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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the uptake of support by county from the tourism business continuity scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (20 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms and conditions included in a felling licence issued by his Department to Coillte for the Curragh Wood, Midleton, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2699/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 23 September 2021, if it is still anticipated that a contractor will be appointed in the first quarter of 2022 for the construction of a school (details supplied); if not, when she expects that a contractor will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1465/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with Representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I have been looking through MSF's website. As some colleagues have stated, we are all a bit in awe of what the organisation does. Certainly, the world is in a very precarious place. MSF works in many countries across the globe, including Bangladesh, with the Rohingya, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Niger and so on. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with Representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I asked how many people from Ireland are working with the organisation internationally.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Vacant Properties (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Minister of State on the work he is doing in this area. Until recently, in County Cork, from Castletownbere to Youghal to Mitchelstown to Newmarket, there was one part-time vacant homes officer, and that was the tenth job he had. Would the Minister of State agree with me that County Cork should have three full-time vacant homes officers to cover such a huge area and in...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by his Department to date in increasing the supply of affordable housing with reference to the key objective of the Housing for All plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3083/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: This question is about affordable housing. I am particularly interested in what the Minister is doing to unblock the blockages that are there, in particular for people who cannot get a mortgage at the one end but who are earning too much to avail of social housing at the other end, that is, people in the middle.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister of State whether he agrees with me when I quote the new housing plan for Ireland, Housing for All, which states: "Housing cannot be delivered unless we have the supporting critical infrastructure, including transport.." That includes affordable housing. Is the Minister of State aware that Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has recently decided not to proceed with an...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I agree with the Minister of State fully on this. There is a rail link at one end of this development and a motorway at the other. There is public transport between Midleton and Carrigtohill. The Government has now decided to ruin this project. The Department has funded the project to the tune of €4.13 million already. That is now going west. Some €1.3 million has been...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I support Deputy Griffin's comments on incentives. In one particular small town in my constituency, and there are many others like it, there are at least ten vacant properties on the main street. One man owns them all and when I asked him about these properties he replied that he was under no pressure to do anything with them.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: They need a small amount of work but he said he was under no pressure whatsoever. He also said that if he did them up and rented them out, the tax would make them unviable. What kind of incentives and supports are available? The man in question stated the properties could not be taken off him because he owned them and they were his property. What incentives can we give this man, and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: The Taoiseach is very familiar with the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, which is one of the busiest roads in the country with 30,000 traffic movements per day. It is a very dangerous road. The Taoiseach is also familiar with the former Amgen site, which is now landlocked because the N25 is not being upgraded. He is also familiar with the 2,500 houses that were to be built in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 11 November 2021, the current status of the tender for the construction of the Midleton Water Rock Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3082/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement of his Department to date with other Departments and stakeholders regarding the enhancement of the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2280/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Divorce Process (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects proposals to be progressed for the recognition of foreign divorce in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3735/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome Mr. Shanahan and his team. I join with Deputy Bruton in congratulating them on the work they have been doing for the last while. It is hugely impressive. This morning Bank of Ireland announced five remote working hubs or spaces in addition to their existing six. Is there a conversation in the client companies of IDA Ireland and in the authority itself to encourage and support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman for letting me come in a second time. I want to follow up on the remote working spaces. I am interested in what Mr. Shanahan said about how circumstances have evolved and developed during the pandemic. There are a lot of remote working hubs but many of them are more hot desks. I am looking for us to be a bit more ambitious. I know lots of companies would be very...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 30 September 2021, if his Department has undertaken an assessment of Ireland’s possible accession to the Antarctic Treaty System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding provided by Ireland under the COVAX system for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3635/22]