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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the terms of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44128/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (10 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market in engaging with current insurance market operators and attracting new entrants into the sector; his further plans for the work of this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 23 February 2023, the action taken in the interim to ensure that appropriate supports and services are made available to a person (details supplied); the supports and services that have been made available as a result of his intervention; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: During his budget speech, the Minister for Finance said that the residential zoned land tax was "an important initiative to activate suitably zoned and serviced land for housing." He also went on to say that he was "extending the liability date of the tax by one year to allow for the planned 2024 review of maps to take place and to afford affected people with a further opportunity to engage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I join the Tánaiste and calling for all violence to cease straightaway. The suffering is immense, intense and shocking. I also call on Israel to pause what it is doing. The Tánaiste is right; this must pause now. As he said in his opening remarks, this is an incredibly dark period and it will get darker, and the prospects of regional escalation are very real. He said he spoke...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Tánaiste and his officials for being here. I will focus on the Naval Service. The Tánaiste said that there was a situation of a three-ship posture, with two ships in operation and the other on standby. Will he tell us how many ships we have? Is it six or is it eight? Two new ships arrived here last May from New Zealand. Will the Tánaiste give us an update on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: Indeed. I agree with the Tánaiste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The testing has been paused for six months. When will that period end, what learnings have occurred in the meantime and when will we have a final report on the matter? The Tánaiste said that external HR expertise has been engaged to assess and validate the current recruitment processes, with an initial focus on the Naval Service. Will he say a bit more about that? Who are the HR...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The number of people is very small.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: How soon? Is there any time objective? Are we talking about weeks, months or years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: We might wonder why.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: There was a proposal about long service increments as well, or payments to incentivise people to stay on longer. That has been around now since 2019. What are the Tánaiste's thoughts on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: We are losing very skilled people every day. If there is no incentive for them to stay on, they are going to be attracted into the private sector. Some of these people are irreplaceable with the skills they have, especially on the ships. If we do not have them, we cannot put the ships to sea. We are now down to two ships. If it keeps going like this, we will not be able to put any to sea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The final question I asked was about psychometric testing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I know that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 4 May 2023; to provide an update on his Department’s review of the guidelines of the use of school buildings outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44927/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department is supporting the creation of teaching qualifications for teachers of special education; her further plans, if any, in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tax Credits (17 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with reference to the Committee on Budgetary Oversight’s May 2023 Report on Section 481 – Films Tax Credit, the action he intends to take with respect to the Committee recommendation (details supplied). [45142/23]