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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports made available by her Department to address vacancy and dereliction in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10459/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: The work the Minister is doing in this area is extraordinary and really important. In the town of Youghal in my constituency, which she knows well, I am told there are 102 vacant properties on the main street. I am not aware of any town team being established there. We probably need to accelerate the great work the Minister is doing to bring more towns up to speed. I agree with my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Minister's choosing of Kanturk but we have had this debate before. Cork is about three times the size of other counties but it had just one town included. Every other county had one town included also. In future, the Minister might regard Cork as having three divisions, which it has, and include three towns rather than one, thereby ensuring funding equality based on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (5 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received under the 2023 Community Centres Investment Fund-New Builds Measure; when she expects allocations under this measure to be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports made available by his Department for thatched properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (6 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of the Icelandic Planet Youth model; the engagement, if any, that his Department has had with Icelandic Planet Youth to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11053/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (6 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the current usage of a premises (details supplied); the future plans for the premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance to list, in tabular form, by each local authority area, the number of vacant homes tax (VHT) returns received by the Revenue Commissioners during the first chargeable period of 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023; the number of exemptions to the VHT applied for and the number of these applications allowed; the amount collected in respect of each local...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the vacant property tax (VPT), the number of times that the Revenue Commissioners have requested property owners who have assessed that VPT does not apply to their property, to confirm the status of their property or to submit a VHT return on their property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11213/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (7 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of submissions received by her Department as part of the public consultation on the development of a National Swimming Strategy; the findings of the public consultation process; when she expects to be in a position to publish the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 304. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 14 November 2023, to outline the number of TAMS 2 solar PV installations that were signed off by installers not listed on his Department's installers list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11467/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 305. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the number of TAMS 2 solar PV installations that were processed by his Department on forms that were not his Department's official S198 forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11468/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: I support my colleague with respect to funding for this road. Is the Minister aware of the congestion in Mallow town where large vehicles are clogging up the main street and causing major pollution? Is it the Green Party's policy now to ensure we have pollution in towns such as Mallow? Why did the Minister give €7 million back to the Exchequer last year when he could have given...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: The Minister gave back €7 million.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: It was needed in Mallow.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: The figure is €100 billion.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of extra funding support his Department has provided to Cork County Council for the repair of roads damaged by flooding in the wake of Storm Babet; his plans to provide further allocations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13047/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: Five months ago, we experienced the consequences of climate change in a devastating way in east Cork with Storm Babet, which led to businesses, homes, roads and so on being devastated. I have two questions. First, how much extra funding has the Department provided to Cork County Council to date for the repair of roads damaged by the flooding? Second, what plans has the Minister to provide...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Will he provide some figures for how much additional funding has been indicated to his Department? He spoke about a downward revision. How much is that? Did he say that the council had already received €13 million or €30 million? I am not clear on that, as I could not hear him properly. The Taoiseach told me in the Dáil...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: I acknowledge that the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, visited Midleton. Many of the rural roads in question remain virtually impassable. I have driven on them myself and they are in an awful condition. They will require additional funding. Has the €13 million been handed over to Cork County Council? Does the Minister not agree that there is a significant gap...