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Report of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: ...we have an oil refinery. It is working ahead - I was going to say "powering ahead" - to develop green hydrogen but, again, it needs the offshore wind. Last week, committee members visited the Port of Cork. I was taking aback to learn that, as has been said, the Doyle Shipping Group has withdrawn from any involvement in offshore renewable energy for its own very understandable reasons....

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

David Stanton: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to list all interim flood prevention measures currently being proposed across the east Cork area; the status of the progression and proposed timescales for the completion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/24]

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

David Stanton: It has been over six months since Storm Babet devastated my town, Midleton, in east Cork and surrounding villages such as Castlemartyr, Mogeely, Killeagh and Rathcormac. The impact is still being felt by people whose homes were devastated. Their furniture was devastated and all they had is gone. They had to move out and some of them have not moved back yet. Businesses were devastated as...

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

David Stanton: ...the people in Mogeely and Castlemartyr if works could be done that would prevent flooding in that area again? That is what we need to do. Some people are telling me that when it rains in east Cork, they do not sleep at night because they are afraid this will happen again. I understand money is not the object but we really need to move this forward as quickly as possible.

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

David Stanton: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the visit of the Office of Public Works, OPW, Minister to Pilmore, Youghal and the Womanagh River, Ballymacoda, County Cork in November 2022, the actions taken by his Department since to address issues in both areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19866/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (2 May 2024)

David Stanton: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 23 April 2024, to list the County Cork areas included under tranche 1 of the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme (CFRAM); the criteria for inclusion in tranche 1 of the programme when launched in 2018; the reason Mogeely, County Cork was not included in tranche 1 of the...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I have brought up four issues. The Port of Cork in Ringaskiddy is the only show in town after the Doyle Shipping Group withdrew from the offshore renewable energy project. Some €120 million is needed to build a quay space to support offshore renewable energy in Cork. The idea that land could also be used for space for cargo, freeing...

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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for attending and the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important Topical Issue. Cork Harbour has often been described as an energy hub. It has the Port of Cork, the National Maritime College of Ireland, a naval base, the ESB, Irving Oil, Deepwater Quay and so on. Last Thursday, members of the enterprise, trade and employment...

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

David Stanton: ...have said, there are problems around the country where there is no provision. Feeding into the county development plan is a great idea, but my worry is that the county development plan in County Cork was published just last year, so it will be another four years before we will see action there. May I ask the Minister about co-operation with schools on provision? The populations of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: .... Will the Minister of State let me know, now or later, where that is at? Will it serve to delay things further? Will the Minister of State meet, as a matter of urgency, senior officials in Cork County Council, along with his officials in the OPW, to scope this out and drive it forward? There is a sense of a lack of urgency about this matter now. I have raised it almost every week...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the progress made to date with respect to flood relief schemes for Castlemartyr and Mogeely, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15630/24]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: Since 2016, a boil water notice has been impacting east Cork and affecting 9,500 people. We reckon this costs each household approximately €500 per year. In the past, I raised the possibility of making some contribution towards the cost for people who have to buy or boil water for more than ten months of the year. It is really expensive. Will the Government give consideration to...

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

David Stanton: ...it out is approximately €500,000. The total budget comes to roughly €3.5 million, which is not huge in the overall context when we bear in mind the actual benefits to the country as a whole. Cork has a catchment area that represents a large and strategically important part of the State's population and economic base. Almost two thirds of the port's customers are located in...

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

David Stanton: I thank the office of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue and the Minister of State for being here this evening. The Port of Cork plays a key strategic role in the economic life and development of the south and south-west regions. It is recognised as a port of national significance, tier 1. It is the Government's position that these ports are considered to be of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...back. It is absolutely magnificent and amazing. It did take 12 years to open from the time the initial decision was made to build it. Has the Minister seen the two-year progress report on the Cork county development plan that was published last Friday? She probably has not. It indicates that in Midleton there are plans to develop 2,647 housing units and 2,173 of them have got planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...response. I would be interested to know if she could forward to me information on the school planning areas. She mentioned there are 314 of them, and I ask her to forward the details of the east Cork one to me at some stage. We know that many schools now have got extensions to extensions, and they are at capacity. My concern is that in five, six or ten years' time we will be in real...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a new second level school in the east Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16461/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (16 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: What plans does the Minister and her Department have for another second level school in east Cork? This is probably one of the fastest-growing areas in the country at the moment, with thousands of houses planned but many of the schools there are already at capacity, even though they have got fantastic extensions. I would be interested in the Minister's response.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of extra funding support his Department has provided to Cork County Council for the repair of roads damaged by flooding in the wake of Storm Babet; his plans to provide further allocations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13047/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: Five months ago, we experienced the consequences of climate change in a devastating way in east Cork with Storm Babet, which led to businesses, homes, roads and so on being devastated. I have two questions. First, how much extra funding has the Department provided to Cork County Council to date for the repair of roads damaged by the flooding? Second, what plans has the Minister to provide...