Results 1,101-1,120 of 14,127 for speaker:David Stanton
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: When does the Minister of State expect to receive a report on the effectiveness of community animation from the local development companies he mentioned? Is there a template at Department level as to how the local development companies should carry out community animation? Will he take a personal interest in this and personally drive it forward across the State in order that areas in which...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: I welcome the Minister's commitment to local areas that were badly damaged by the flooding, especially due to Storm Babet, and my own area of Midleton in east Cork which suffered more than most. In County Cork alone, the damage to the roads is over €60 million, including those to which the Minister refers. Therefore, any help at all that can be made available will be most welcome.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: I recognise that these programmes are visionary and have made a massive difference to the communities in which they are located. Are there plans to carry out an audit of communities that have nothing, neither old community centres that can be renovated nor shovel-ready projects? They start, as I think colleagues said, from a low place when they have no place at all. I am aware of a number...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: I want to ask about the many new developments being built around the country. There are a lot of houses going up but there is very little forward planning with regard to resources such as community facilities and playing fields. It is very expensive for clubs to purchase land. Perhaps it is something the Minister of State would have a look at and consider with his Government colleagues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: We can be flexible. If you want to ask a question and get an answer, we can do that for a while.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Try to ask focused questions so that we get more information back.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: I think it is in other legislation we have seen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Yes, perhaps. I have a suggest that might make things easier for all of us. We are dealing with heads 6 to 8, inclusive. If Deputy Carthy is clear on those heads we might ask our two colleagues if they want to come in on those rather than going back over the same matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: The point has been well made. Please come back to that after giving it consideration.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: We are dealing with the related heads of 6, 7 and 8. Does Deputy Cronin have any questions? No. Does Deputy Berry wish to discuss the three heads?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Is the Secretary General part of the six ordinary members? We have the chairman and six members, which is seven members. I think Mr. Duffy said there are seven. If we add the Secretary General, does that mean there is a total of eight members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: So the Secretary General is part of the six members. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: To be clear, the general scheme says, "[6] ordinary members", and at head 8(4)(b)(e), it says, " the Secretary General of the Department of Defence who shall be an ex-officio member." That could imply another member but Mr. Duffy says that is not so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Do we know the identity of the members of the external oversight body?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Please make that information available to us at some stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Yes, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: We will move. Deputy Carthy may have some questions on heads 9 to 12, inclusive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Deputy Leddin is online. Has he any questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Deputy Berry has the floor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)
David Stanton: Sure but I would prefer questions, at some stage.