest to the Minister's response.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman. I welcome the Minister of State. I begin by commending the work of people in his section, both at home and abroad. When I was at the Department of Justice, we spent a certain amount of time in the UN in New York, Geneva and other places. As the Chairman knows well, we spent our time there lobbying for a place on the UN Security Council, which we got in the end....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: I again thank the Minister of State for his attendance. One of the issues that arose during my time in the Department of Justice was the horrors that occurred in the Mediterranean, with so many people drowning while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe from north Africa. One of the suggestions made at the time was that some of the aid from Europe should go to assisting people to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs (Revised) (3 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: The Minister of State gave a comprehensive answer on vaccines but there is one thing on which I am unclear. I apologise if I missed it. I refer to the Sinopharm vaccine with which many Irish teachers working in the Middle East, for instance, have been fully vaccinated. What is the situation if they want to come home? Did the Minister of State indicate that they will not be able to come...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (15 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review by his Department of the casual and occasional trading licensing legislation commenced; if this review has been completed; if so, if the outcome of the review has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31090/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impact that a delay to the issuing of forestry licensing is having on timber prices for the construction sector; the communication he has had to date with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to potential impacts on the sector; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an analysis published in the media (details supplied); if his Department has carried out any similar analysis or study; if so, the findings of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30492/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the second-level schools in the Midleton and Carrigtwohill school planning area will be able to cater for the demand for first-year school places in September 2022 given that all schools have increased their numbers in recent years and are at capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30476/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (15 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that the forward planning unit of her Department envisages will apply for a second-level school place in the Midleton and Carrigtwohill school planning area in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30477/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 1166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact that a delay to the issuing of forestry licensing is having on timber prices for the construction sector; the communication he has had to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to potential impacts on the sector; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (16 Jun 2021)

David Stanton: 106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will increase the funding available to the current round of the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31397/21]