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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by her Department in establishing a special school in the east Cork area; her further plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14155/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I have been signalling the need for a special school in east County Cork for quite a while. The Minister of State will be aware of the fabulous Carrigtwohill school campus which is being built at the moment, which will free up the building of Scoil Mhuire Naofa. I ask the Minister to consider establishing a special school in that building, which is already there, will not require any...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions that have been taken by his Department to support and encourage the retention of personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (23 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the policy that has been developed by his Department with respect to the privileging of Civil Defence paramedic and advanced paramedic members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14192/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has projected future needs for extra primary school places in the Midleton area in east Cork, given ongoing and planned local housing developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if Traveller health care workers employed by Section 39 agencies will be eligible to receive the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14460/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: Can I just jump in because my time is tight. I have gone through the list of many of the companies ISIF has been investing in and it is impressive. Turning to the representatives from Scale Ireland, it was said there is a lack of funding available in the €3 million to €10 million space for scaling companies. Could this point be expanded upon and how this might be resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: We were also told Government policy may inadvertently be encouraging the sale of Irish SMEs and that there is an issue with the intergenerational transfer of companies. What is Scale Ireland's experience in this regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I pose that question to Mr. Ashmore as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: My final question might be slightly off beam, but I will put it out there anyway because this is coming at us pretty hard and fast. It was pointed out to us that the corporate sustainability reporting and the corporate sustainability due diligence directives are coming at us. One witness told us this would be like Brexit phase 2. It will be a big issue and many companies do not seem to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for their presentations. It is fascinating to listen to what is going on. It is extraordinarily sophisticated, complicated, progressive and quite advanced. There have been great successes. I was looking at the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's website yesterday. There have been 175 investments to an overall amount of €6 billion. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: The due diligence directive talks about human rights issues, which is a separate type of thing. On the recruitment of staff, this is an issue that comes up again and again when we meet the representatives of companies and various agencies. Many people are facing difficulty with this aspect. I keep saying that I am involved in the Open Doors Initiative. The witnesses may not be aware of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I acknowledge the work and passion the Minister of State, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, is bringing to the area of disability. However, some young people aged over 18 who have intellectual disabilities can be vulnerable and have difficulties attending training centres and places of employment. There does not seem to be any fund to assist in this regard. Can this matter be addressed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Chief of Staff and welcome him and his colleagues here. I thank the Chief of Staff for a very good presentation. It was a positive and far-seeing presentation. Many of the questions I was to ask have been asked and I will not repeat them. I want to ask the Chief of Staff about the issue of diversity and inclusion. As we speak, the action plan against racism is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I have a few issues. I asked how long it takes from date of application to date of attestation for recruits in the various areas. It is related to what Deputy Berry has been saying with respect to the various barriers. People get tired of waiting and head off somewhere else. On the psychometric tests, I asked a parliamentary question and received a reply a few weeks later from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: I just wanted to clarify that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 2 March 2023, when a new build premises (details supplied) is expected to be assessed for connection to the NBI network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the situation regarding his plans to transpose EU Directive 2019/994 Article 7 on direct lines; what the transposition of this Directive would mean in practical terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the details of a new build premises (details supplied) are expected to be formally transmitted by his Department to National Broadband Ireland (NBI) for inclusion under the National Broadband Plan rollout; when he expects the premises to be connected to the NBI network thereafter; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Projects (21 Mar 2023)

David Stanton: 350. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department has in sanctioning or approving the spending of public funds on road building projects; if he will list any such projects that have been approved in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/23]