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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: Professor Gregory O’Hare from Trinity College recently told the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment that ChatGPT was the fastest growing technology in history, it was disruptive, it would replace a quarter of our work-related tasks and its speed was fast exceeding the rate at which law could be framed, including the EU's AI Act. Other countries have forums, task forces...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the interaction his Department has had with the Department of Transport with respect to the delivery of projects under the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30990/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: The question arises from a report that the Department of Transport has a major underspend so far this year. Will the Minister comment on this? Is this the case? If there will be an underspend at the year's end, is the money to be handed back to his Department? Was there an underspend last year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. What was the situation last year? Was there an underspend last year? If so, what was it and what happened to that funding? Was it handed back to his Department or what happens in cases such as that? Is he concerned about roads projects that are advanced to a certain level, costing in some cases millions of euro, and then halted? If...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I return to the questions I asked. Was there an underspend last year and, if so, how much was it and was any of that funding returned? Is the Minister concerned with projects that have cost in some cases millions of euro being abandoned, with the risk of that funding being lost or wasted?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: We are moving into an era of cyber-surveillance and I do not see artificial intelligence mentioned anywhere in the Bill. We had a very interesting committee meeting two weeks ago about artificial intelligence so the Minister of State might not have a note now on it yet but this is a whole new area. The committee was told two weeks ago that artificial intelligence is developing faster than...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Projects (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a request from the Department of Transport for extra funding for roads projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30991/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing partners and spouses of holders of intra-company transfer employment permits to be eligible for an employment permit in their own right in a similar way to the current eligibility of partners and spouses of holders of critical skills employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received by his Department for intra-company transfer employment permits in each respective year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of successful applications in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31381/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I want to ask Minister in respect of a niche area, namely, intra-company transfers, how many applications have been made in the recent past, how many were successful, and if he would consider allowing the spouses of people who use this facility to work here also, as people can do with the critical skills visa?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The numbers are higher than I thought they might be, according to those the Minister of State has given. Will the change the Minister of State proposes, or which I hope he will propose, to allow spouses to work require primary legislation or can it be done via a statutory instrument? Is the Minister of State aware that in recent days,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: As the Minister of State acknowledged, I have been raising this issue for some time. Is he in a position to put some kind of timescale on when he will make a decision and address the issue he has just outlined, that is not being able to work because your partner or spouse has come here under intra-company transfer is detrimental to a partner, spouse or family member? In many instances,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I support my colleague, Deputy O'Connor, on his points. East Cork is a rapidly growing area. I have spoken with the Minister about the issue of about 40 students who do not have second level school places in Midleton. I know there are some in Fermoy as well. The schools have now closed and they have no place in September. I have written to the Minister about this and I am not sure what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I have one brief question for the Minister. What do we say to the 40 young children who do not have secondary school places for September or August? What message can we give them? They have tried everything. The schools have waiting lists. They are all full. What can be done?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals made under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 to the Secretary General of her Department in 2021 and 2022, respectively and to date in 2023; the number of these appeals in each category; the number of cases each year to which an appeals committee was appointed; the further number of these appeals where a hearing was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates when a review of the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Education Act 1998 have been conducted as mandated under the Act; the person or persons who carried out any such review in each case; the outcome of these reviews; her plans, if any, to have further reviews carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31506/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I was recently conducted by a woman who is suffering awfully from Lyme disease. At this time of year, there are far more ticks and so on in the woods. She wants to know if the Government will work to increase awareness of ticks, bites from ticks and so on, what to do if it happens and how to prevent it. Tick Talk Ireland has done great work in that regard and the Health Protection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for the work they are doing in this area. As my colleagues said, we could probably spend the whole day dealing with one area never mind a short period of time dealing with such a vast number of topics. Dr. Walker made an interesting comment in his submission that the imperative reasons of overriding public interest, IROPI, route requires...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: Yes, it is complex. Much of the language around this area is quite complex and hard to penetrate. If the ordinary citizen looking in cannot penetrate the language, we all need to speak in plainer English and break it down into simpler forms so people, who are not experts in this whole space, can understand. Dr. Walker also mentioned that the €300 million EU allowances that are worth...