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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 28 September 2023, the number of submissions received by his Department as part of the public consultation on private wires; when he expects the policy on private wires to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1734/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 10 May 2023, to outline the way his Department is supporting and assisting the relevant ports and private companies within the remit of NewERA, to access funding via the Connecting Europe Facility and other grant funding in order to develop a competitive and responsive ports sector in order...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the rationale behind the reduction in the home charger grant scheme which came into effect on 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2080/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has received a request from Cork County Council for funding to carry out flood prevention measures in Castlemartyr in east Cork; if he will support such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56396/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the work of the AI advisory council; to outline the scope of the council’s mandate; the membership of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1735/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 17 October 2023, to provide an update on the review of the guidelines for the use of school buildings outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on proposed works to reopen a premises (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 30 November 2023, if her Department has published its new set of enrolment projections for primary and post-primary schools; if not, when she expects these projections to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1040/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support plans by Cork County Council to put in place flood mitigation measures in Castlemartyr in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56395/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Agreements (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 821. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 1 December 2022, if an inter-departmental group has been formed to evaluate Ireland's possible participation in the Antarctic Treaty System; if so, the number of meetings that the group has held since its formation; the dates of these meetings; if the group has presented its report...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 1145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the definition of "affinity" as listed by her Department as a means of Irish association for naturalisation applicants; the number of applications received under such an association each respective year from 2019 to 2023 inclusive; the number of those applications that were successful over the same period; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 1076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of labour market access permission applications received by her Department from international protection applicants in each respective year from 2018 to 2023, inclusive; the number of applications granted in this period; the number of applications currently outstanding; the current estimated processing time for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 1269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of complementary income support for young farmers applications his Department received in 2023; the number of applications approved and payments made to date; the number that remain to be processed; when he expects the remaining application payments to be approved and paid; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (17 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 1810. To ask the Minister for Health the plans, if any, to establish a social prescribing service in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/24]

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: There are nearly 14,000 in homelessness.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for choosing this Topical Issue this evening and I thank the Minister of State for being here. It is now over three months since Storm Babet, which devastated my part of the country, Cork, and Midleton in particular. The images from the town on the television screen were really frightening. There was water 3 ft or 4 ft high in houses, homes and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State. As he said, this all started in December 2015, eight years ago. That is a long time ago. Is he satisfied the OPW and the council have enough resources to carry on with the work and the planning and move it on? Do they need more manpower, expertise, engineers or planners to move this forward? He referred to insurance on several occasions. Several of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I would be very interested to know where that figure came from. Who came up with it? We have had flooding in 2015, 2018 and 2023. I am worried there might be another flood. I do not want to be wandering around the town in my wellingtons, helping people and pulling sandbags. I am getting too old for that. To be serious, this is devastating for the people affected. The Minister of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I warmly welcome the decision by the Government yesterday to hold a referendum in June on the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. I am told that this could result in added value to the economy of €1.6 billion per annum.When does the Taoiseach he expects the legislation to enable this referendum to go ahead to be published?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: On a point of order, if a question is passed over, what do Standing Orders say with respect to how it is to be done?