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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...in other OECD states and they are moving on that. However, a lot of this can be accessed through a smartphone, tablet or indeed a PC. The three companies in front of us were founded not so long ago by individuals, Larry Page, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, from a standing start, basically, in each case. What is to stop somebody in a country that does not have regulation from using AI for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (23 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...a new building. Planning permission was granted for it, and it was full steam ahead. Because of Covid, inflation and so on, it did not go ahead, but the need remains and has increased. We have a long list of people in the country waiting for dental procedures. We need more places. With the talk about digital dentistry, we need a modern approach. Refurbishing an old, outdated,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...the Minister of State for his response. Following events like Storm Babet in east Cork, is he aware of delays in payouts to consumers and of the stress that can be caused if people must wait for a long period to have their claims met and indeed if they have to jump through all kinds of hoops to make a claim in the first place and have it accepted? Is there anything we can do to make it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...become a scarily good teacher. It also works well for interpretation skills. We can speak into this and it will speak back in any language required. It is a bit like what they had in Star Trek long ago. This is science fiction becoming science fact and then some. I think it was called a communicator or something.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...of diverting the Kiltha River in Castlemartyr, which would solve the problem for good. What is the position in that regard and who is responsible for that? The frustration is that it takes so long to get anything done. I appreciate the scheme in Midleton is enormous and extraordinarily complicated and that it has gone back to be reviewed as a result of Storm Babet to ensure the works...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...from flooding in that spot. The Minister also mentioned the Womanagh river and the Land Commission. Who has responsibility for the banks of rivers? It was the Land Commission, which is no longer in existence. If that river breaks its banks, it could flood an awful lot of property and land and even Ballymacoda Village itself could be under pressure. When we tie that in with sea...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...to be put in place. We spend much time appointing consultants at huge expense to carry out studies when we know what the answer is before they start. Anyway, these studies should not take that long to complete. What do we tell the householders if their houses are flooded from the sea? The Minister of State might also reflect on the longer term issue of sea level rise, which also has an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State estimated to be suffering from long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19986/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Operation of the Health and Safety Authority: Discussion (1 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...that information on a big sign? Is that still allowed? My concern is that such behaviour would discourage the reporting of risk, danger or small accidents, which could be detrimental in the long run.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...to make an announcement in the morning with respect to the confidence that is needed to enable this vitally important industry to proceed. We have been talking about offshore renewable energy for a long time. We have been talking about the potential, the sustainability, the stability and the confidence for Ireland. If this fails in Cork, it will be a deathblow for the whole country....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (30 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: Again, I congratulate the Minister on the work but it strikes me it is taking an awfully long time. It could be another two years, maybe longer, before we see this in place. I asked the Minister if he would establish an interim board in order that it would be up and running and ready to go, rather than establishing a board which would then have to spend more time getting to know the brief....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (17 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...vast majority of Ireland's exclusive economic zone, EEZ, is beyond the depth of fixed-bottom float and that floating is essential to achieve the targets.. Our understanding is that floating is a long way away and we are still waiting for it to be completed in the south. The technologies used for floating are different because it is further out and the conditions are more extreme. How...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Customs and Excise (16 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...would offer the Port of Cork increased flexibility that would encourage importers to use Cork. Therefore, the goods would land in Cork, be transported to Dublin in the interim and be inspected there. In the long-term, the Port of Cork sees the construction of a permanent fixed border control post situated at the Ringaskiddy base as the ultimate solution. I am interested in the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: 1237. To ask the Minister for Health how people in the healthcare system that suffer from long-Covid will be supported post 31 March 2024 if they are still unable to work after the temporary special scheme for leave concludes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13705/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (29 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: .... The request really is if that the Minister of State could double that this year, the council might at least be able to make some impression on the work that needs to be done on the roads. One can imagine driving along a road in your car and the road is just not there any more. It is destroyed. Storm Babet, some people said, was a once in 1,000 years event. Recently, more people...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: ..., Deputy O'Reilly, I and others were taken by the importance of the UPC Act and Ireland becoming part of the court. This is probably among the most important work we will do for the State in the long term. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle put her finger on it when she spoke about it being hard to stay awake for this discussion. Others agreed with that sentiment. There is a conundrum here....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: It seems to be quite a long process. In all that time, that content can still potentially be online. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Funding will be made available, however, for the design of the road. That is the next phase. How long will it take to complete the design work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: Leaving the planning part out of it, how long does it take to design a road from Midleton to Youghal? How long does it take to get to the planning stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Walsh. I have been focused on the final issue for a long time, although it will not be in my area anymore because of the constituency boundary reviews. It relates to the famous Mallow relief road, which will make a massive difference to Mallow and open up the whole town. It will mean trucks and so on that have no business being in the street will not be spewing out diesel and...