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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Enterprise Policy (22 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recently launched innovation seed fund programme; the types of companies and initiatives eligible for support under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9702/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I brought this up last week on Question Time and I was very pleased with the response the Minister gave at the time. The reason I brought it up was that a number of people in growing communities had contacted me because, now we have come out of the pandemic, many youngsters in some of these communities have nowhere to go in the evening time. I acknowledge a huge amount of work has been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: We are all agreed on the principle that we should sweat the asset, for want of a better way of putting it, and that schools should be used outside of school hours as much as possible for all the activities communities need. I am particularly concerned about areas where there are no community facilities at all. A lot of such communities are growing. Even where there are community...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects a first-time passport will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects a first-time passport will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects a first-time passport will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10138/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a first-time passport will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10140/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has set aside funding for successful appeal applications to the recent sports capital and equipment programme announcement; if so, the amount of such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10404/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: Will the Minister of State pass on to his team in the Department how grateful people are for how they were treated so professionally, respectfully and helpfully? On the question regarding the appeals, as my colleagues have said there are people who have invalid applications and so on. Can those clubs and organisations that did not get their full ask appeal as well? In some instances,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: The Minister of State did not get an opportunity to answer the question I asked earlier. If clubs want an increase in what they received, is that possible through the appeals process? If a club in that category submits an appeal, can I take it that there is no danger of it having a reduction in the amount it recently received? I join my colleague, Deputy Ó Cathasaigh, who spoke...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the preparations being taken to protect against further cyberattacks such as that experienced on the health service in May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9295/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: This morning, we have seen attacks by land, sea and air on the people of Ukraine. It is unbelievably awful. However, there is another arena of attack, which is cyberspace. Given that we experienced such an attack on our health service in May 2021, what has been done to date to strengthen our defences in this area? That attack cost tens of millions and showed we are vulnerable to this very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response, the work being done in this area and his acknowledgement of how critical it is. He talked about State and Government bodies being protected. What are his views on the security of mobile telephone platforms? How sure is he, for instance, that his own mobile telephone has not been hacked when he has visited other jurisdictions, or even here in Ireland?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: The Minister has acknowledged that this issue is extremely serious. Has any communication been entered into with the mobile telephone operators in this regard? They control these platforms and are mainly based outside the jurisdiction. Has any contact been made with the very large IT companies that operate here? Their expertise might be availed of on this issue. It is an extremely...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: What kind of an understanding exists between the Department, NBI and the commercial operators to guarantee that the commercial operators will service the areas they say they will service? Is there a timescale available from the commercial operators for when they will do this? The Minister mentioned a number of areas in my constituency like Cobh and he said he might come back to me on that....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I agree with the Minister on the importance of this green hydrogen initiative. In my area, a number of companies are very interested in this and linking with offshore, as the Minister has said, EI-H2 being one of them. I encourage the Minister to develop and publish a green hydrogen strategy because that is what the sector is calling for, as Deputy O'Rourke has said. Will the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff currently working at the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9283/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: This question focuses on the number of staff currently working in the National Cyber Security Centre and their qualifications, experiences and roles.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: It seems that number is quite small, given the threat that is out there and its scale and complexity. I brought up the issue of mobile phone platform security in a question earlier on. Will the Minister tell me whether the NCSC has a responsibility for security of the mobile phone network with respect to hacking and, if not, who does?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I am getting back to it again. I am sorry for focusing on this but it is very important. Is there somebody in the Minister's Department at assistant secretary or principal officer level who has responsibility for and a focus on the security of our national telephone platforms, many of which are based outside the State? Is there somebody whose focus is solely on this or who has a...