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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made by his Department in providing support for Defence Forces veterans in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role played by Defence Forces personnel in the preservation of Ireland’s cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3632/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, for being here to respond to this issue regarding the N25 between Midleton and Carrigtwohill. This particular stretch of road is one of the busiest in the country. There are 30,000 vehicle movements per day on it. It is also extremely dangerous and the local authority is worried...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. TII has written to me to tell me, "Due to limited funding available ... and the many competing demands for that funding, we are unable to provide a grant allocation to enable the project to advance in the current year", and further details on the grant allocation process can be found in the road allocation grants, which I have looked at. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase second-level school capacity in east County Cork given the projected increase in population in the area in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a special school in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 19 January 2022, the amount made available in respect of each local authority to bring the 319 unsold affordable housing units fully into use in each local authority’s housing stock; the number of these houses per local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the meeting. I have a few questions. Covid supports have been extremely welcome for businesses. I have engaged with quite a number of businesses that have said they would have gone under without them. What is the plan to withdraw Covid supports in 2022? Will the enterprise agencies continue to support companies throughout 2022? Obviously,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I am very pleased to hear that the Balance for Better Business is going so well, meeting its targets and, in most cases, exceeding them. I put a lot of work into setting that up. I ask the Minister to pass on my congratulations and encouragement to the campaign to keep going. A small number of companies still do not have female directors and they need to be focused on and encouraged to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his responses, particularly on the last question. I would be interested in hearing what IDA Ireland has to say about it. I brought it up last week with Mr. Martin Shanahan. Not only is the road down there extremely dangerous but the site has been lying idle and growing weeds for 12 years, when it should be providing employment at a high level. I also thank the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Russia's Foreign Policy and Security in Europe: Engagement with Ambassador of Russia (2 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I join others in welcoming the ambassador. He is a very impressive diplomat. I have seen him in action before and he does his job well, so I congratulate him on that. I am from Cork and I know many of the fishermen he dealt with last week. We were very pleased the Russian Navy and the Irish fishers fleet would not be coming head to head in the Atlantic. That was a good outcome. When...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (3 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation with respect to the private community sponsorship scheme; his plans to further expand the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Flexible Work Practices (3 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been taken to expand her Department’s employment and recruitment events to include remote working opportunities and the promotion of remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department is assisting those with a disability to avail of employment opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (3 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of the funding provided by his Department in 2021 to support youth organisations and services; the broad outcomes this funding has supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5285/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Russia's Foreign Policy and Security in Europe: Engagement with Ambassador of Russia (2 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: My question, which the Chair asked, is on the forced grounding of the Ryanair flight and the position of the reporter who has disappeared. We have heard nothing about that since. Perhaps the ambassador can fill us in. I am quite concerned about that activity. I am not sure if the man was charged with any crime. The forcing down of that aircraft was an extraordinarily rare event.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department intends to address the costs associated with further and higher education such as student accommodation costs and the student contribution charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6120/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: Some of the question has been dealt with in respect of accommodation costs and student contribution charges. Does the Minister wish to expand on that answer? Will he address the question of the availability of accommodation, which has an impact on cost?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and acknowledge the work done by him and the Minister of State in the area, especially with regard to travel distance. Is there any role for hybrid work or study to assist students in the area? Has the Minister looked at this at all?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (8 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for the response, which I welcome. I acknowledge the work done by the Minister of State with regard to the local training initiatives. This is also part of further education. What further plans does the Minister have to support students financially, and those people who provide the courses, in these local training initiatives that are part of further education? This...