284. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a precise timeframe has been set for the mid-term review of the Irish Forestry Programme; his views on whether this is a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42119/24]
452. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí recruited in the Mayo district in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [41357/24]
450. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have retired in the Mayo district in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive. [41354/24]
281. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will adjust the current cleaning service grant at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41060/24]
73. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has circulated potential targets under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 to stakeholders in the various sectors; and if he would consider integrating these targets with the process for monitoring climate target delivery. [41414/24]
65. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria under which new data centres can be approved for connection and permitting; whether a long-term pathway for the development of the sector can be set out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41417/24]
94. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the scale of the impact on rural communities of the many community support schemes which her Department has run over the past five years, both in creating or improving community facilities and building community engagement and well-being; whether she has an estimate of the multiplier effect of these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40313/24]
76. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the lessons that have been learned from the first phase of the town centre first policy; the constraints, if any, on its rapid expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40312/24]
37. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is preparing any diplomatic initiatives ahead of this year’s UN Climate Conference COP 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40315/24]
26. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has identified the need to alter the priorities in Ireland’s aid programmes, in view of the emerging global crisis points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40314/24]
217. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40244/24]
152. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/24]
137. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform If he will provide an update on a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40243/24]
136. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on a development (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/24]
96. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/24]
54. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40301/24]
193. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way his Department creates long-term projections of need to meet the needs of persons with autism, in order that their families can have some confidence in the long-term prospect of appropriate support and accommodation.
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169. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39465/24]
109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a home has been vacant for over two years, but a person unwittingly moved in before an application was lodged for the refurbishment grant, if the grant can still be processed once it is established that the house had been vacant for the necessary time. [39565/24]
61. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health to outline his plans to develop the role pharmacists will play in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39406/24]
34. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he is developing a policy for the wider use of technology in predicting health risks, picking up signs of the onset of conditions, remote consultation and patient monitoring, with a view to keeping people independently healthy in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39407/24]
225. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39256/24]
198. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the scheme for registration with Tusla and access to the national childcare scheme is open to persons who care for a child in the child’s own home, and if he will make provision for their inclusion. [39411/24]
99. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39257/24]
39. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether an up-to-date audit of the gaps in childcare provision is being planned to inform future capital provision in the sector; and how he hopes to attract new entrants to the sector. [39117/24]
418. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the milestones for the establishment of the Early Childhood and Childcare Agency; the range of responsibilities and powers which it will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39144/24]
246. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether, during deliberations on the future of the license fee, and specifically before committing additional money to the existing license fee collection contract, she has considered an open tender as has been provided for by Section 145 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, for the collection of the licence fee. [38907/24]
245. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of TV licences collected, the cost to the Exchequer of TV licence collection, distinguishing the payment to An Post, and estimates of evasion and avoidance over the period 2014 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38887/24]
323. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent to which student earnings are disregarded in the means tests for student support; if it is calculated based on earnings prior to taking the course in the year of entry, which may for some students have constituted full-time working, and would not be a realistic estimate of the household earnings once studying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38375/24]
322. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the maintenance payments and student contribution concessions which are now available to post-graduate students; if the exact same means thresholds apply as for undergraduates; the extent to which fees are covered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38374/24]
301. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the uptake of the concession in the fair deal means test (details supplied); and if he has considered further changes in the light of experience. [38393/24]
300. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the earnings index that is used to update the median income used for setting the income threshold for GP cover; the period over which the index is measured; and the date during the year when the income threshold is revised. [38377/24]
274. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role that will be fulfilled by the Childcare Development Agency, which he has established on an administrative basis; whether it will take responsibility for identifying gaps in the current provision and develop a long-term capital programme to fill those gaps; and whether the current capital grant scheme is being put on a permanent basis with a five-year envelope under the National Development Plan. [38394/24]
231. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is an appeals process in relation to the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/24]
158. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education her plans to bring driving lessons and driver education classes into second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38399/24]
140. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if availing of a shared equity scheme either through first homes or through a local authority scheme can hamper the extent to which help-to-buy entitlements can be claimed; if he has considered extending the concession made to those using the local authority scheme to also cover those availing of first homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38376/24]
82. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the take-up of new forestry planting schemes on offer from his Department; and his views on whether further measures are needed to achieve the ambitious targets which have been set. [38004/24]
72. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice the pathway being put in place to establish community safety partnerships and community safety plans across Dublin; and if she has set out timelines for key milestones on the journey. [38005/24]
397. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans, to change the arrangements for maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave; if any of these anticipated changes will take place during 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37894/24]
86. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Transport when approval will be granted for works (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37295/24]
41. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider developing an age friendly mark which could be adopted by both public and private bodies, which would contain a commitment to specific measures that would facilitate full participation by older people in activities and services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37634/24]
36. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider the opportunity for more flexible financial supports for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37635/24]
106. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the difficulty of developing multi-unit residential properties for sale to owner-occupiers, particularly in Dublin; if he has considered how the risk could be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36970/24]
89. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to stimulate the opportunity for people to rightsize, where people wish to consider such options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/24]
35. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether there is sufficient innovation in local tourism offerings in areas such as heritage culinary, historical and eco-tourism; if new approaches are desirable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36972/24]
29. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the reforms planned for the future of the TV licence fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36971/24]
445. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has reviewed the terms of the wage subsidy scheme; and if she has considered extending its terms to those who are self-employed, as many people with a disability have been forced into self-employment by the difficulties often encountered in accessing paid employment which understands the abilities they can deliver in the workplace given the correct environment. [36330/24]
339. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to an error in the calculation of the FEMPI reduction in pensions for some teachers who had pensions from combined elements of service, many pensioners have been presented with requests for repayment; and if she would consider that since the errors were not made by the pensioners concerned, these historic outstanding amounts should be waived. [36856/24]
297. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is considering some financial support for schools that seek to implement a no-phones policy during the school day, in view of the fact that the implementation of such a policy in a school in Dublin Bay north cost an aggregate of €20,000 to obtain the technology to implement the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36337/24]