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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 385. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on Ireland's response, if any, to the EU Council Spanish Presidency’s call for feedback on the Artificial Intelligence Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 18 January 2023, and given the reissuing of the boil water notice for the Whitegate public water supply on 18 October 2023, if he would consider compensation for the costs associated with the purchasing and boiling of water by affected households; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 1068. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has contacted a person (details supplied) regarding an issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 1384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department is supporting students with severe disabilities to access and attend third level education and further education colleges; the specific funding that he has provided to support students in this regard; if this includes the provision of an appropriate personal assistant service; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to his Department’s PV installers registration form, to list the mandatory training courses in solar photovoltaic panel installation that are acceptable to his Department; the institutions that provide such courses; the bodies that certify these courses and the level of certification required; and if he will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: This question concerns the Department’s solar photovoltaic installers registration form, and the lists that are generated from that form. I am interested in the safety, the competency, and the training and certification of the people who are installing solar photovoltaic, PV, in farms. Will the Minister tell me where these courses that are acceptable to his Department are; what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his reply. I have been searching for the registered installer list of actual installers on his Department's website. I can only find the accepted solar PV registered installer list, which lists the companies. It does not list the actual individual electricians. I cannot find it. Will the Minister tell me if there is such a list in his Department? There are two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: The SEAI lists 12 institutions across the country that provide courses. There is no such list on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's website that I can find or maybe the Minister could point me in the direction of it and I would be grateful if he would do so. Would the Minister agree with me that if somebody installs solar PV on a farm and that person is not competent or...

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

David Stanton: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to report on the progress made to date with respect to the implementation of the Midleton flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46920/23]

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

David Stanton: This question is related to the previous one, except it is looking into the future. I acknowledge the Minister of State's work and interest in this area in the past and most recently as well. The implementation of the Midleton flood relief scheme is a matter of great concern to people in the region. They are concerned that what happened last Wednesday, when a rain bomb landed on east Cork,...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is optimistic. He might let me know when he expects shovels in the ground, as that is what people want to know. There are also proposals with respect to interim measures. At least two bridges in the Midleton area - Water-rock Bridge and Moore's Bridge, although there are others as well - are severely damaged and could collapse into...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge his personal commitment to this particular area and the problems that have occurred, as well as the commitment he has just given that interim measures will be financed with haste and without any major red tape and bureaucracy. Will the Minister of State comment on the need into the future - I hope we will not see it - for a more robust early...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Ministers and the Government for the reaction to our community in east Cork. It was fast and really welcome. Many people have lost everything. The issue I want to raise relates to spending. Many cars were damaged on the streets because of this unprecedented flooding. Many valuable cars were damaged, some beyond repair. Some had no insurance cover. Will the Government...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: In my constituency there are two projects, the Mallow relief road, which I have discussed previously, and the N25 upgrade. Millions have been spent on both of those projects to bring them to design stage. Properties on the routes have been sterilised and houses cannot be sold. Property owners were left in the lurch when, for no reason whatsoever, both projects were stalled, even though the...

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]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to his Department’s July 2023 solar PV registered installer list, the number of PV installer registration forms received and accepted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47016/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made by the OPW in safeguarding roads and property adjacent to an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: 151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made by the OPW in strengthening the bank of a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43841/23]