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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Leave (9 May 2023)

David Stanton: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of individuals who have taken up paternity leave each year since its introduction, up to and including 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2023)

David Stanton: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees with the view of Transport Infrastructure Ireland that the Mallow Relief Road project is consistent with relevant objectives of national policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2023)

David Stanton: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale and reasoning behind the issuing of a Section 24 letter to Transport Infrastructure Ireland as part of the 2023 roads allocation to Cork County Council, which effectively overrules TII’s proposal to fund the Mallow Relief Road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

David Stanton: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how port infrastructure in the State is being supported to enable the development of both floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 May 2023)

David Stanton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 2 February 2023; the progress, if any, that has been made on the review of guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20831/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I acknowledge the good work being done and the efforts being made by all the agencies across the board. However, what can I say to Orla and her parents for next September? Orla is a young woman with Down's syndrome. She needs to have support to get from A to B. Even though she would like to change buses, she is very vulnerable; she is very...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister of State for being here. I have raised this matter on a few occasions already as a Topical Issue, at committee meetings and in four parliamentary questions. The matter is fairly straightforward. We are dealing with a couple of young adults who have intellectual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: Our guests are welcome. I was listening on the monitor but was involved in another meeting with the Open Doors Initiative, which is also concerned with training and focusing on a cohort of people who find it hard to get employment. There is a little bit of an overlap with what we are talking about today. I am astounded at the amount of money in the National Training Fund. It is colossal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: When I met with companies in the past, that message about the importance of diversity in ways of thinking came across. I am happy to hear about that. IBEC has been supporting balance within business, with the 30% club and so on, which seems to be going well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: It would be remiss of me if I did not ask Professor Nolan to comment on the debate about artificial intelligence. The SFI's centres for research training cover machine learning, research training in the foundations of data science and research training in artificial intelligence and digitally enhanced reality. Reports in the media in recent days have stated that AI is going to change...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: As regards a requirement for regulation, the committee may need to do a full session on that issue. The witnesses from IBEC referred to increasing the incentives for apprenticeships from €2,000 per employer to €7,000 for SMEs. If I am correct, SMEs have fewer than ten employees, or perhaps five or fewer. I am not sure how it is defined. I ask the witnesses to comment on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank Ms Costello. Science Foundation Ireland has a very interesting sentence in its presentation, that "Competencies such as stakeholder engagement, creative problem-solving, leadership, change management and collaboration are all vital aspects of a talented and agile workforce." It is interesting that Science Foundation Ireland focuses on those particular softer skills rather than the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IBEC and Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: I thank Professor Gleeson.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 May 2023)

David Stanton: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the situation with respect to entitlement to a service medal for a person who served five years in the Permanent Defence Force and continued a further seven years in the first-line reserve; if such a person is entitled to a service medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20612/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his latest engagement with Dóchas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19765/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I ask the Tánaiste about his most recent engagement with Dóchas, which is made up of 58 organisations working in 104 countries and aims to reach the furthest behind.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Will he comment on the concerns Dóchas and its membership have with respect to what they see as the reversal of the progress that had been made on the sustainable development goals since 2019? Can the Minister of State also give some indication as to Ireland's funding in this area with respect to reaching the furthest behind and funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (27 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response and join with him in congratulation Dóchas and the organisations for the fantastic work they do. As the Minister has pointed out, quite often they put their own lives at risk as we have seen with the GOAL workers. I ask the Minister to comment on the situation regarding front-line defenders, who are also a matter of concern to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (27 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: 7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19764/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (27 Apr 2023)

David Stanton: What are the Tánaiste's views on the situation in Sri Lanka? It is an awfully long way away, but there has been an economic collapse there. Things are pretty serious and sometimes what happens in countries like that can have an impact here, eventually.