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

David Stanton: 37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to further expand the school meals programme; the number of applications for inclusion in the scheme that were received for the 2022-23 school year; the number of these applications that were successful and the number that were unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6169/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way he is supporting young adults with disabilities to access training and employment post-second level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6172/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation with regard to the availability of suitably trained persons to teach home economics in second level schools; if her attention has been drawn to research or surveys by teacher unions or the Teaching Council on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 205. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the Decision Support Service (DSS) to be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6208/23]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: There is so much going on and so much positive stuff happening that it is hard to keep up. Are we sticking with programme A and then coming back to programmes B and C?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: We will do all three.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: One of the things I am interested in is regional enterprise development. IDA Ireland expects to spend €60 million on development property solutions in different areas across the country this year and has three advanced facilities. Are they buildings that IDA Ireland has designed and built in Monaghan, Dundalk and Sligo? It is expected that four further facilities will be delivered...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (9 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: It is the new construction centre. Perhaps the right name is the construction technology centre. I think it is a collaboration between NUI Galway, TCD, UCD, UCC and the Irish Green Building Council. Could the Minister provide more detail on that because it is something in which I am quite interested, as, I am sure, are many other members? I am quite happy to see the programme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. As they have said, many bodies of various shapes and sizes have moved their headquarters here post Brexit. That increases the imperative and the importance of all this. Dr. Lavelle said that the European Parliament last week voted to adopt a report to further strengthen EWCs. A resolution has passed to recommend to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: That is useful. There are some interesting points in the resolution. One that stands out relates to gender balance. I thought it unusual. Earlier, Dr. Lavelle stated, "It appears that there is a consensus among trade unions, employers and industrial relations experts that there is a straightforward solution to the problem". He proposes the amendment of the current legislation to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Work Councils and Legislative Provisions for Dispute Procedures: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: How is this dealt with in the other countries, such as Germany? How do we compare with respect to means and such?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electricity Generation (8 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 24 January 2023, the way in which a farmer can avail of an onsite farmyard inspection by his Department’s staff to ensure that a solar PV installation meets the minimum requirements of his Department’s technical and safety specifications, not least specification S198...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (8 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 511. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which other State or local authority funds can be used in conjunction with community centres investment fund-funding to carry out works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6180/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: I raise an issue I raised with the Tánaiste before Christmas. The old Amgen site in Carrigtwohill is still sitting there 13 years later. It comprises 188 acres of fully serviced land. IDA Ireland has tried to market the site but because the road infrastructure is so poor, it cannot get anyone to go in there. What is the Government doing to unlock the site and what are its plans and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: The Minister of State knows well, as she has visited east Cork quite often, that we have no special school at all. As Deputy O'Sullivan has said, children have to travel long distances if they can get a place. East Cork is as big as some small counties but there is no special school. I note the need for special classes and all that but special schools are a set apart. Would the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (2 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted members, by rank, who left the Naval Service in 2021 and 2022, respectively, in tabular form; the reasons for leaving; the policies in place to encourage the retention of personnel in the Naval Service; the effectiveness of these policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (2 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted members, by rank, who left the Air Corps in 2021 and 2022, respectively, in tabular form; the reasons for leaving; the policies in place to encourage the retention of personnel in the Air Corps; the effectiveness of these policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (2 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 947 of 26 April 2022, if her Department has completed the proposed review of the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours; if new guidelines have or will be issued to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (2 Feb 2023)

David Stanton: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the impact of the delivering equality of opportunity in schools' programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5036/23]