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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: A constituent brought up concerns with respect to housing and residential property and real estate investment trusts, REITs. Canadian-based REITs could lose some of their income and profits if we make changes to housing policy here. Investors might sue us with respect to that if they thought it was unfair. Will the Minister comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: I understand CETA includes commitments on sustainable management of forestry, fisheries, agriculture and the environment. Will the Minister comment on that?

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Between 2006 and 2007, joint policing committees were established. At that time we had urban district councils. There were five in my constituency: Midleton, Youghal, Cobh, Fermoy and one other in the county, so I found myself on six joint policing committees at the time. I found them very useful and informative because they brought policing right down to the ground. The people in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 638. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation with respect to respite care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45066/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Development Plan (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: As my colleagues have done, I welcome this opportunity to raise these issues with the Minister. He will be aware of the N25, which is probably one of the busiest roads in the country. There is currently a major bottleneck at Castlemartyr. I understand that there are approximately 22,000 vehicle movements per day through one small crossing there. There have been major tailbacks and the area...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects Barryscourt Castle, Carrigtwohill, County Cork, to open to visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45452/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: When does the Minister expect the works in Barryscourt Castle, which has been closed for up to seven years, to be completed and when will it be open to the public again?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Frustration is an understatement. It is seven years since this project was started. The Minister of State has said it will not be open until 2023. I have a letter here from his predecessor, Deputy Canney, stating that it would be open in 2019. It is very disappointing that it has taken so long. I understand it is painstaking and difficult. Does the Minister of State have any plans for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Monuments (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: I am pleased the Minister of State has plans to do that but I am disappointed it will take until 2023 for this to happen. It has now been seven years and it does not make any sense to add another two years to that. I ask the Minister of State to expedite this because it is frustrating for people in the region. It is a very important project. It is a magnificent castle just off the N25...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the operation of the entry fee waiver for OPW sites and the subsequent effect on visitor numbers to such sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the progress of the recruitment of additional special needs assistants outlined in Budget 2021; the number of special needs assistants currently employed by county; the way this compares with annual figures for the previous ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45503/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 15 September 2021, when she expects the contractor to be appointed for the construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45502/21]

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Thank you, Chair, for the invitation to attend and I thank the members of the HSE for attending as well. Like my colleagues, Deputies Buckley and O'Connor, I also attended the meeting in Midleton last night. In my almost 25 years in the Oireachtas I have never been to so sad a meeting; there were so many upset people. They were not all directly associated with families who had residents in...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for that. By my reckoning, there are six or seven individuals, as Dr. O'Brien calls them, who now have some form of agreement with the HSE regarding a future placement. If that is the case, there are a number of people who have not reached agreement. If agreement cannot be reached - Mr. Fitzgerald keeps referring to the will and preference of the residents - and if...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Leaving aside the concern and upset of the residents, their families and, indeed, the east Cork community at this stage, there is still no certainty or roadmap with respect to where quite a number of these residents may end up. Is it the case that many of the residents may end up in places outside the community, far removed from the places they know, what is familiar, the shops and the...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: I am sorry to interrupt, but when Dr. O'Brien says "close to the east Cork region" is she suggesting not even in the east Cork region, but further away again?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Does that mean in Midleton?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: I understand that is moving anyway. Who was the individual official who made the final decision to close the centre?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Does the HSE own the building and the grounds outright?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

David Stanton: Yes, the HSE fully owns it. Why did Mr. Fitzgerald pick 31 October, which is just five weeks away? Why not September, July, November or December? Why was it 31 October and is that date set in stone?