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

David Stanton: I have two brief follow-up questions. Is it the case and can the Minister confirm that services which are not involved in the core funding model can charge what they like and that the Minister has no control over what they can charge? Has the Minister or his Department entered into any discussions with the Department of Education - the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte might be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Postal Voting (19 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this Topical Issue and the Minister of State for being here to address it. The need to extend the provision of postal voting to individuals who may be away on polling day for whatever reason is of significant importance to our democracy. This proposal aims to ensure that all citizens can exercise their democratic right, even when personal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Postal Voting (19 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his thoughtful response and his own personal commitment to work in this area. It is of great importance that it is moved forward as soon as possible. People are extraordinarily disappointed because they see themselves being disenfranchised if they cannot actually vote. People are paying their taxes and are working and raising their families here and just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the ambassador and her team. I thank her for her presentation. The ambassador covered much ground with my colleague. I will ask some questions on other matters. I will zero in on the nuclear power plant. The ambassador stated that seven pillars of nuclear safety and security have been compromised in Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Sorry. It might be my Cork accent. The ambassador said that seven pillars of nuclear safety and security have been compromised at the nuclear power plant. Physical integrity is one. I understand the second is that safety and security systems are not functional. The rest are: staff being safe and secure; off-site power supply; uninterrupted supply chains; on-site and off-site radiation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: As well as Russia itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: My second question relates to the moves to facilitate Ukraine becoming a member of the European Union. The ambassador stated that much progress has been made in this regard. In her view, what are the next steps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Earlier this week, some equipment - military vehicles - was sent to Ukraine, specifically 20 4X4s, two ambulances and eight low loaders. I have been told there is a huge need for more of that kind of equipment – ambulances, buses, trucks and so on. Perhaps the committee could help with that and put out a call to people across Ireland who have vehicles like that which are not being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: We could put out the call today that if people out there – companies, individuals, the State – have vehicles and equipment like that, they can contact the ambassador and arrange to send it to Ukraine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: H.E. Larysa Gerasko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ireland (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: What is happening there is barbaric. It is terrible. Thousands of children have been abducted and people have been killed and injured in a war with no real aim except greed, power-grabbing and land-grabbing. It makes no sense at all and the cost to everyone on all sides is horrendous. What can be done with the funding can be for good and yet it is being ploughed into war with no sign of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place to support teachers and special needs assistants who have been injured while working in the classroom and in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26296/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware if local authorities in the State are compiling and maintaining registers of vacant properties, as distinct from registers of derelict properties, in their administrative area; if so, if his Department is advised of details of any such registers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25989/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 28 May 2024, the number of companies involved in submitting the 129 forms which were those other than his Department's official S198 form for the installation of solar PV under TAMS 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26298/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects that local community safety partnerships will be established across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26441/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I want to give the Minister an opportunity to update us on the local community safety partnerships, how the pilots are getting on and when she expects to be able to establish them across the rest of the State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response and congratulate her on this work, which is very important. That she has got the Garda Reserve recruitment campaign up and running is a very positive move. She stated she hopes to have the community partnerships up and running across the State later this year. Are we talking about the autumn? Has the Minister considered the situation in my county,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Community Safety Partnerships (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response with respect to the size of counties and the idea of fora. At one stage, I was involved in five different joint policing communities and noted that local knowledge is very valuable. A lot of the work is at the level of bringing to the attention of the local authority that a streetlight is not working, for example. I am referring to low-level crime and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sentencing Policy (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has examined the community court approach operating in parts of the UK and US, with a view to possibly establishing a similar model in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26442/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sentencing Policy (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: This question concerns a model of community court approach operating in the US and the UK, especially in midtown New York and Red Hook. When I was the chair of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, we did a lot of work on this issue. It proved to be very effective in dealing with low-level crimes, including misdemeanours, shoplifting and so on. It also had the backup of...