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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Bodies (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the work of drafting the Amendment of the Constitution (Unified Patent Court) Bill seeking to amend Article 29 of the Constitution to recognise the international agreement on a Unified Patent Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33137/23]

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

David Stanton: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Defective Building Materials (5 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered an expansion of his Department’s Building Blocks Capital Programme to make capital grants available to potential childcare service providers towards the cost of purchasing premises to develop childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32985/23]

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

David Stanton: Professor Morris also mentioned that not all forms of renewable energy are carbon neutral. Can he expand on that a little?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I was recently conducted by a woman who is suffering awfully from Lyme disease. At this time of year, there are far more ticks and so on in the woods. She wants to know if the Government will work to increase awareness of ticks, bites from ticks and so on, what to do if it happens and how to prevent it. Tick Talk Ireland has done great work in that regard and the Health Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 30 May 2023, to outline the progress made, if any, by his Department in putting in place support measures for vulnerable young adults with intellectual disabilities to attend training centres and workshops post-second level; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has examined ways of reducing the level of bureaucracy associated with the National Childcare Scheme for both families and childcare service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Bodies (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the timing and publication of the regulatory impact assessment on the required legislation ahead of the referendum on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court, in light of the fact that the court has already gone live across Europe and that Ireland’s ability to play an influential...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of payments currently being made under the rent supplement scheme; the total cost per week; the total amount paid out under this scheme in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: 485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will re-examine the decision not to grant an earlier date of payment for a core funding application for a childcare service provider (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32092/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with Representatives of Church in Chains (4 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Turner for his presentation. At the very start, he said we enjoy freedom here, but for many years that was not the case. In the past we had the penal laws and all that. Thankfully, that is well behind us. He indicated in his presentation that some countries have improved and are moving in the right direction while others have not. Overall, the map is pretty harrowing in large...

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

David Stanton: I have one brief question for the Minister. What do we say to the 40 young children who do not have secondary school places for September or August? What message can we give them? They have tried everything. The schools have waiting lists. They are all full. What can be done?

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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The numbers are higher than I thought they might be, according to those the Minister of State has given. Will the change the Minister of State proposes, or which I hope he will propose, to allow spouses to work require primary legislation or can it be done via a statutory instrument? Is the Minister of State aware that in recent days,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: As the Minister of State acknowledged, I have been raising this issue for some time. Is he in a position to put some kind of timescale on when he will make a decision and address the issue he has just outlined, that is not being able to work because your partner or spouse has come here under intra-company transfer is detrimental to a partner, spouse or family member? In many instances,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing partners and spouses of holders of intra-company transfer employment permits to be eligible for an employment permit in their own right in a similar way to the current eligibility of partners and spouses of holders of critical skills employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications received by his Department for intra-company transfer employment permits in each respective year from 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of successful applications in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31381/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I want to ask Minister in respect of a niche area, namely, intra-company transfers, how many applications have been made in the recent past, how many were successful, and if he would consider allowing the spouses of people who use this facility to work here also, as people can do with the critical skills visa?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals made under section 29 of the Education Act 1998 to the Secretary General of her Department in 2021 and 2022, respectively and to date in 2023; the number of these appeals in each category; the number of cases each year to which an appeals committee was appointed; the further number of these appeals where a hearing was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Reviews (29 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates when a review of the operation of sections 28 and 29 of the Education Act 1998 have been conducted as mandated under the Act; the person or persons who carried out any such review in each case; the outcome of these reviews; her plans, if any, to have further reviews carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31506/23]