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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties that have been registered on a website (details supplied) in each year since it was established by county; the number of these properties that have been brought back into use in each of these years by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25398/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have put in place a vacant homes action plan as required by circular PL7/2017; if he has received feedback on the effectiveness or otherwise of these action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

David Stanton: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional supports that his Department has made available to the respective local authorities to enable them to appoint vacant home officers; the number of such officers appointed by each local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made by his Department to date in conducting the review of the revised well water grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25142/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests today. I thank them for what they have said and for the work they are doing. I wonder what these social media platforms would be like if this work was not going on. None of us can even imagine the kind of content the moderators have to look at. Reference was made to post-traumatic stress disorder. During the First World War this was not recognised and people were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Crider for that. I just wanted to clarify that issue. As the Chair said, we must be careful about what we say if cases are before the courts. I asked several other questions about the pandemic and whether its impact had made the situation worse. Perhaps Ms Plunkett or Ms Ní Bhrógáin might be able to comment on that aspect. I refer to the working from home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: The following questions are for Ms Crider. I understand a case was settled in the United States for $52 million Was that case heard in court, with a court adjudication or was it settled outside of court? I understand that during those proceedings Facebook acknowledged that damage was being caused to the workers. I am not sure whether the workers were directly employed by Facebook or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: Ms Plunkett was not told at the outset that the work could be damaging to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: She was not told that in written or oral form.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: I ask Ms Crider to respond on the US settlement, the context of the case, the outcome and the impact of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Online Content Moderation: Discussion (12 May 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Humanitarian Access (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: My final question is about the UN resolution which expires on 10 July 2021, which is not far away now. Can the Minister give us an understanding of whether this resolution will be extended and whether there is agreement that it should be extended?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Does he agree with the US view that this is genocide? Does he further agree that the reports from the region are absolutely shocking, appalling and deplorable? Has unrestricted access been granted to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights? Is there any sign of this happening? What further action can the State take in this regard?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: Will the Minister respond on the comment about unrestricted access of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights? Is this likely to happen? Is there any reason it should not happen? If the Chinese say there is nothing to hide why not let the high commissioner visit and inspect the region, as happened in Wuhan and other cities where Covid-19 erupted.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Humanitarian Access (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work of his Department to ensure that the remaining international crossing between Turkey and Syria stays open, given that more than 2.7 million people are reliant on assistance arriving via this crossing with regard to the humanitarian crisis in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24021/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Humanitarian Access (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: This question concerns what I understand is the one remaining international crossing between Turkey and Syria and ensuring that it stays open given the fact that 2.7 million people are reliant on assistance arriving via this crossing, with regard to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. I understand that people are now returning from Turkey to Syria because of the clampdowns and restrictions in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Humanitarian Access (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: The Minister is to be commended on visiting and seeing for himself what is happening out there. Will he give us an account of what he saw, what his concerns are and how he sees this developing? This has been going on for quite a number of years, as he outlined. Millions of people stranded in no man's land depend on 1,000 lorries of food a month going in to feed them and look after them....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: Tá sé sin ceart. Deputy Creed has asked me to take this question on his behalf and he sends his apologies for not being able to be here this evening. Deputy Creed was interested in what initiatives Ireland is pursuing unilaterally, at European Union level and through Ireland's membership of the UN Security Council to protect the interests of the Uighur Muslim population. I ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland with regard to the Covid-19 technology access pool platform created to enable the sharing of intellectual property rights, data and other information to aid in the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (11 May 2021)

David Stanton: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date with respect to the Town and Villages Growth Programme 2020-2024; the amount allocated under the fund nationally; the amount allocated to each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24400/21]