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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (13 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the action, if any, his Department is taking to raise awareness amongst those in a forestry setting with respect to the dangers posed by tick bites potentially leading to Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34676/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (12 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for outlining what is being done and what the plans are. The Government is certainly moving on this very critical issue of housing, as I can see in my area, where a lot of new starts are occurring and people are being offered houses, which was not the case previously. I thank him also for promising to revert to me with respect to the critical issue I raised. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Schemes (12 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this topic and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, for being present to respond. This topic arises as a result of a family approaching me. I am sure colleagues have had similar cases where the principal earner is over the limit and cannot get a mortgage because of age, and where the income in the household is above...

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

David Stanton: I apologise for being late. I was speaking in the Dáil and I missed the opening remarks. I congratulate Mr. Hughes on his appointment. I thank his team, some members of it have been here before us and they have always been very helpful, enlightening and supportive. For some time, I have been raising the issue of the unified patent court by way of parliamentary questions. I have...

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

David Stanton: I have just a few brief questions. In 2019, a casual trading and occasional licensing Bill was promised. There has been no sign of that legislation since. I raised the matter with the Minister recently and he said he would look into it. The legislation relaters to local markets and casual trading. There are a few anomalies in the current system. A review at the time proposed that the...

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

David Stanton: Of course.

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

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Hegarty. The local training initiatives are another niche group. These often work with people from disadvantaged backgrounds and bring their skills levels up to enable them to get into employment or further education. These initiatives need some tender loving care, TLC. Many of the staff working in this challenging area have no job security. They sometimes go from year to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome our guests to the meeting and thank them for their presentation. I also thank them for what they do in representing RDF members across the country. Many of the questions I was going to ask have been asked. That is the danger of following Deputy Berry, who is the resident expert on all things military. I was going to ask about the First Line Reserve and heard the response that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: When I was at the Department of Justice we put the national youth justice strategy together. I am very aware of the other impacts the reserve has on wider society by instilling self-confidence, discipline, statecraft and so on in young people, in particular. I am not looking for the witnesses to respond today. We could probably spend the whole meeting talking about the wider impact of a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the need to support family farm partnerships and small sole traders whose domestic residence has the same meter reference point reference number (MPRN) as the farm enterprise or small business, and where the family home is part of the farm or business, by allowing them to continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any sectoral or regional analysis has been undertaken on the potential benefits to national companies of Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has taken note of Denmark’s referendum result of 25 May 2014 with regard to the country’s membership of the Unified Patent Court; if so, the conclusions he has drawn from the result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate a claim for the revision of school secretary pay scales (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (11 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered reducing the cost associated with the registration for, and the renewal of, an Irish residence permit card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34296/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures put in place by his Department to ensure that those families that are not eligible for the cost-rental tenant-in-situ scheme are not made homeless as a result of their current property being put up for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32923/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans, if any, to adjust the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme to take into account families whose household income exceeds the limit specified in the scheme and where, because of the age of the applicant, a mortgage is not an option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32922/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the maximum rent limits under the rent supplement scheme were last updated; the plans, if any, she has to increase these rent limits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the rent supplement scheme can be used to assist Ukrainian nationals who are living in Ireland under the EU Temporary Protection Directive to avail of private rental accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33192/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (6 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline if the working groups, the interdepartmental committee on the Unified Patent Court and the Enterprise Agencies Forum on the Unified Patent Court, previously established to examine the workings of Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court, have been reconvened, or when they will be reconvened; the current...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his very positive response and the Department who prepared the response for him. I note, in particular, that he said that officials from his Department will be addressing the issue with each of the patrons this week with a view to finding a workable solution to ensure that no students will be without a place for September 2023. I warmly welcome that...