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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Blackspots: Discussion (25 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: Yes, but it is still growing and this is only September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Blackspots: Discussion (25 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (25 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He has seen my frustration. This is exactly the same response I got last July when I submitted a parliamentary question on the matter. There has been no change. In fact, the reply is an awful lot shorter. It is almost an insult. The final sentence reads: "These lands are designed to retain overflow flood waters during periods of heavy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Facilities (25 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle’s office for selecting this and I thank the Minister of State for being here to take the debate. I am disappointed the Minister for Education cannot be here but I am sure she is very busy with other work. Of all Ministers to the House, the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, will appreciate what I will say. We have in Carrigtwohill one of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (25 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the amount and value of sugar imported into the State in each respective year since 1999, in tabular form. [38199/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: What is the Government policy on dispatch-down, which is compensation paid on constraints and curtailment of renewable energy generation? Leading operators are to be compensated by individual homes and businesses, albeit indirectly, by higher bills. How much is estimated to be paid out this year and how much was paid out last year for this?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list the number of recipients of jobseeker's allowance, or jobseeker's benefit, who had their payment withdrawn in each respective year from 2021 to 2023, and to date in 2024, as a result of the fact that they were not able to show that they are actively seeking work, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how her Department ensures that recipients of jobseeker’s allowance or jobseeker’s benefit are available for and actively seeking work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37663/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the optimal figure of enrolment her Department has in place for second-level schools in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37888/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (24 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department has to replace a facility (details supplied); the timescales for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37275/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: A boil water notice has been in place in my area for the past eight years affecting 9,000 customers. It appears to be costing approximately €500 per year. In the UK, families are now compensated when boil water notices are put in place. Will the Minister give consideration to doing this in this country, particularly for the 9,000 customers who are suffering under this notice for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: Could the Minister of State let me know at some stage which local authorities are using the funding provided by the Oireachtas to fund vacant homes officers? Which of those are doing that exclusively so that, for example, the vacant homes job is not number ten on a list of other works they have got to do? Is that a condition attached to the funding we are providing to the local authorities?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has estimated the number properties that are vacant in the State that could be used for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37013/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department is working with the Department of Finance on the administration of the vacant property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37014/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: This is an opportunity for the Minister to give some information to Members of the House on the number of vacant properties that could be used for housing in this State, or an estimation to that effect. That includes commercial properties. Second, how is the Department working with the Department of Finance on the administration of the vacant property tax? Is there an overall view of what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response and recognise the work that is being carried out here. Does he have any figures with respect of how many actual properties are vacant in the State in the moment that could be used for housing from this database? Is that database publicly available? Will he comment on the top-up grant for derelict properties? We have numbers for the vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how Ireland compares with other EU Member States with respect to the percentage of GDP expended on the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (19 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports being made available to establish arts centres in towns and villages in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37011/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: I will probably not take all the time as Deputy O'Reilly already asked many of the questions I was going to ask. When did the Minister request the economic impact assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

David Stanton: When was that? What was the approximate date?