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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 6. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to the Order of Business and Questions on Promised Legislation debate of 21 March 2023, if he will outline the way young adults with disabilities, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, can access additional personal assistance support specifically to travel to training centres and workshops...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 19. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is providing assistance to young adults with disabilities, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, to travel to training centres and workshops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15771/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I am raising this question on behalf of a wonderful, young and fun-loving woman who has Down's syndrome. She is just about to finish second-level education, where she had a great experience and for which she had transport and so on. She is now going on to Cork city from quite a distance away and transport is an issue. She is very vulnerable. In some cases, she has to change buses and she...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. I have read the transport report he mentioned. That report acknowledges inequality of access to such transport provision. The two questions focused on young people with intellectual disabilities. I acknowledge that considerable work has been done across the country for people with disabilities accessing transport. I ask the Minister to zero in on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I bring the Minister back to the issue of intellectual disability. He has not used that term yet and this is the focus here. This particular young woman has that challenge. She is very vulnerable. Physically she is fine. She loves life, loves fun and loves learning, but she cannot get from her home to her place of education safely, especially if it means changing buses or trains. Her...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I have been told the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, that is, the regulator for pre-hospital clinicians such as emergency medical technicians, EMTs, and general and advanced paramedics, requires that paramedics be privileged by each organisation for which they work or volunteer. If, therefore, an advanced paramedic who works full time for the National Ambulance Service wants also to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State. This is a serious matter, of great concern to highly qualified people. For three years, a general paramedic and an advanced paramedic have been trying to volunteer to cover events in their local communities and mentor the next generation of volunteers in their training and qualifications but are being held up by the issues relating to the Civil Defence...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: This is having a significant impact on members of Civil Defence, who are highly qualified, and they are very worried about it. We are discussing the Civil Defence Bill, which is why I raised it here. I may bring forward an amendment on the issue on Report Stage unless the Minister of State has a response for me by then, whether from himself or his colleagues. This issue has been going on...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Civil Defence Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: That is fine. I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is providing assistance to young adults with disabilities, in particular those with intellectual disabilities, to travel to training centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of personnel employed in the Passport Office in March 2022; the number currently employed in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15797/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications received by the Passport Office each month from September 2022 to February 2023 inclusive; the number of applications processed in each of those months; the current average processing times for each application type; the total number of applications currently awaiting processing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (30 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to allowing for the admission of retired people to the newly expanded community employment scheme at a half rate payment similar to the half rate carer’s allowance payment; her future plans, if any, to allow those who are retired to take part in the scheme; and if she will make a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: Ten years ago in February 2013 Ireland, along with 24 other EU colleagues, signed the Unified Patent Court Agreement. This agreement is hugely beneficial for businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors. When will we see legislation to enable a referendum to take place? When will we see an information campaign on same, because it is complex and it is quite important that we pass this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Global Progress and Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. I ask Ms Tenorio to comment on the violent situation in Sudan, which has worsened over the last couple of weeks, and the impact that situation has had and is having on the people there. I ask her to outline the reports received from people on the ground there. An Irish diplomat was attacked in Sudan and I hope he is okay. With...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the work they do in this area. I also have concerns about receiving something so technical, which is easily outside our competence as a committee, and not having had time to hear from other experts, as we normally do. For instance, we got a submission from Technology Ireland. I am sure Ms Greene is familiar with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: It refers to the overlap between the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act and the Digital Services Act. Complaints can come under both, and there is a question about which will have precedence. This kind of stuff is so technical. I ask Ms Greene to address that for the benefit of Technology Ireland, representatives of which are probably listening in this morning. What is her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: Its concern is the overlap between the two. The witnesses are still working on that, so there may not be a need for the amendment it is proposing. Is that what Ms Greene is saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I take it that the primary legislation has not yet been drafted fully. The Department is still working on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: We have the heads, but the primary legislation is not there yet because it cannot be done until this process is finished. It has been noted that extra resources will be required for the establishment of this new section and the new commissioner. Have the witnesses any idea what that will cost?