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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: Is Ms Mangan aware of any large companies building remote working spaces or hubs or thinking of doing so? I refer to companies with thousands of employees, many of them travelling every day. Would she encourage such companies, who have, as she said earlier, substantial resources, to invest in rural towns and build remote working spaces for their employees?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers awaiting entry into the international protection system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21347/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: Is the Minister happy that the work done to date may be wasted? He is talking about managing budgets. He is now telling me that this may not happen for years without giving any indication. Can he in some way let the people on the route know whether or not their houses will be subject to a CPO? The route has been identified but it is very wide. There has been no contact with the people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: There are a few issues that I wish to draw the Minister's attention to, and ask questions about. First, is he aware of the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, project and the plan to build thousands of houses and housing units close to the railway line at Water-Rock? Is the Minister aware that the road infrastructure that he has spoken about is not up to standard, and that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: For the Minister's information, the development to which I was referring is in a different place. It has nothing to do with this particular land.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: It is. It is on the other side of Carrigtwohill. It is west of Carrigtwohill. It is not between Carrigtwohill and Midleton. That is what I am talking about. The LIHAF project is at risk.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: The developers tell me that the development of thousands of houses may not go ahead. TII has objected to the development. It has written to me and told me that the road is unsafe. It has asked the local authority to carry out safety measures on that roadway which could cost millions of euro. Could the Minister not allow this route to progress to make the road safer and to allow the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: Is the Minister aware that the road is already at capacity?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: That is the reason TII has raised issues with respect to its concerns regarding the operational safety of the national road network. It is located in an area considered for a future national road scheme. The proposed development could prejudice plans for the design of this scheme. However, it will not allow the scheme to go ahead. It is a catch-22. It is objecting to the housing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: The Minister did apologise.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: It was not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the proposed upgrade of the N25 national road between Midleton and Carrigtwohill, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21022/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will provide additional support to allow the proposed upgrade of the N25 national road between Midleton and Carrigtwohill, County Cork, to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21021/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: Will the Minister outline the current status of the proposed upgrade of the N25 national road between Midleton and Carrigtwohill? He will be aware, of course, that Cork County Council and his Department had agreed that this should be a very important upgrade, so much so that they have spent €1.2 million on a feasibility study. I think €1.2 million has been spent so far on a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: 312. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering extensions of the rollout of the National Broadband Plan to accommodate commercially serviced BLUE area premises in close proximity to the rollout of the plan with particular reference to a housing estate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: 327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to explore proposals for the installation of a floating storage and regasification liquified natural gas terminal in the Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: 604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the situation with respect to the National Swimming Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21050/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Barriers Facing Those Returning to Live in Ireland: Discussion (26 Apr 2022)

David Stanton: I join the Chair and others in welcoming our guests and thanking them for their interesting and timely presentation. Reference was made to three groups who return to Ireland: those who come through planned methods, those who come through necessity and those who come through crisis. Will the witnesses give us a pen-picture of the breakdown percentage-wise with respect to those three groups?...