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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (22 May 2024)

David Stanton: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding, if any, her Department has provided to Cork County Council to fund community-based CCTV security systems; if so, the amount provided for each respective location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23203/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: The number of complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman last year rose considerably. Many of those complaints related to insurance and a number of them related to the delay in making claims and the difficulty in making claims in the first place. Delays in payouts was the big complaint. Will the Minister of State undertake to look at what is available to the consumer? Perhaps a faster...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on any recent interaction by his Department with the insurance industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22729/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Following events like Storm Babet in east Cork, is he aware of delays in payouts to consumers and of the stress that can be caused if people must wait for a long period to have their claims met and indeed if they have to jump through all kinds of hoops to make a claim in the first place and have it accepted? Is there anything we can do to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Africa Day: Discussion with African Ambassadors to Ireland (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: I will be brief. I welcome all the representatives here today and thank them for their presentations, their time and the work they do. I also want to be associated with the comments about Gaza and what is happening there. It is absolutely appalling and shocking. That has been said already by many of us. We wish for a ceasefire and an end to that conflict. Also to our friend from Sudan,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance to report on the recent visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for financial services, credit unions and insurance to Frankfurt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22726/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current situation with respect to providing proper accommodation for the students at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22998/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: 11 o’clock The situation is extraordinarily serious. Planning in place in the Port of Cork runs out next year and it may be very hard to extend it or get new planning. The rubber is hitting the road very quickly because the port needs funding very soon to expand. Will the Minister of State tell me where that money is going to come from? That is the bottom line here. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: The Minister of State gives me only some comfort because he stated, and he can correct me if I am wrong, that the port can obtain 30% of the costs. That is not enough. It needs 100% of the cost to have certainty. There are many companies looking at this and making serious investment decisions to the tune of billions of euro. We need clarity here. The Minister of State said we are going...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the way in which southern ports will be supported in marshalling parts and assembling turbines for offshore wind power generation in relation to the newly published draft south coast designated maritime area plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21970/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Minister and his Department on the work done on the designated maritime area plan, DMAP, which was published recently. There is more work do to there. However, my question today has to do with the southern ports. The Minister will be aware that Doyle Shipping Group has pulled out of anything to do with offshore wind and assembly of turbines. The Port of Cork has...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: 26. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on recent recruitment for the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21967/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on recent recruitment to the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21968/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (16 May 2024)

David Stanton: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports he has made available to date and plans to make available in the future to the Port of Cork company to enable it to expand and develop its facilities in order that it can become a centre for project marshalling and assembly, as outlined in the recently published policy statement Future Framework for Offshore Renewable...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister of State about the Forty-first Amendment to the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024, which I understand is before the Seanad. Will the Government support its passage and enactment so it is ready in time for a referendum?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: For once, I am at a loss for words. I am absolutely thrilled with this news. I thank and congratulate the Minister for listening to what I had to say, taking on board what I said and actually making the change happen. It is an example that shows that this House actually works. If Ministers like her listen to colleagues across the House with regard to suggestions such as this and then...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: Thank you. I am from Cork.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this issue and the Minister for being here to respond. I have been raising this issue for quite some time in committee, in the Chamber and with colleagues. It has to do with Irish companies and foreign direct investment, FDI, companies located here that require staff to come from abroad to work here for a limited period. They bring leadership...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: It is a very good suggestion. It is something we need to start seriously looking at. This whole technology area is moving so fast it is being called the fourth industrial revolution. I have been looking at some stuff recently. From the time paper was invented to when the printing press was invented, took 75 generations. This technology has moved forward in less than half a generation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: Okay. It is an interesting concept whereby companies get a third party to simulate a cyberattack.