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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (30 May 2024)

David Stanton: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount expended on the Red Cross emergency flood relief scheme in each month from October to December 2023; the number of small businesses, sporting clubs and voluntary bodies that have received a payout to date; the number, if any, of applications that are still being processed per local authority area; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 May 2024)

David Stanton: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount expended to date under her Department’s humanitarian assistance scheme, activated on 19 October 2023 following storm Babet; the number of payments made, to date, to those affected by the resulting flooding in each local authority area; the number of cases, if any, still being processed; and if she...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response and for the work that he is doing in his Department and that TII and Cork County Council are doing as well. I note the point that it is still part of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and it is also part of Project Ireland 2040. I also want to point out that a lot of work has been done on this 5 km route. As the Minister said, the preferred...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue, as well as the Minister for being here this morning to debate this with me. When I was elected here for the first time 27 years ago, when I was a lot younger with a lot more hair, the big campaign in east Cork was about opening the railway line to Midleton and I got involved in that campaign. I raised the issue a lot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I apologise for being late. I was in the Dáil Chamber speaking on road safety, which I understand AI can also play a part in by looking at traffic flows and so forth. I thank our guests for coming in, for their presentations and for the work they are doing. This has been described as the fourth industrial revolution. It is moving so fast, which is an issue with which I intend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: It was fascinating stuff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Meade. I want to address the next question to Mr. McCorry. I thank him for his presentation and the work he is doing here. Mr. McCorry pointed out in his presentation that a quarter of all jobs worldwide will change by 2028, and 60% of employees will need reskilling by 2027, which is not that far away. Mr. McCorry might let us know what kind of reskilling he has in mind there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. McCorry. I will address my final question to the representatives from Amazon. They said that businesses of all sizes must have access, and currently AI skews towards the larger companies, 51% versus 31%. What can we do about that? How can we address it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Dr. Rubel very much for that. There is a huge amount going on here. It is very hard to take it all in from everybody; it really is. We are particularly interest in this committee on assisting people from disadvantaged backgrounds who cannot get jobs. We did some work on people with disabilities getting into the workforce. My sense is that AI could assist people with disabilities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses. My time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I think Deputy Bruton said earlier that the genie is out of the bottle now. The genie in mythological times in the Arab world was an extremely powerful being that answered your wishes when you asked it for something. I get the impression that this AI is bordering on that in some ways; it is extraordinarily powerful. We talked about the AI Act in Europe. That covers Europe. There is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: You do not need a government or a state. An individual can access this, in a back garage possibly, and do all kinds of stuff here. I will move on because my time is limited. The issue of super-intelligence, moving beyond human intelligence and even consciousness, has been raised on some occasions because this technology is moving so quickly. I know some people have disagreements about...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 21 May 2024, to outline the ownership of the property referred to in her reply as the "former technical school"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24409/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current regulations with respect to students availing of school transport to a school which is their second-nearest school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23858/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: This is a related question on school transport to give the Minister an opportunity to outline the current regulations with respect to students availing of school transport to a school which is their second-nearest school.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: I commend the Minister on the work she is doing in this area because there is huge potential here. To clarify, is she saying students can actually avail of transport to the second-nearest school at second level? That is one question. Has the Minister looked at a similar situation applying to primary school students? That is my second question. I think I have time left to put a third...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: I asked about the convoluted appeals system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for the response. The last point is really interesting because I have come across, as I am sure colleagues have as well, parents who are not aware of this appeals system to the board of management. Neither are they aware of the situation that if a student is put on a waiting list, it is a de facto refusal. As the student is not offered a place, it is a refusal from the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: I have raised this issue a number of times previously. Up to 10,000 people in east Cork have been subject to boil water notices on and off for almost eight years now, through no fault of their own. This could cost some families up to €500 per annum. Will the Government consider providing some compensation for families towards the cost of this given it is the fault of the State in...