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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: I do not have much time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: Last week, we were told that the National Training Fund has a surplus of €1.5 billion. IBEC made six recommendations to us: introduce a national training voucher scheme; support dual investment in technology and talent; invest in industry-academia collaboration; incentivise more SMEs to take on apprentices; leverage the fund to implement lifelong learning; and future-proof...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: To date. We have the national offshore wind delivery task force. There is so much to be done to get the other ports up to speed between planning and everything else. A lot of work went into the one in Belfast. We were told about that. A lot of infrastructure work took place to make the walls stronger to take the weight of the wind turbines, for instance. We need to move on in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: It would be wrong of me not to raise the issue of the Ballyadam site in Carrigtwohill, the largest IDA Ireland site in the country, or one of the biggest. It is fully resourced. The Minister, who passes it quite often, is well aware of it. It has been sitting there for ten or 15 years. I am told there have been no site visits in the past four years. I am aware that IDA Ireland is looking...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the application of the relevant contracts tax instead of the application of the professional services withholding tax to high-turnover contracts with a margin of less than 20%, such as archaeological contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21436/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Paternity Leave (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by his Department to encourage the take-up of paternity leave in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that provided the summer programme in 2022; the number of primary schools that are expected to provide the Summer Programme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21326/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to early years education staff with experience in special need education, who do not hold teaching qualifications, being eligible for employment under the summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to early years children with special needs or additional needs who are not enrolled in a full day care setting such as a sessional ECCE service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a request from Bus Éireann to provide a school bus service on a route (details supplied); the number of students who are involved in this request; if she will accede to this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Leave (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals who have taken up paternity leave each year since its introduction, up to and including 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (16 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his kind remarks and selecting this topic and I thank the Minister for being here to discuss it with me. The Minister is very familiar with the area I am talking about in Cobh and Carrigtwohill. There are two fine secondary schools in Cobh but there are six primary schools, one of which has 120 students in sixth class alone. Over the years, there have been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (16 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response. I ask her to ask the Department to sanction a service from Cobh to Carrigtohill for the next school year in order to facilitate the young people involved. The parents have already done what the Minister has suggested; they have applied, but they have been told there is no bus service. We have many girls who are now discommoded. The cost is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (11 May 2023)

David Stanton: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the provision of rapid build houses by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22077/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (11 May 2023)

David Stanton: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the key policy levers being examined by his Department to support a quicker delivery of vital projects outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

David Stanton: 113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits to be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: New Economy and Recovery Authority (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the National Development Finance Agency in working alongside the New Economy and Recovery Authority and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund to find innovative ways to finance, build and maintain required capital investments at national ports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce orthodontic treatment waiting times for children, with particular reference to those whose current estimated treatment referral date is beyond school-going age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21998/23]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2023)

David Stanton: The Minister spoke earlier about the ongoing work to build stronger and safer communities and his plans to recruit extra gardaí and increase the number of gardaí, which are very welcome. The visible presence of gardaí in uniform on our streets is very important for our communities. Many men and women would like to serve in the Garda Reserve. Can the Minister tell me when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disinformation and Hybrid Threats in a Geopolitical Context: Discussion (16 May 2023)

David Stanton: I am alone here, by the looks of things, but the witnesses are very welcome. This is our second week of excellent but quite frightening presentations. One of my sons told me that I am not a digital native. I am not sure if I am a digital immigrant or a digital refugee, but there is a serious point in that insofar as I understand that people who are digital natives think differently and...