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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. TII has written to me to tell me, "Due to limited funding available ... and the many competing demands for that funding, we are unable to provide a grant allocation to enable the project to advance in the current year", and further details on the grant allocation process can be found in the road allocation grants, which I have looked at. This...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, for being here to respond to this issue regarding the N25 between Midleton and Carrigtwohill. This particular stretch of road is one of the busiest in the country. There are 30,000 vehicle movements per day on it. It is also extremely dangerous and the local authority is worried...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase second-level school capacity in east County Cork given the projected increase in population in the area in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4617/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a special school in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: 323. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 19 January 2022, the amount made available in respect of each local authority to bring the 319 unsold affordable housing units fully into use in each local authority’s housing stock; the number of these houses per local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 30 September 2021, if his Department has undertaken an assessment of Ireland’s possible accession to the Antarctic Treaty System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding provided by Ireland under the COVAX system for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3635/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made by his Department in providing support for Defence Forces veterans in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role played by Defence Forces personnel in the preservation of Ireland’s cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3632/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: The Taoiseach is very familiar with the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Midleton, which is one of the busiest roads in the country with 30,000 traffic movements per day. It is a very dangerous road. The Taoiseach is also familiar with the former Amgen site, which is now landlocked because the N25 is not being upgraded. He is also familiar with the 2,500 houses that were to be built in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Divorce Process (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects proposals to be progressed for the recognition of foreign divorce in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3735/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I welcome Mr. Shanahan and his team. I join with Deputy Bruton in congratulating them on the work they have been doing for the last while. It is hugely impressive. This morning Bank of Ireland announced five remote working hubs or spaces in addition to their existing six. Is there a conversation in the client companies of IDA Ireland and in the authority itself to encourage and support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman for letting me come in a second time. I want to follow up on the remote working spaces. I am interested in what Mr. Shanahan said about how circumstances have evolved and developed during the pandemic. There are a lot of remote working hubs but many of them are more hot desks. I am looking for us to be a bit more ambitious. I know lots of companies would be very...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I support Deputy Griffin's comments on incentives. In one particular small town in my constituency, and there are many others like it, there are at least ten vacant properties on the main street. One man owns them all and when I asked him about these properties he replied that he was under no pressure to do anything with them.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Derelict Sites (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: They need a small amount of work but he said he was under no pressure whatsoever. He also said that if he did them up and rented them out, the tax would make them unviable. What kind of incentives and supports are available? The man in question stated the properties could not be taken off him because he owned them and they were his property. What incentives can we give this man, and...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister of State whether he agrees with me when I quote the new housing plan for Ireland, Housing for All, which states: "Housing cannot be delivered unless we have the supporting critical infrastructure, including transport.." That includes affordable housing. Is the Minister of State aware that Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has recently decided not to proceed with an...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I agree with the Minister of State fully on this. There is a rail link at one end of this development and a motorway at the other. There is public transport between Midleton and Carrigtohill. The Government has now decided to ruin this project. The Department has funded the project to the tune of €4.13 million already. That is now going west. Some €1.3 million has been...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Vacant Properties (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Minister of State on the work he is doing in this area. Until recently, in County Cork, from Castletownbere to Youghal to Mitchelstown to Newmarket, there was one part-time vacant homes officer, and that was the tenth job he had. Would the Minister of State agree with me that County Cork should have three full-time vacant homes officers to cover such a huge area and in...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by his Department to date in increasing the supply of affordable housing with reference to the key objective of the Housing for All plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3083/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

David Stanton: This question is about affordable housing. I am particularly interested in what the Minister is doing to unblock the blockages that are there, in particular for people who cannot get a mortgage at the one end but who are earning too much to avail of social housing at the other end, that is, people in the middle.