Results 541-560 of 14,127 for speaker:David Stanton

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a way that people who are not qualified as teachers, but who are highly experienced and qualified in other ways in working with children with exceptional special needs, can work with such students in special schools and in special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23863/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has issued any guidelines to local authorities with respect to the dangers posed by dead trees adjacent to public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Records (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time D501 medical reports administered by the Road Safety Authority remain valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23970/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Records (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if D501 medical reports administered by the Road Safety Authority are recognised by Bus Éireann; if not, the reason why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23971/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to facilitating the "walk around test", which is required as part of the process of acquiring a category D driving licence to drive a bus, to be taken immediately after an applicant passes the driving test itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23972/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the various processes involved in obtaining a category D driving licence to drive a bus in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23973/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role, if any, his Department plays in the repair and replacement of private housing estate walls and fences damaged by flooding; if he has given consideration to the replacement of private walls and fences in east Cork affected by flood damage in the wake of Storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23992/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (28 May 2024)

David Stanton: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 7 March 2024, if he will provide the information sought, namely the number of TAMS 2 solar PV installations that were processed by his Department on forms that were not his Department’s official S198 forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23849/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Obviously, there is enormous potential here from the point of view having an almost unlimited supply of energy - and renewable energy at that - for the country. That energy is badly needed. Also, there is the potential relating to job creation and the economy. Is the Minister of State aware that we need to have a place where the work relating to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: Am I correct in saying that these demonstrator sites will all be offshore? I am speaking about an onshore centre, such as in the Port of Cork. At present, the latter is not able to operate as an onshore centre. It is not big enough. It needs to expand, and the planning permission is about to run out. The Minister of State might bring that up at the interdepartmental working group the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his Department's Powering Prosperity: Ireland's Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy, which was published in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23263/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I ask the Minister if he agrees with the implication in Powering Prosperity: Ireland's Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy, published by his Department, that there are thousands of potential jobs, maybe hundreds of thousands of potential jobs, in this whole area from the point of view of assembling and maintaining the turbine infrastructure, having the upstream and downstream maintenance,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is proposing the provision of a new University College Cork dental school and hospital facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23271/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: This question relates to the need for a new dental school and hospital facility in Cork. I was disappointed to learn recently that plans for such a facility were dropped last February. There is a major need in this regard. The current facility is old. It is too small, it is overcrowded and it is located on a busy campus. My information is that funding was the issue. I am interested to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Will he consider visiting the Cork university dental school and hospital as soon as he can? I am alarmed to discover that funding will be invested in the old building, which has been described as frail, constrained and ill equipped. What is really needed, as I am sure the Minister will agree, is a new building. Planning permission was granted for it,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I acknowledge that good work and it is hugely important but the need for a dental school and hospital remains. If I heard the Minister correctly, I am alarmed that €15 million in funding will be made available to refurbish an old building. For the sake of further, relatively small, investment we could have a state-of-the-art dental school in the south, which is badly needed. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his support and acknowledge the good work in his Department at this level and the progress made. I have supplementary questions on this issue. Will the Minister look at the provision of changing places and toilets in third level institutions? These are toilets used by wheelchair users; they are bigger spaces. It makes a massive difference for people who are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his positive response. Transport to college is a big issue, as is the availability of wheelchair-accessible places on buses and so on. Perhaps the Minister might take on board the suggestion of a national survey. Will the Minister comment on the view of his Department and the sector in general regarding people with autism attending third level and further...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: I strongly support Deputy Bruton in what he is saying. This has been called the fourth industrial revolution. I was at the committee meeting to which the Deputy refers. The amount of funding the companies are putting in here is staggering. Billions upon billions of euro and dollars are being spent by the large multinational companies in this area. It is going to change everything and it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to further expand and develop further education courses for people with disabilities and those seeking to avail of second-chance education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23290/24]