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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. I wish to raise two issues. I ask him to comment on the Meth-Abate project whereby methane is set to be reduced by the addition of seaweed additives. I ask him for his views on its effectiveness and potential. What is his Department doing to support research in this area? The last time we were here, I spoke about the targeted agricultural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for that. I understand in some instances methane reductions of 67% have been observed. The Minister is right in what he is saying and I encourage his Department to move on that one. I again ask the Minister to comment on the planning restrictions with respect to solar panels on farm buildings. In some countries such restrictions do not exist and people can simply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: 100. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 78 and 156 of 15 February 2022, if his Department has completed the internal review process of the project preliminary business case for an elective hospital for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: 19. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed date for the start of construction on the new community hospital in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

David Stanton: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 31 March 2022, if he will provide details of the European Union regulation governing the use of CAP funding through TAMS whereby the electricity generated is solely for farm use and not for payment; the plans, if any, to amend this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: Given the volatile nature of oil and gas supplies in Europe at the moment, and given that we get more than 70% of our natural gas through a pipeline from the United Kingdom, has the Government any contingency plans in place in the event of a reduction or curtailment in the supply from the United Kingdom? If not, does it plan to put plans in place? It is a case of being ullamh and having...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: On 30 July 2009, the former Minister, Mr. Noel Dempsey, travelled from Cork to Midleton to reopen the rail link to Midleton. There had been a big campaign for a number of years and it was a huge success. I recently met with an official of Íarnród Éireann and he told me it is planned to electrify the system from Mallow to Midleton to Cobh and it is planned eventually to have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: I support my colleague, Deputy O'Connor, on this matter and I thank the Minister for the great work she is doing. Are Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment involved in supporting the work to provide remote working hubs and centres? We may need to think even bigger on this issue. Hundreds of thousands of jobs have been announced recently in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: I agree with the Minister and fully support her in what she is doing about vacant properties. The policy mentions the judicious use of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs. Is it possible to acquire property in that manner if the owner does not want to sell it and if it is lying more or less derelict and out of use? Is the Department actively pursuing that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: The Minister said that each local authority gets €400,000 to acquire old buildings. Cork is approximately four or five times the size of some other local authorities and yet each local authority gets the same amount. How is that decision made? A local authority with a fifth of the population gets the same amount. Is there not something unfair about that? There is a proposal to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: I want to come back to a question I asked earlier and to the fact that largest county in the country, Cork, quite often gets the same funding under various local authority schemes as the smallest county. I ask the Minister to have a look at that and determine why that is the case. It is clear why the people of Cork feel hard done by. We are very humble and do not like giving out but the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. I refer to head 14, relating to the requirement for employers to have a formal remote working policy. Do our guests agree that there are many employers, some of which are small employers employing a small number of people, whose workers will not be able to work remotely? Some of the employees may be working remotely in an unusual...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (1 Jun 2022)

David Stanton: I am happy the Ceann Comhairle's office selected this matter and the Minister of State is here to respond. I have been looking through the Housing for All local authority affordable housing delivery targets. The number is 189 for Cork County Council between 2022 and 2026, which does not seem very ambitious. In many other counties the number is higher and, for example, Fingal has a target...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Provision (1 Jun 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I highlight again, however, that these applications were submitted in February, some four months ago now. I am told that some clarifications were required regarding the applications, but it is still strange that it is taking this long for approval to be given. This is another delay, and I hope the process will be completed soon. What does...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a further round of local improvement scheme funding in 2022; if her Department has received an update on whether the Department of Transport will match funding for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: 49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken by her Department to encourage the establishment of large-scale remote working hubs in provincial towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25014/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: 364. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces 1916-2016 centenary medals that were struck; the number that have been awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Projects (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that her Department played, if any, in the creation of a new road to service a proposed new school campus in Carrigtwohill, County Cork; the amount, if any, that was made available by her Department by way of funding for the construction of the road; if her Department has any role in requesting that the road be taken in charge by Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans with respect to entitlement to school transport for students attending their second-nearest school for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (31 May 2022)

David Stanton: 451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available to frontline workers who are unable to work due to long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27359/22]