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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (25 May 2021)

David Stanton: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 13 May 2021, when her Department last engaged with school authorities in the Midleton Carrigtwohill school planning area with regard to post-primary school places for September 2021; the number of students still on waiting lists for a secondary school place in the area at the time of that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 May 2021)

David Stanton: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are required to inform parents and or guardians when notifying them that a child has been placed on a waiting list for admittance due to oversubscription, that a provision exists to request a review, in writing, by the board of management of the decision within 21 calendar days from the date of the original decision and furthermore,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (20 May 2021)

David Stanton: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by students participating in local training initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26785/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 May 2021)

David Stanton: 43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new market possibilities and value-added opportunities for Irish food producers in the post-Brexit era given the dependence of the Irish agri-food sector on the UK market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26783/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Safety (20 May 2021)

David Stanton: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is undertaking to ensure that provisions for farm safety and farmer well-being are being incorporated into the formation of the next Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26784/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2021)

David Stanton: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to update the SUSI review process and potentially increase the current income thresholds and eligibility criteria for grant applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 May 2021)

David Stanton: 352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by his Department to incentivise investment in farm safety measures and equipment given that farm incidents constitute a high proportion of the overall number of workplace accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1740/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome the Tánaiste to the committee. The meeting we had with the content moderators was harrowing for all of us. I congratulate Deputy O'Reilly on having brought the matter to our attention and facilitating their meeting with us and with the Tánaiste, whom I thank for meeting them. Heinous crimes are being committed in the world, in Ireland and elsewhere. As the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation and Reactivation of Economy: Discussion (19 May 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Chairman. I will be very brief. I assume that all members are getting emails from constituents - I certainly am - who are concerned about the emergency legislation that is to be renewed again on 9 June. They are calling for reviews of this and so forth. We are moving out of restrictions and lockdown thanks to the work of all involved. I am wondering whether the Emergency...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and thank the Minister for being here at this late hour. The Minister is aware of the pressures in east Cork with respect to secondary school places. To give an example, one woman was told earlier this year that her daughter was placed in one school at No. 274 on the waiting list, at No. 256 in another school and at No. 124...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: This is coming a bit out of left field, but in the context of financial difficulties a number of representations have been made to me with respect to the extra cost incurred by people having to use smokeless fuels. While this is the right thing to do anyway, due to the increased weight of the ash, an increased cost is incurred when you pay for refuse by weight. The Minister might not have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: I hope the Minister's Department does not get hit by any of these viruses going around, or we will all be in trouble. The volume of work done by the officials has been extraordinary. Has the Minister received any reports of skills shortages in various sectors? We have heard anecdotal reports that employers are finding it difficult to get workers now, which is probably a good sign for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: Has the Minister carried out any research to indicate how many people have left their former sectors, for instance, construction, and gone into other sectors during the pandemic? Has she any comment to make on reports about the black market during the Covid-19 emergency? Has that grown in any way? Are there figures available to indicate how many people with skills have indicated during the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: Is the Minister saying that she will ease the requirements with respect to the nearest school criteria for east Cork given the waiting lists there were so long? Application forms for school transport should be submitted by the last Friday in April each year. Many parents did not know what place they had by that date and they still do not know. Then there is the issue of having to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. A picture paints a thousand words, and the final slide that was shown certainly showed the reality. On one side, there are heated swimming pools, lush green pasture and 21st century infrastructure, while on the other, it looks like it goes back to the 13th century. The contrast is shocking. There are 680,000 settlers in the West...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

David Stanton: I will be brief. I welcome our guests. I note from the statement that 40% of the population is under 14 years of age. I believe 21% of the population in Ireland is under 14 years of age, so that is extraordinarily high. Are there any particular reasons for that? Have the adults left or why is that the case? The figure is extraordinarily high. Mr. McLaughlin also mentioned that Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring forward legislation to enable members of the Reserve Defence Forces to serve overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to upgrade facilities at the Naval Service base at Haulbowline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 6 May 2021, the estimated number of prospective students still on waiting lists for places in these schools; the available options being considered to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 22 April 2021, the number of cases by county in 2019 and 2020 with regard to school transport provision at primary and post-primary levels, respectively in which her Department was satisfied that the nearest school was full and as a result eligibility for school transport was granted to a school that...