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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I know her heart is in the right place. Perhaps she will send me on the figures she says she does not have in front of her regarding the unmet need and the research behind that to find out what the unmet need is. I welcome the fact that a PA review group is working on this in the Department. When does the Minister of State expect this review...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: 45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which a young college graduate with very severe physical disabilities can secure adequate and appropriate personal assistant support to enable them to become gainfully employed, pay taxes and participate as a fully functioning member of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47470/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: My question highlights the need for adequate and appropriate personal assistant, PA, support for a college graduate who worked through college and now wishes to get a job but is finding it very difficult to get adequate and appropriate, including age-appropriate, personal assistant support. What does the Minister of State have to say about the personal assistants support and service? Does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I commend her and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, on their work in this area. Is the Minister of State aware of what the unmet need is for personal assistance, PA, services in the country? Has any work been done on that by any agency, her Department or anyone else? We know how many hours are being provided, and I am delighted to see an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: When will the legislation to enable ratification of or the holding of a referendum on the Unified Patent Court be published? Has a date for the referendum been agreed?

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]

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

David Stanton: I again thank the Minister for her response and acknowledge the Cabinet decision today and all of the work that has been done, but there is more to be done. Hundreds of cars were destroyed beyond use on streets and in garages. One man told me that he could have lost €800,000 worth of stock. We need to start thinking about that. Midleton needs to be underwritten because, as my...

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...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: During his budget speech, the Minister for Finance said that the residential zoned land tax was "an important initiative to activate suitably zoned and serviced land for housing." He also went on to say that he was "extending the liability date of the tax by one year to allow for the planned 2024 review of maps to take place and to afford affected people with a further opportunity to engage...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Invasive Species Policy (4 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister and Minister of State for being here. A number of years ago we did not know about Japanese knotweed but now we do. We know how dangerous it is and how expensive it is to remove. In some instances and in some countries, people cannot get mortgages if it is on a site. Invasive species such as this are...