Results 101-120 of 1,005 for cork speaker:David Stanton

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the supports being provided by his Department to assist those affected by the recent flooding in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46921/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of Enterprise Ireland (25 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: .... LEOs often do not physically visit a company but do a lot of work on the phone and remotely. Should we look at the whole of the structure and specialisation? For example, if I am in County Cork and am setting up or working in a company that makes widgets and there is nobody in the Cork office with expertise in that area or who knows anything about it but there is somebody in Country...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: Midleton town and other parts of east Cork have experienced utter devastation over the past while. I have never seen the likes of it. Hundreds of homes, businesses and roads were destroyed. The bridge in Water-rock and Moore’s bridge need to be replaced. Walls have been knocked down. In Gleann Fia, Mogeely, 30 houses were ruined. Killeagh, Youghal, Castlemartyr, Rathcormack and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Apprenticeship Landscape in Ireland: Institute of Physics (11 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: ...Technology Exhibition. I go for an injection of positivity, because there is so much negativity, especially from our media, and it keeps me going for a couple of weeks. Merck in my area in east Cork has a mini-young scientist exhibition with secondary schools each year, which works well. Are there other examples of that happening around the country?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress, if any, to upgrade the N25 between Carrigtwohill and Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43069/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

David Stanton: ...-level aspirations but I am interested in drilling down into the detail of exactly what will happen on the ground. I note RTÉ is reporting that an operation is under way in the Atlantic, off Cork, as we speak, with a container ship being boarded as part of a drug smuggling investigation. We have personnel out there in dangerous situations and I thank them for the work they do....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (21 Sep 2023)

David Stanton: 36. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the involvement, if any, of his Department in the provision of a new building for the Cork University Dental School and Hospital; the indicative timetable for the construction and completion of the new building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40411/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: ...but perhaps the Department could check with Skillnet. My constituent has certainly raised red flags for me if what he says is correct. I want to bring up the issue of the old Amgen site in east Cork. It has been sitting there for decades and nothing is happening with it. I know the interconnector is going in there now. I am not sure how much ground has been taken by that. Perhaps...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: ...at capacity and is currently in temporary accommodation. This brings me back to the other point which I wanted to make this morning, which is about the need for another second level school in east Cork. I said this here last week and I point to the fact that there is a large Educate Together primary school in Midleton with, I believe, 700 students. There is a growing demand for that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Enrolments (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: ...issue arises because in the last while, my colleagues and I have received phone calls from worried parents whose prospective first-year students have no place in September. The schools in east Cork are all full, with waiting lists. I raised this a number of times and received a response from the Minister advising me of what is going to be done in the future and the kind of process that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals - Net Zero Industry Act (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: On hydrogen, I was at a conference in Cork recently. Dr. Eddie O’Connor was quite scathing about hydrogen. He maintained that it is hard to store and move, that it is volatile, etc. I am sure the Hydrogen Ireland representatives and others are aware of that criticism. I represent the Cork East constituency. We have the oil refinery and two gas power stations there. The offshore...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: ...to Parliamentary Question Nos. 293 and 301 of 20 June 2023, 79 of 24 November 2022 and 101 of 11 October 2022, if she has been made aware that there is still a sizeable number of students in east Cork who have not been offered a first-year place in a second-level school for the coming school year; if she will make further resources available to enable schools to enrol these students; and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I support my colleague, Deputy O'Connor, on his points. East Cork is a rapidly growing area. I have spoken with the Minister about the issue of about 40 students who do not have second level school places in Midleton. I know there are some in Fermoy as well. The schools have now closed and they have no place in September. I have written to the Minister about this and I am not sure what...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (20 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...Department considers when projecting second level school place requirements; how often this data is reviewed; if such data has highlighted the need for an additional second-level school in the east Cork area in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that there are still children with no second level school place secured in east Cork ahead of the commencement of the 2023/2024 school year in September; the action she intends to take to ensure that these young people are offered school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29213/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...work. We need movement on this. We need to see it established and to get these people working and then broaden out this programme to different parts of the country. The Minister of State said the north Cork CDM hub, which will be located in Mallow, will serve a population of 150,000 people. Mallow is the centre, which is great, but Youghal is at one end of it and Millstreet at the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (15 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...their work. I understand some of them may have been doing very little for the past while. For instance, I received a report from the HSE indicating that the total number of patients in north Cork reviewed in May by the respiratory team was 11. From what I can see in the report, three people are working on that team but just 11 patients were seen in a month by those three professionals....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Post Office Network (15 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I bring to the attention of the Minister of State reports that An Post intends to close a number of sorting offices in east Cork, which will mean people will have to travel long distances in their cars to collect post. It is a retrograde step. I know it is an An Post decision but maybe the Minister of State can bring that view to the management of An Post.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (15 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...turbines before assembly, or a finished turbine, before they are moved to the wind farm site? Will the Minister outline plans for that? Will he confirm whether floating offshore wind off County Cork and Shannon will be prioritised and how?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Climate Change Policy (14 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...levels is inevitable. The Dutch and others are taking this issue very seriously, as are some Americans. I read some recent reports from the Marine Institute here, which indicate that cities like Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and others around our coasts will be severely affected. Many of our roads, transport, electricity and other services will also be impacted. We need to start...