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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Wilkinson. That is an Open Doors Initiative programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I am a board member so I am aware of the Open Doors Initiative and the work it does. Rehab is our supporting partner. I am not sure whether Pobal or the National Disability Authority, NDA, are involved directly as partners or members. However, I agree that the work they have done is amazing. There is a great deal more that can be done. Are the witnesses aware of the work of the Crann...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: This is very interesting and we are learning more and more. I was a guidance counsellor in another life a long time ago. I know the value of career guidance counsellors in our school and how they can work. There is much work to be done with career guidance counsellors in this transition. The point about special schools is well made. I am aware they are designated as primary schools and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (22 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I fully agree with these points and they are very important. Guidance counsellors have certain skills but they definitely need upskilling in this area. They need more information and support in respect of how they can assist students with various forms of disability. We are in a time of full employment and one of the big issues we come across is employers contacting us to say they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome the ambassador and the delegation and thank them for coming in today. Deputy Brady has covered a lot of the questions I was going to ask so I will not repeat them. I am struck by one of the figures which the ambassador mentioned in her presentation, where she said that 16,207 children have been deported from Ukraine and that they are now in Russia. The ambassador might let us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome Mrs. Miculet and thank her for her presentation. My colleague Deputy Brady has already mentioned that wars can be fought in different ways. There are the conventional boots on the ground, tanks and planes. There are also propaganda wars, disinformation, destabilisation and cyberattacks. Last week there was a change in political leadership in Moldova. I wish the country well...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (21 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the work of the National Swimming Strategy Working Group; the number of times that the group has met since its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (21 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects analysis of the public consultation responses to the National Swimming Strategy to be concluded and the Strategy finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8581/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (21 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 9 February 2023, if her Department has considered fully funding post-primary teachers to participate in upskilling programmes for the teaching of home economics, similar to the funding provided for upskilling programmes in mathematics, physics and Spanish; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 84 of 9 February 2023, the transport supports that are in place to enable young adults with intellectual disabilities to attend further education, employment or training facilities which are located at a distance from their homes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (15 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the current situation with respect to the €30 million funding package announced in June 2022 to support the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7592/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Costs (14 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans, if any, to make changes to the SUSI grant eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the action taken by his Department to address shortfalls in residency requirements for SUSI applications for applicants whose residency in the State may have been impacted by Covid-19 travel restrictions in place at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6480/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the current planning requirements with respect to providing short-term self-catering letting accommodation in areas designated as rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6509/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Birth Certificates (14 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason former surnames are requested to be included on birth certificates in respect of birth certificates issued pursuant to the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7083/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allow GPs to prescribe cariban to patients under the community drugs scheme, the general medical services scheme and the drug payment scheme without it being consultant initiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6537/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions for cariban that have been processed through the drug payment scheme in 2021 and in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6538/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her encouraging response. I am very grateful for that. As I said, we need housing badly. I am concerned that the delay in upgrading this roadway could put many of these houses at risk. That is very important. This site is bounded by a rail link at one end and a dual carriageway on the other side. There is an airport that is not so far away at only 20...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter. I also thank the Minister of State for attending. While she is not a Minister in the Department of Transport, it is great she is here. I have raised a number of times the need to upgrade the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, County Cork, and will continue to do so. The House just debated housing. The good news is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 26 October 2022, if she has received the final report on the school meals programme; if so, the actions, if any, she plans to take as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6170/23]