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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 232. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of homes currently hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection and receiving an accommodation recognition payment arranged through the Red Cross; the number accommodated through the offer of a home scheme operated by each respective local authority and the number by privately organised hosting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: It might be useful to know what they are doing that we are not and how we can emulate them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: With all that is coming down the tracks and the huge demands that will placed on us all with respect to AI, in particular, and the use of data centres, perhaps the witnesses heard Seamus Dunne from Digital Realty on Newstalk this morning. He was concerned about the moratorium on data centres here. He said that without capacity, we are stymied. We will not be able to achieve what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am glad to hear that. Already, the word is out there among many of the investors and FDI companies that there is a problem here that needs to be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am glad to hear that because certainty is hugely important for the future. There is no doubt about that and I want to support the Department and encourage it in the work it is doing in this space. It is hugely important. We can have all the plans and other things, but without the physical infrastructure in place we are stuck.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Energy is linked to this issue and the committee has had a number of debates on it. The Chair is aware of concerns that members had about the amount of energy the data centres use. Given the significant growth projected for AI, we are going to see more of that. As we speak, some solar farms are being curtailed because we cannot take the units they are producing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: We need to get the word out that there is a plan and that we are open for business in this area because that is not the message that I am getting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: One of the areas the Department mentions, and it is one of our weak areas, is access to e-health records. We are currently ranked 27th on this. Why are we still using paper records? It does not make sense. It is far more efficient to have records digitised. The Department is saying we are ranked 27th, which is extraordinary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: People going into hospital are still filling out paper forms. It is ridiculous in this day and age. There is no connectivity between the various sectors. It is ridiculous. It is not only a cost in terms of manpower and so on, it is also dangerous. Paper forms get lost, so digitisation is far safer. That is an area that needs work. The new national enterprise hub for SMEs tracks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Strategic Roadmap for the Digital Decade: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I welcome the witnesses. I thank them for coming in and for all the work they do in this space. It is important. Ms Carberry stated that we are in Europe fourth for basic digital content, fifth in the context of SMEs selling online and fifth in the number of unicorns. Who is ahead of us?

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Tree Remediation (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is a bit funny because, in one sense, everyone here is responsible and no one is responsible. This issue has moved from the Department of Transport to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and to the local authorities. Ultimately, this responsibility will fall back on the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Tree Remediation (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter and the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for being here. I raised this issue last May with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. At the time, he told me the implementation of legislation on the management of tree and hedge-cutting operations was a matter for local authorities and landowners. The problem is that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Will the Minister of State give an indication of how many adult educators are involved in this scheme nationally? How many students are impacted or benefiting from the various schemes or courses involved here? The Minister of State has given an indication of the total extra cost but has he any indication of the total overall budget involved in the sector?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current situation with respect to employment contracts for adult educators; his future plans, if any, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27019/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I want to give the Minister of State an opportunity to inform the House with respect to the current situation regarding employment contracts for adult educators and whether he has any plans to review these contracts, improve on them and to make them more career-friendly. Will he outline what the future holds for this important sector?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response and congratulate him on the work being done in this area, which seems to be very progressive. Will he comment on incremental pay rates and career progression in this important sector? Many adult educators work with some quite vulnerable clients and students who need a lot of help and assistance to progress. In some instances, there is no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Deputy Bruton has requested that I ask whether the Minister will comment on the potential for individualised learning paths that AI opens up and its impact on teaching and learning and the complications for assessment methods for distinguishing student knowledge from machine-generated content. It is a cause of huge concern in some third-level...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: Would the Minister agree this whole area is moving at an incredibly fast pace? Some of the very large companies are investing not millions but billions in the area and it has the potential to change everything as we know it. Will the Minister comment on the need to modernise the curriculum at third level to reflect the different skills people will need? Will he also address the serious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Richard Bruton, who sends his apologies. He wants to ask the Minister if he has assessed the role artificial intelligence should play in shaping the future of further and higher education given that it has been described as the fourth industrial revolution, bringing a tsunami of change. I am interested in hearing the Minister's response.