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

David Stanton: ..., Deputy O'Donovan, visited Pilmore, Youghal and the Womanagh river on my invitation. Many other officials from the council and OPW attended on the same day and saw the risks to property, houses, land, roads and so on due to possible flooding. I would like to know what has happened in the meantime.

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

David Stanton: ...of some sort to do works? I am very concerned about this particular area and the houses that are at risk 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...

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

David Stanton: ...sea level rise, which also has an impact on both cases I mentioned this morning. I welcome and look forward to receiving communication from his office with respect to what happens to the former Land Commission banks. The Land Commission was a State agency. It had responsibility for river embankments. It is now no longer in existence. There is no money left to do the repair work...

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

David Stanton: ...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 up valuable space for the construction of turbines, and the shared island fund could also be explored, with the possibility of some of...

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

David Stanton: ...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 committee visited Cork Harbour as part of their work on...

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

David Stanton: .... These import controls are carried out to protect animal and public health and animal welfare. These requirements include additional documentation and prior notification before arrival of the food to Ireland. They must enter Ireland through a specific entry point which is the border control post. All such products must be accompanied by a health certificate issued at origin and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (14 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of unused land in the ownership of her Department at a location (details supplied); if she will consider using the lands as a playing facility for the students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6782/24]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: ..., what are the costs involved and through which mechanism in the heads will they be paid? The Minister might let me know that as well. I notice that there is an increase in capital funding of IDA Ireland, €27 million, to accelerate its regional property enterprise grants programme. It would be remiss of me not to mention what I have mentioned here over the years, namely, land in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: ...spent. That is hugely important. When I spoke earlier about community centres, the Minister of State said they should engage with the local authorities, which is correct. Sometimes, there is no land available, it is difficult and people get frustrated. They might need a bit of help in those situations. Will the Minister of State comment on what is being done for areas where there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: .... There are a lot of houses going up but there is very little forward planning with regard to resources such as community facilities and playing fields. It is very expensive for clubs to purchase land. Perhaps it is something the Minister of State would have a look at and consider with his Government colleagues.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: ...He does not want to go back to the house. The situation is beyond urgent at this stage. I know there are two rivers coming into Midleton town, the tide coming in, the caves and the run-off from the land. We were all aghast at the flooding. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and many Ministers, including the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, came down to east Cork in the few days after...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: In spite of all that, each local authority, under the Act, is required to prepare, adapt and implement a five-year rolling plan. This Act exists and it is the law of the land. To get down to the nitty-gritty of the concrete issues, are these plans being produced in each local authority area? Are they being rolled out? Are they being evaluated? One thing this committee could do almost...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...? I know we must have a referendum. I have been asking many questions on this matter and pushing very hard on it. I ask the Minister to respond. My next issue is also an old one. It concerns the IDA Ireland site at Ballyadam. We are talking about IDA Ireland funding and its allocation. The site has not been used for decades now at this stage. I know the converter station is going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: .... It was mentioned that Canada has chosen March as its Irish heritage month. There was a unanimous decision in the Canadian Parliament, and Mr. James Maloney MP, the rapporteur for the Canada-Ireland Interparliamentary Friendship Group on the other side, was very instrumental. We must recognise him for furthering that work. It is massively important for us because as the Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: ...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, west Waterford and other areas and caused such devastation and damage, will happen again. They want to know what progress has been made, what is the timeline, what is the scale,...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Statement of Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12 Jul 2023)

David Stanton: ...interested in doing this but they do not know who to contact and how to make it happen. This can make a difference in sporting clubs and other voluntary organisations which are crying out for money, land, premises and so on. Some large businesses could contribute. The Open Doors Initiative is one way of doing so. The various diversity initiatives are another. Maybe this is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Climate Change Policy (14 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...this matter to be taken today and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, for being here. It is ironic that he is here because he now has responsibility for international aid and small islands and developing states. I am sure he is aware of the threat to small islands and developing states, like the Marshall Islands and elsewhere, from the rise in sea levels. Those states are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: ...outline the level of interest to date in applications for the 2023 community centres investment fund; the options available under the fund to communities in circumstances where access to suitable land for the construction of a community centre is not easily accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28286/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

David Stanton: ...told about that. A lot of infrastructure work took place to make the walls stronger to take the weight of the wind turbines, for instance. We need to move on in the development of our ports in Ireland. I do not see an awful lot happening on that. Again, it may not be directly the Minister’s area of responsibility, but it ties in with what he was talking about with the national...