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- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2023)
David Stanton: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees with the view of Transport Infrastructure Ireland that the Mallow Relief Road project is consistent with relevant objectives of national policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2023)
David Stanton: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale and reasoning behind the issuing of a Section 24 letter to Transport Infrastructure Ireland as part of the 2023 roads allocation to Cork County Council, which effectively overrules TII’s proposal to fund the Mallow Relief Road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)
David Stanton: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how port infrastructure in the State is being supported to enable the development of both floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 May 2023)
David Stanton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 2 February 2023; the progress, if any, that has been made on the review of guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20831/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 May 2023)
David Stanton: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the situation with respect to entitlement to a service medal for a person who served five years in the Permanent Defence Force and continued a further seven years in the first-line reserve; if such a person is entitled to a service medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20612/23]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Hybrid Threats and Threats to the National Infrastructure: Institute of International and European Affairs (9 May 2023)
David Stanton: The witnesses are very welcome, and I thank them for a very interesting presentation. If we thought about it for long enough, it was probably one of the most frightening presentations we have received since our committee was established. War is spoken of as boots on ground, but this war is fingers on keyboards. It is invisible and extraordinarily dangerous. We should almost have a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Hybrid Threats and Threats to the National Infrastructure: Institute of International and European Affairs (9 May 2023)
David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for their responses, which are very interesting. Grant Thornton maintains that in 2022 the cost of cybercrime in Ireland was €10 billion, which is an enormous. Some of these state-sponsored actors have their own helpdesk and if they get into trouble, they can actually get help - there is that level of professionalism and sophistication. The witnesses...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electric Vehicles (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter for debate and for the Minister of State for being here. Unfortunately, this is the second time that the Minister for Transport cannot be here with us but that is another story. I recently purchased an electric vehicle, EV, and they are a great job, really fantastic, charging at night and so on. However, the charging...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Electric Vehicles (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response and I agree with most of what he says here. The issue with respect to home charging is important. You can charge at a cheaper rate overnight and so forth, which is good. That needs to be expanded as well, by the way. The big issue I and some of my colleagues have encountered, however, is the dearth of charging facilities on the motorways and,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Unified Patent Court (11 May 2023)
David Stanton: 79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work carried out to date by his Department to enable Ireland to ratify the agreement on a Unified Patent Court; his further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22039/23]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Unified Patent Court (11 May 2023)
David Stanton: Does the Minister agree the Unified Patent Court is extremely important? Can he outline what work his Department has done, particularly with respect to the arranging of the referendum to be held in order to enable the State to ratify the court? Is his Department responsible for putting the legislation together to enable us to have a referendum? How far advanced is that preparation?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Unified Patent Court (11 May 2023)
David Stanton: I agree this is very important. Does the Minister agree with the assertion made by some business organisations that this could be worth between €500 million and €1.5 billion per annum to the State? Can he tell me why there does not seem to be any urgency in holding a referendum or getting ready for a referendum, seeing as we will probably be holding referendums in November...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Unified Patent Court (11 May 2023)
David Stanton: I asked which Department is responsible for bringing forward the legislation to enable us to have a referendum on this matter and how advanced that work is at this point in time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: I welcome the Minister and his officials and I am thankful for the presentation. I would like to pick up on what Deputy O'Reilly mentioned about the proposed CSDDD. We had a hearing on this issue. We had representatives from the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights, ICBHR, with us at one stage. That organisation has presented us all with an interesting set of questions which the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: Just a few weeks ago, we had witnesses from the Irish Exporters Association before us. They told us that many small- and medium-sized companies are not yet aware of, let alone ready for, the CSRD. I put this information out there because that organisation is concerned that companies are not even aware of this directive, which means they cannot be ready for it. To move to a different...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: We had a presentation from businesses concerning the Unified Patent Court. I understand we will need a referendum to ratify the agreement on this. We were told ratification could be worth between €0.5 billion and €1.5 billion to the Irish economy. Could the Minister update us on the Government's plans to hold a referendum on the court? How important is it? Does he agree...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: I encourage the Government to hold it sooner rather than later. It is important that we get this done as quickly as possible. The Minister is correct about getting it done properly in respect of the court. We need to have a debate on it and inform people on what this matter is about. For entrepreneurs and small businesses, in particular, it is important to address this. Quite often, we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
David Stanton: I understand all the work has been done but it has been put in abeyance through a lack of resources in the Department. That is what I was told in response to a parliamentary question a while ago.