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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Ukrainian citizens who also hold Hungarian passports as a result of the 2010 Hungarian Citizenship Act and who were living in Transcarpathia, Zakarpattia Oblast, (reference the 1921 Treaty of Trianon), who travelled to Ireland as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine using a Hungarian passport; if these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Gaffey for his presentation, for the work the Department is doing and for the money that is being spent. Will Mr. Gaffey talk to us about the fund for loss and damage? How does the Department see that working? What tangible impact will it have on the ground? How much will it be and where will it be spent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Gaffey. He mentioned the issue of rising sea levels. This is something I am quite interested in. Deputy Cronin also mentioned it. I have been reading Moving to Higher Ground by John Englander, who is one of the global experts in this area. He maintains that some of the smaller island states will actually disappear completely. He mentioned a number of these islands on which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: The impact of sea level rise on fresh water was mentioned, which is another issue. If seawater infiltrates wells and natural watercourses, what can we do to adapt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I apologise for interrupting. Would Mr. Gaffey agree that both the State and the global community are long-fingering the issue of sea level rise? There is a perception that it will happen in the future and will not impact on us. It is not being taken seriously by governments, the UN or anyone else. I am talking about the actual sea level rise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: Getting back to our second strategy partnership with small island developing states, what is impacting sea level rise and the impact we just discussed?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the current situation in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3390/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the membership of the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce (OWDT); the number and dates of meetings held by the taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (25 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the methods that are being used to determine the Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) boundaries; the companies that have been awarded contracts to carry out surveys and any other associated functions required to create the DMAPS; the method used to award each contract; the value and duration of each...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I want to ask about the many new developments being built around the country. There are a lot of houses going up but there is very little forward planning with regard to resources such as community facilities and playing fields. It is very expensive for clubs to purchase land. Perhaps it is something the Minister of State would have a look at and consider with his Government colleagues.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I recognise that these programmes are visionary and have made a massive difference to the communities in which they are located. Are there plans to carry out an audit of communities that have nothing, neither old community centres that can be renovated nor shovel-ready projects? They start, as I think colleagues said, from a low place when they have no place at all. I am aware of a number...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister's commitment to local areas that were badly damaged by the flooding, especially due to Storm Babet, and my own area of Midleton in east Cork which suffered more than most. In County Cork alone, the damage to the roads is over €60 million, including those to which the Minister refers. Therefore, any help at all that can be made available will be most welcome.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: 79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her policy initiatives, if any, that strive to identify communities with no local community representative structure; the way she is supporting such communities to have a voice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3989/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Government policy to reach down into the grassroots of communities and ask people their views when projects are being envisaged and moneys being spent. That is hugely important. When I spoke earlier about community centres, the Minister of State said they should engage with the local authorities, which is correct. Sometimes, there is no land available, it is difficult and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am delighted with his portrayal of community animation, which is very visionary and forward-looking. How much funding is ring-fenced for community animation nationally? At a later stage, he might be able to give me a breakdown of how much is made available per county for community animation and local development companies. Community...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: When does the Minister of State expect to receive a report on the effectiveness of community animation from the local development companies he mentioned? Is there a template at Department level as to how the local development companies should carry out community animation? Will he take a personal interest in this and personally drive it forward across the State in order that areas in which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: We can be flexible. If you want to ask a question and get an answer, we can do that for a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: Try to ask focused questions so that we get more information back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: I think it is in other legislation we have seen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: Yes, perhaps. I have a suggest that might make things easier for all of us. We are dealing with heads 6 to 8, inclusive. If Deputy Carthy is clear on those heads we might ask our two colleagues if they want to come in on those rather than going back over the same matters.