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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Certainly, it did come from small businesses. I am also aware of the electoral and boundary issues to which the Minister alluded. It seems that some of these publicity post zones were designed at the time the stagecoach was in vogue. They are quite unwieldy. I am not sure if other colleagues in the House would agree with me but they do not seem to...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for being here and for their input. I was Chair of the justice committee in 2015. We visited Portugal and we compiled a report on the model in use there. In our report, we asked the Government of the day to do further research into that model. Unfortunately, not a great deal has happened in the interim. Ms Lawlor referred to the regulation of all drugs. Professor...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Correct me if I am wrong, but the picture Ms Lawlor is painting is that somebody could go into a pharmacy, ask for any drug, answer a few questions, pay the money and walk out. Is she saying that any drug could be purchased in this way?

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Is that with no restrictions whatsoever on the type of drug?

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Lawlor. I will tease out this further with respect to the amount that people could buy and whether they could go from one pharmacy to another and get as much as they needed. There are other issues around that. I totally agree with the other issue that Ms Lawlor brought up here with respect to the Garda youth diversion programme. I set in place the youth justice strategy which...

Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Professor Stevens for clarifying that. I had heard that there was a change. I was not sure what it was. Can Professor Stevens bring us up to date with what they are doing in Portugal at present with respect to this? What model are they using?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: It might be useful to know what they are doing that we are not and how we can emulate them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: With all that is coming down the tracks and the huge demands that will placed on us all with respect to AI, in particular, and the use of data centres, perhaps the witnesses heard Seamus Dunne from Digital Realty on Newstalk this morning. He was concerned about the moratorium on data centres here. He said that without capacity, we are stymied. We will not be able to achieve what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am glad to hear that. Already, the word is out there among many of the investors and FDI companies that there is a problem here that needs to be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am glad to hear that because certainty is hugely important for the future. There is no doubt about that and I want to support the Department and encourage it in the work it is doing in this space. It is hugely important. We can have all the plans and other things, but without the physical infrastructure in place we are stuck.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Energy is linked to this issue and the committee has had a number of debates on it. The Chair is aware of concerns that members had about the amount of energy the data centres use. Given the significant growth projected for AI, we are going to see more of that. As we speak, some solar farms are being curtailed because we cannot take the units they are producing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: We need to get the word out that there is a plan and that we are open for business in this area because that is not the message that I am getting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: One of the areas the Department mentions, and it is one of our weak areas, is access to e-health records. We are currently ranked 27th on this. Why are we still using paper records? It does not make sense. It is far more efficient to have records digitised. The Department is saying we are ranked 27th, which is extraordinary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: People going into hospital are still filling out paper forms. It is ridiculous in this day and age. There is no connectivity between the various sectors. It is ridiculous. It is not only a cost in terms of manpower and so on, it is also dangerous. Paper forms get lost, so digitisation is far safer. That is an area that needs work. The new national enterprise hub for SMEs tracks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for coming in and for all the work they do in this space. It is important. Ms Carberry stated that we are in Europe fourth for basic digital content, fifth in the context of SMEs selling online and fifth in the number of unicorns. Who is ahead of us?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the current situation with respect to the printing of passports in the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with reference to “Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for the US and Canada 2019 to 2025”, he will report on progress made in respect of Canada; his further plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27426/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on plans to develop offshore wind infrastructure off the south coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27425/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of homes currently hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection and receiving an accommodation recognition payment arranged through the Red Cross; the number accommodated through the offer of a home scheme operated by each respective local authority and the number by privately organised hosting...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the Tánaiste and thank him for his statement. I join him in recognising the work being carried out abroad by Defence Forces personnel. In the context of UNIFIL, as the Tánaiste stated, tensions have heightened recently. There was a meeting yesterday with humanitarian agencies in respect of the civilian communities out there. UNIFIL was involved in that as well. The...