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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: We are all agreed on the principle that we should sweat the asset, for want of a better way of putting it, and that schools should be used outside of school hours as much as possible for all the activities communities need. I am particularly concerned about areas where there are no community facilities at all. A lot of such communities are growing. Even where there are community...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I brought this up last week on Question Time and I was very pleased with the response the Minister gave at the time. The reason I brought it up was that a number of people in growing communities had contacted me because, now we have come out of the pandemic, many youngsters in some of these communities have nowhere to go in the evening time. I acknowledge a huge amount of work has been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects a first-time passport will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects a first-time passport will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he expects a first-time passport will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10138/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a first-time passport will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the third phase of the Switch Your Bank campaign; the effectiveness of the previous two campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9712/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Enterprise Policy (22 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recently launched innovation seed fund programme; the types of companies and initiatives eligible for support under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9702/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (17 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken by her Department to support communities and to encourage community activities and events as Covid-19 restrictions begin to ease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8573/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (17 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: This question has to do with the fact that many communities have been locked up for a number of years now with Covid-19 and are beginning to come back out into the open again. We all know how important it is for mental and physical health that communities are active and can get together to do things. Very often, they do not have places for this. What supports are the Minister of State and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (17 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I congratulate him and his Department on the work they are doing and the money that is being made available. Much of the money that is being put forward is dependent on facilities being made available such as playing fields, playgrounds, sports facilities, halls and so forth. In many instances, where communities have expanded greatly in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (17 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response/ I acknowledge that there are many schools which open their doors and make their facilities available. There are also quite a number of them that do not and will not. It is wrong that we have hundreds of millions of euros being made available by the taxpayer for these facilities and yet the boards of management and the management of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (17 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to engage for SMEs and employers to facilitate and further encourage the use of working hubs as long-term arrangements for business opportunities in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current process with respect to first-time passport applications for babies born in Ireland in circumstances in which both parents are non-Irish citizens; the current estimated processing times for such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (16 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of speech and language therapists who graduated from respective third level colleges in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I went first the last time so Deputy Bruton may go first this time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses for attending. Our news media are dominated by negativity every day, yet there is so much positive stuff going on. Perhaps they should fly the flag a bit higher and give people some hope. There are a lot of amazing people out there setting up their own businesses. It takes a lot of courage and bravery to take the risk and provide employment for others who do not want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: Could I get a comment on export credit insurance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: It has been a long session, so I will be brief. I will follow up on what Deputy O'Reilly said about decent jobs as the matter relates to migrants, under-25s from disadvantaged backgrounds and people with disabilities. Although there are mobility and transport supports for people with disabilities, people in these three groups find it difficult to get jobs. I have been involved in the Open...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date on the development of a new elective hospital in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7720/22]