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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Reserve; the number of female and male members respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16086/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: With respect to third country nationals coming into Ireland, and God knows we have a lot of people coming in at present through no fault of their own and not as their first choice, there seems to be a problem with respect to people registering here as pharmacists. We passed the Pharmacy Act 2007 which put in place a third country route of registration. There seems to be an ongoing problem...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is supporting persons with disabilities to access training and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (24 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 54. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to update or replace the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Global Ireland Media Challenge Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s support for a programme (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (24 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has issued guidelines with respect to the merging of traffic from slip-roads onto motorways or dual carriageways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15669/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fuel Costs: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and congratulate them on the work they are doing. Is the commission satisfied there is sufficient public awareness of its existence, its role and powers? Does it have a campaign in place to alert consumers to its existence, what it can do, how it can assist and how people may make complaints to it? Has it carried out any surveys on public awareness of its role? I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Protection (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. She referenced "flood risk" more than once in her reply. A sea level rise does not recede. When it rises, it stays up. There is a difference between it and flood risk - floods which come and go. When the sea level rises, it stays up and does not recede. This is what we have to look at. I invite the Minister of State to check out...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Protection (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and allowing me to speak to it. The ice in the Antarctic and in Greenland is melting at an alarming rate, as was stated in a joint report published in Ireland last year by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Marine Institute. That report, in a finding similar to that of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, found that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to assist and support migrants to access employment; the way in which such measures are evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that her Department is taking to assist and support persons who find it difficult to gain employment; the way in which such measures are evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14682/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fire Safety (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 15 September 2021, if his Department has completed its review of the public consultation submissions on furniture fire safety regulations; when he expects further recommendations on revised regulations to be issued; the next steps in the process; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered adding a school (details supplied) to her Department’s recently expanded DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that her Department put in place in the 2021-2022 school year to facilitate extra secondary school places in east County Cork; the further resources she intends to put in place in the 2022-2023 school year given the demand for school places in the east County Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14813/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests. I am at a loss for words, as many of us are, when I hear about the circumstances in Ukraine. I have met some people who have come here from Ukraine and they are worried about their families at home. The trauma they have gone through and are suffering is intense. We have our own response in Ireland with respect to the people who come here and how they will be looked...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce legislation which would serve to protect the employment of members of the Reserve Defence Forces while such members take part in full-time duties as members of the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13222/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he intends to take to facilitate members of the Reserve Defence Forces to serve overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13223/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 1 February 2022 and with reference to the establishment of a new special schools in Cork for the 2021-2022 school year, if she has considered the need to support the establishment of an additional special school in the Cork area ahead of the 2022-2023 school year; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (10 Mar 2022)

David Stanton: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department with respect to the teaching of an aquatics programme as part of the primary school physical education curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13271/22]