376. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he has received submissions raising concerns that future plans of the WHO in coordinating responses to pandemics might overreach the need for local national and community responses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27039/23]
304. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a strategy is being developed to provide respite places for families caring for people with special needs, such as those within an organisation (details supplied) in north Dublin; if there are initiatives to ensure that such resources do not get removed to meet emergency situations which often arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27036/23]
267. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice whether there have been any prosecutions under incitement to hatred arising law from protests against asylum seekers; and when she intends that the new offences covering hate crime will be available to gardaí handling such challenges. [27035/23]
205. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the displacement on childcare places, as schools take back spare classrooms to accommodate ASD units and other school needs; the estimated scale of this displacement; and if she can draw up a plan with her colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on how such inevitable changes can be optimally managed to avoid disruption to badly needed childcare, perhaps taking advantage of the capital allocation in the NDP for childcare. [27034/23]
169. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if the new system whereby tenants deduct a withholding tax from their rental payments where the landlord is living overseas will be applied after the deduction of allowable interest and other chargeable costs; if not, how these legitimate reliefs will be recovered; and if the system has been trialled to ensure that landlords and tenants do not face administrative difficulties in operating the new system. [27037/23]
159. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to increase the capacity for trains to pass through Connolly Station, which is becoming a significant bottleneck in planning the expansion of Dart north and threatens the direct service from Howth to the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27038/23]
150. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the potential for alternative energy sources to be developed within local communities, or at the level of a small business or farm under the respective opportunities for solar, small-scale wind, anaerobic digestion, biofuels, and so on; if, in each case, he will outline the potential for energy generation, and the impact in terms of economic activity of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27040/23]
117. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to engage with key sectors, including the public service, in order to develop a single portal where people can not only get information about apprenticeship options, but apply to participate in a centralised recruitment process for such sectors. [26607/23]
99. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has examined the impact of initiatives designed to respond to emerging skill needs, such as Springboard, Human Capital Initiative, and Skillnet; and the lessons that can be drawn for policy development from them. [26606/23]
47. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambitions for the development of GP care and the challenges in meeting them. [26595/23]
7. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his ambition for the development of services from community pharmacists, and the challenges in meeting them. [26596/23]
747. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health when the new means limit for the GP only card, which was due to be in place from April 2023 will come into force; and if he will outline the exact thresholds that will apply. [26099/23]
608. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth that available therapeutic resource for children with special needs is properly allocated between completing assessments and delivering therapeutic services; and if he will indicate the key performance targets for the new disability networks, and their capacity to achieve them. [18546/23]
462. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered what it would cost to extend the fuel allowance to persons who have been six months on an assistance payment, and to those in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25958/23]
364. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the progress to date on the projected affordable housing delivery of each local authority; and the number planned that remain to be developed. [25592/23]
363. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the number of expressions of interest, applications and approvals under the Croí Cónaithe Cities Fund. [25591/23]
362. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the number of expressions of interest, applications and approvals under the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund for the development of sites. [25590/23]
361. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate for each local authority, the number of expressions of interest to his Department; the number of applications; the number of approvals under the Affordable Housing Fund made to date; and the average payment per development undertaken. [25589/23]
262. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify whether procedures for the use of section 28 of the Education Act 1998 have been issued; if there are plans to issue them; and whether the lack of such procedures is hampering the fair handling of grievances that may arise in a school setting. [25586/23]
153. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered extending the warmer homes scheme to persons living in Ireland who are in receipt of the fuel supplement from the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/23]
84. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the roles which the new childcare development will play; and if it is intended that the programme board will have interim executive authority, pending the introduction of the legislation. [25580/23]
77. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the likely priorities for the national development plan capital budget for childcare. [25581/23]
288. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all sections 38 and 39 organisations that receive funding from his Department or the HSE MHS budget for the provision of mental health supports for the past three years; to provide details on the services being provided by these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25448/23]
72. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of land use currently under way; the key findings of the work to date; and the implications for future policy development. [25194/23]
70. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the price of carbon fixed in the public expenditure code is factored into the design of agricultural policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/23]
39. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the support to victims of crime now being provided, including an assessment of the numbers benefitting from supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25191/23]
21. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the preparatory work being done for the roll-out of community safety plans beyond the pilot areas; if new sources of funding, beyond the proceeds of crime, will be needed to fund initiatives under these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25190/23]
716. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if there are impediments to former nursing homes which are no longer in use being considered for emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/23]
178. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he believes there is justification for the introduction of a charge on brown bins - and therefore food and garden waste - by waste collection companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24463/23]
104. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has investigated areas where there are very high concentrations of claimants of jobseeker’s allowance, one-parent family allowance, disability allowance or other indicators of concentrated need; and if she is considering innovations in these areas to break the cycle. [24636/23]
98. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering supports for the construction of affordable homes for purchase along the lines of the supports recently announced for cost rental. [23561/23]
141. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will consider adding persons with a disability to the roster of persons who act as election observers in other jurisdictions, as has been recommended by an Oireachtas Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/23]
81. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations that have been undertaken in his Department to develop a circular economy strategy in key economic sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21544/23]
70. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to update the strategy for entrepreneurship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21543/23]
45. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has reviewed the operation of the legislation which mandated the preparation of strategy statements, annual reporting against objectives and systematic annual evaluation of a rolling number of key programmes; his views on whether it has achieved its objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21714/23]
12. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the recent patterns in demographic growth require a revision in the national development plan; and the key areas he has identified where additional investment in transformative changes or in capacity is required. [21546/23]
531. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend parental leave in the future; and whether the age limits for children with a disability will be extended. [21143/23]
395. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place to ensure meals of a poor nutritional rating are avoided in school meals, and that participating children consume a balanced mix of meat and vegetables over the course of each week; if the composition of meals is tracked to ensure high standards of nutrition; and if the project has adopted targets in respect of the management of waste and packaging. [21223/23]
116. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance how the projected surplus can be harnessed to strengthen Ireland's economic and social foundations. [21511/23]
60. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the debts under tax warehousing can be successfully wound down by businesses; and if he has evolved methods for Revenue of working with companies who may have difficulties. [21510/23]
262. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that a trend has been developing whereby cigarettes are being sold in larger packs than the standard 20 pack, and that this allows a lower unit price be charged, and encourages more consumption; and if he has considered any restrictions on this, or a requirement to have the same unit price regardless of the pack size. [20978/23]
149. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the Finance Act 1995 prevents retailers from setting a margin on the sale of tobacco, as they can on every other product, instead, they are obliged to sell product at the price set by the tobacco companies; and whether he has considered allowing a higher price be set even if he is unwilling to allow any discounting from the RRP. [20977/23]
52. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the progress in preventing air traffic disruption from drones. [20733/23]
14. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport the basis on which funding will be made to local authorities to fund mobility hubs for the different elements that can be provided; and when he expects that the first ten such hubs will be in place. [20732/23]
149. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to provide more capacity for boys' secondary school places, which are very low in the school planning area of Clontarf, Killester and Raheny. [20274/23]
291. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown by category of the €1 billion underspend on housing, compared with the budget for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/23]
173. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will indicate the benchmarks which he uses to assess the extent to which green criteria have impacted public procurement; and whether he can indicate how Ireland compares with other EU member states in this respect. [9534/23]
144. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are new procedures in place that create complexity in transferring a pension paid from the UK to Ireland; and if there is any public agency which could advise citizens of how this can be done without incurring disproportionate costs. [20073/23]
140. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will indicate the processes which he has put in place to set sectoral targets under Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/23]