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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Form S198 from the Department is very comprehensive and contains registered electrical contractor details, as the Minister outlined. This is the SEAI form. It is basically the same, but not exactly the same because it does not contain those details. There is no way of checking whether the person who filled out the form is an approved Safe Electric...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: It does not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: They do not.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I accept the Minister's bona fides. However, I am taking information from replies to previous parliamentary questions I tabled. Half of those applications were on the wrong forms. They are very similar but not they are not the same. There is serious information missing from one to the other. I am really worried about this. Does the Minister agree that farmers are at a legal...

Committee on Drugs Use: Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Apologies for having to leave. I had a parliamentary question to take in the Dáil Chamber. I was listening online as best I could to the debate. I thank the witnesses for being here and for the work they have done. To continue the conversation on the Portuguese model, I went there a number of years ago with a committee. We visited and spent time engaging with all the actors involved...

Committee on Drugs Use: Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: The witnesses talked about different metrics and the need for services. That was evident when we visited a number of years ago. Without the backup and follow-on services and treatment, and help and support in that area, once people got into the dissuasion area and the services were not there, they were in trouble and going nowhere. Have the witnesses carried out analysis or discussion of...

Committee on Drugs Use: Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Will Mr. O'Regan speak about the different levels of intervention he mentioned? I take it there is education, treatment, counselling and so on. What levels of intervention are we talking about?

Committee on Drugs Use: Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am interested in two areas. The first is respect of recommendation 21 and when the witnesses speak about family members and resourcing family members, extended support networks and supporting people affected by drugs use. I am also interested in the role of education in schools, particularly youth services in this space and the role they would have. Could Mr. Reid comment on those please?

Committee on Drugs Use: Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: The other question I had concerned the youth services and the link to the Garda diversion programmes, but the youth services in particular. In my view, they have a huge role to play. It is informal education outside of school.

Committee on Drugs Use: Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: It took us a full year of hard work and consultation to produce the current national youth justice strategy. It is out now and is being worked on. Mr. Reid mentioned the national drugs strategy a few times and has been critical of the fact that it has been frequently delayed. He said the report, or at least its first iteration, should be published this month. What is his sense of where it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 35. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the current situation with regard to the recruitment embargo on the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 220.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the implications of the taking of "term time" by public servants on the value of pensions when these workers reach retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25193/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 221.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform NDP Delivery and Reform; if his Department has carried out any study on the impact of the taking of "term time" by public servants on their final pension payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (11 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 518.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 22 May 2024, to outline the situation with respect to the need for data controllers for community-based CCTV systems; if her Department has any role in providing such support to enable data controllers to be employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24637/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (11 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 568.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the situation currently with respect to the payment of TAMs grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24660/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 682.To ask the Minister for Health to outline the entitlement to the Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for the staff of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Will the Taoiseach outline the Government’s policy on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between the EU and Canada? Does the Government intend to make changes to the Arbitration Act, as was suggested by the Supreme Court, and if so, is there a timescale for that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 50. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of registered childcare providers who are not taking part in the core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: How many registered childcare providers are not taking part in the core funding model? Is the trend going up or down? Have any registered childcare providers opted out of the core funding model? In general, how is the model progressing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and congratulate him on the work he and his Department are doing on this important area. Has he or his Department carried out any audit of areas in the country to identify black spots where it is very hard for people to find childcare, crèches and so on, and if so, is that information available? One thing I came across when I was canvassing...